
Roche withdraws checkpoint blocker from the market
Switzerland’s Hoffmann La Roche AG no longer markets its cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for the treatment of urothelial carcinoma in...

Abivax SA raises €130m to advance obefazimod to Phase III
Existing investors Invus, Deep Track Capital, Sofinnova Partners, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, as well as from new investors Great Point...

New EU stakeholder platform to speed up clinical trials
Following strong criticism ahead of the mandatory launch of the CTIS electronic clinical trial reporting portal by the European Medicines Agency...

Abionyx Pharma announces success in fighting sepsis-triggered AKI
After AM-Pharma’s human recombinant alkaline phosphatase, ilofotase alfa, missed the endpoint of improving overall survival in patients with...

Hot of the press: new issue of BIOTECH Insight
The current issue of the BIOTECH Insight Newsletter, launched in December 2021 by Deutsche Börse with support of BIOCOM AG, addresses hot topics in...

mbiomics GmbH cashes in €13m in Series A financing
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the state bank Bayern Kapital joined the funding round together with private seed investors.The start-up company...

BioNTech bags Instadeep for £562m
According to Biontech, the acquisition is part of its strategy to "build world-leading capabilities in AI-driven drug discovery and the...