
New polymer can stop biofilm formation
The acrylate co-polymer reported by Jean-Frédéric Dubern and colleagues in Science Advances (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add7474) have the potential to...

INDUSTRIA BIOTEC 2023 with a broader perspective
At this year's INDUSTRIA BIOTEC – a European industry meeting that took place at the KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art in Berlin at the beginning of...

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...

New partnerships push InDevR for Series B financing
Investments into InDevR, Inc. came from New York-based Adjuvant Capital ($4m) and French bioMèrieux SA ($5m), which will enable the commercial...

European VCs join US$105m financing of US Mediar Thx
Fibrosis, triggered by inflammation or injury, results in an abnormal production of scar tissue that can lead to organ failure. Luckily, not all...

Henkel buys FDCA from Avantium NV
From next year, Henkel will buy FDCA to bring environmentally friendly high-performance polyurethane adhesives for electronic applications to market....

HOOKIPA bags US$10m cancer milestone
The Vienna-based arenavirus specialist got the non-dilutive milestone payment for advancing its drug programme HB-700, a novel arenaviral...