
Four new autoantigens trigger multiple sclerosis
Despite considerable progress in the treatment of multiplesclerosis (MS), the disease still often leads to permanent neurological disability....

Avantium closes financing for FDCA plant
Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) is 100% fossil-free when made from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with fructose as a carbon source und...

Finnish VTT spin-out Onego Bio Ltd raises €10m
Venture capital investors Agronomics Limited and Maki VC led the seed financing that is set to solve one of the most presssing environmental problems...

Syndesi swallowed by Abbvie
Originally, Belgian Syndesi was created in 2017 through a partnership between UCB Biopharma SRL and a syndicate of Belgian and international...

Bayer invests into synthetic TCRs for cell therapy
Sometimes it's not bad to have old contacts like Jak Knowles, CEO of Boston-based Affini-T Therapeutics Inc., which left stealth mode at the J.P....

Replacing beef with cellular protein halves deforestation
As the negative environmental impacts of ruminant meat consumption become more evident — including those concerning greenhouse gas...

Bayer Leaps to invests €1.3bn externally
"We are on the threshold of a new era of innovation in the life sciences." commented Werner Baumann, Chairman of the Board at Bayer...