
Siemens launches COVID-19 antigen lateral flow test
As testing capacities for the SARS-CoV-2 gold standard RT-PCR are going to be exhausted upon the looming second wave of infections with the novel...

COVID-19: Moderna reports promising interim results
On Monday, Moderna Inc. announced that two 100µg shots of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate mRNA-1273 showed an efficacy of 94,5%, according to an...

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,...

Biotech companies launch Biotech Austria
According to Apeiron CEO and Biotech Austria founding president Peter LLewellyn-Davies, Austria's vibrant biotech sector needs a voice that can be...

Vifor Pharma in US$100m licence deal with Cara Therapeutics
Under the licence deal with the US company Cara Therapeutics Inc., Swiss Vifor Pharma has acquired the US commercialisation rights for intravenous...

Novo Holdings creates Hemab
Hemab ApS will combine antibody know-how from Genmab A/S and Novo Nordisk to fight medically underserved orphan bleeding disorders. The company...

Polyphor AG bags funding for murepavadin
Swiss Polyphor AG (Allschwil) is developing its lead Outer Membrane Protein Targeting Antibiotic (OMPTA) candidate inhaled murepavadin against...