
Cellink AB acquires Ginolis Oy for €70m
Under the agreement, Cellink AB is set to acquire all shares for a purchase price on cash- and debt-free basis of €70m. Forty per cent of the...

Step Pharma SAS raises €35m in Series B
The financing round of the French drug development company was co-led by new investors Hadean Ventures and Sunstone Life Science Ventures with...

Roche in take-over deal with GenMark Diagnostics
The US$1.8bn cash merger – US$ 24.05 per share – is set to close in Q2/2021. The price represents a premium of approximately 43% to GenMark’s...

Media hype on Denmark’s decision to halt AZD1222 vaccination
Since Denmark suspended vaccination with AstraZeneca’s bashed Covid-19 vaccine, AZD1222 is facing questions over its safety. Denmark’s...

Cellectis and Cytovia in US$760m licence deal
Cytovia Therapeutics, Inc. and French Cellectis SAS have struck a licence deal to combine their different expertises in allogenic cancer cell...

Rentschler Biopharma to produce 100m doses of CureVac vaccine
Rentschler Biopharma SE is preparing large scale cGMP production and formulation of Curevac’s mRNA vaccine CVnCoV. Under a contract, signed in...

German antibodies in demand in USA
Initially, Seattle-based Just - Evotec Biologics will receive US$28.6m from the Defense Health Agency ("DHA") under a partnership announced...