
Bispecific IgG switch off SARS-CoV-2 escape variants
The team headed by Daniel Ruzek or Luca Varani from the University of Bellinzona and the Czech Academy of Sciences targeted two binding sites within...

BioPhero A/S raises US$17m in Series A funding
New investor exFMC Ventures, as well as existing investors Syngenta Group Ventures and Novo Holdings also participated in the...

EMA starts rolling review for Sputnik V vaccine
The EU applicant for Gam-COVID-Vac is R-Pharm Germany GmbH. The CHMP’s decision to start the rolling review is based on results from laboratory...

German Health Ministry to invest €6.2bn in vaccines
With the request to the national budget committee, which will decide on it tomorrow, Germany more than doubles the amount of money to be invested...

V-Bio Ventures launches second fund at €78m
With the investment, the Belgian biotech sector gets a cash injection. According to V-Bio Ventures, the new fund will build on the investment...

B.1.1.7 variant associated with higher mortality
Previous reports from British autorities that suggested a 30 to 100% higher mortality of B.1.1.7 than of the previously dominant form in Europe are...

Germany orders antibody therapies from USA
Although there is no centralised approval required for biologics from the European Medicines Agency, Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn has...