
UK boosts AMR defenses with £30m PACE initiative
By bringing together funding, resources, and partnerships from its three notable partners Innovate UK, LifeArc, and Medicines Discovery Catapult...

SpliceBio has made up a US $216m alliance with Spark Therapeutics
Under a globally exclusive licence option agreement with Roche AG, SpliceBio secures an upfront payment, opt-in and milestone payments up to $216m...

Abingworth raises $356m for new CCD fund
London-headquartered institutional investor Abingworth has closed its new Clinical Co-Development Co-Investment Fund at $356m, exceeding its target...

Majority of EU agri-council supports NGT deregulation
On the occasion of an informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers on NGT plant varieties (3.–5. September), a majority of ministers said they would...

Breakthrough in microtia treatment
Researchers of the Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication Laboratory of the ETH Zurich unveiled a novel approach to addressing microtia, a congenital...

Solar Foods raises €8m in Series B financing
Solar Foods Oy has raised €8m (US$8.8m) from retail investors in Finland. The Series B round was led by Finland’s Springvest Oy, existing...

Scotland boosts bio-based manufacturing with £75m fund
Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK will deliver the Launchpad programme, designed to focus on Scotland’s strengths in the sector. The packages,...