
AXA launches €440 m private equity healthcare strategy
The Strategy focuses specifically on companies in four core areas: medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, and diagnostics. The...

EU starts consultation on novel plant breeding methods
he EU Commission has launched its final consultation on the deregulation of new breeding techniques in agriculture. A study commissioned by the...

Ellipses Pharma licences SRB22 from SunRock Biopharma
Under the agreement, British Ellipses Pharma Ltd has been granted global rights to develop and commercialise SBR22 (which it renamed to EP0017) from...

Enzymaster raises $45m in Series C round
The Series C financing round was led by Yuanbio Venture Capital with While Bayland Capital, Puhua Capital, C&D Emerging Capital, Hansoh...

Unilever launches $120m venture with Genomatica
US biotechnology company Genomatica is a producer of sustainable materials derived from plant- or waste-based feedstocks instead of fossil fuels....

Avantium closes financing for FDCA plant
Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) is 100% fossil-free when made from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with fructose as a carbon source und...

Cannabis players Canify AS and Bavaria Weed merge to form Canify AG
The merger combines Canify AS’s expertise in the production of pharna-grade medical cannabis with the market position of Bavaria Weed GmbH, as...