miRNA specialist Resalis Therapeutics Srl raises €10m in Series A financing
Existing investors including Claris Ventures and angel investors participated in the financing The proceeds will be used to initiate and complete the...
AstraZeneca buys Chinese Gracell Biotechnologies for $1.2bn
Pharmaceutical giant Astrazeneca with CEO Pascal Soriot wants to take over the Chinese company Gracell Biotechnologies in order to strengthen its...
Swiss vaccine developer Limma Tech get CARB-X grant
LimmaTech said, it will use the grant to advance preclinical development of its hexavalent vaccine candidate targeting Neisseria gonorrheae. Using...
SynaptixBio Ltd gets FDA ODD for leukodystrophy
Using antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) to silence the beta tubulin 4a gene, Oxford-based SynaptixBio Ltd received its first ODD in early 2023 for a...
Jazz Pharmaceuticals licences KRAS blocker from Redx Pharma
Under the term of the agreement, Redx Pharma plc (Alderley Park, UK) is to receive US$10m upfront and up to US$870m in milestone payments. Redx is...
Cambridge university spin-out HutanBio Ltd bags £2.25m seed financing
HutanBio, a Malaysian spin-out from scientists at Cambridge University, UK, has bagged a first tranche of seed investment from London-based Clean...
Novo Nordisk Foundation in US$25m partnership with CARB-X
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is committing up to US$25m to support the early-stage development of drugs, vaccines and diagnostics to prevent,...