
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...

ExeVir receives EIB risk finance for multiple COVID-19 nanobody
With the resurgence of COVID-19 in China, ExeVir BIO sees commercial potential in the future treatment of immunocompromised people, who make up 3%...

CatalYm GmbH raises €50m to push visugromab development
Following a €60m Series B financing in 2020, Martinsried-based CatalYm GmbH announced the closing of a Series C financing round of €50m. The...

Novo Nordisk Foundation funds Plant2Food with €27m
The focus of Plant2Food is to create a library of fundamental knowledge about the properties of plants and how they could replace food products that...

A ray of hope in leukaemia
In 2021, Alyssa, a 13-year-old girl from Leicester, after a long struggle with what her family thought to be colds, viruses, and general tiredness,...

Solar Food’s protein from carbon dioxide gets authorisation
The regulatory approval as a novel food, given by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), allows for the sale of food products containing Solein in...

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...