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First editions of the summit took place in Berlin in 2015 and 2018. This year, due to the pandemic, it is not taking place in Berlin as...

How microplastic particles get into the body
Microplastic particles exposed to freshwater or saltwater environments for several weeks are about ten times more likely than pristine particles to...

Topas raises €22m in Series B financining
Topas Therapeutics GmbH has closed a €22m (~$26mn) Series B financing round co-led by Vesalius BioCapital III and BioMedPartners with participation...

COVID-19 jab: EU signs contract with JNJ
Both parties didn't announce a price for the jab. However, according to JNJ’s deal with the US government, which ordered 100 million doses, the...

3P Bio to manufacture SpyBiotech vaccine
Under the agreement, Navarra-based CDMO 3P Biopharmaceuticals will produce cGMP lots for Phase I testing of SpyBiotech’s (Oxford) vaccine candidate...

Atriva Therapeutics gets €24m from EIB
According to Atriva Therapeutics, the proceeds allow the company to start Phase II testing of its oral MEK inhibitor ATR-002. In preclinical trails,...

UK approves Biontech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
Biontech SE in Mainz, Germany, and Pfizer Inc. announced that the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the United Kingdom...