
LSP reports first closing of dementia fund
The LSP Dementia Fund is the first fund globally dedicated to fight neurodegenerative diseases with help of drug and medtech solutions. The fund will...

C4X Discovery and Sanofi ink €414m IL-17A blocker R&D contract
The company's subsidiary C4X Discovery Ltd got €7m upfront with potential to gain €414m in total for the global commercialisation rights for its...

German researchers find reason for remdesivir's inefficiency
“We have come to a simple conclusion,” said Max Planck Director Patrick Cramer at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry. “Remdesivir does interfere with...

Endeavour Medtech Growth II LP closes at $375m
The fund will pursue the strategy to support innovative growth-stage medtech and digital health companies.Both new and returning investors supported...

BioVersys gets €20m EIB loan to develop novel antibiotics
The venture debt loan is financed under the Infectious Diseases Finance Facility set up as part of Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research and...

AZD1222 claims 79% effecacy in pivotal US study
For exactly one day, the belief that AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 may be better than its reputation lasted. But because the ailing vaccine...

Bispecific IgG switch off SARS-CoV-2 escape variants
The team headed by Daniel Ruzek or Luca Varani from the University of Bellinzona and the Czech Academy of Sciences targeted two binding sites within...