
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...

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...

Italian Enthera Pharma raise €35m in Series A extension
Roche Venture Fund joined seed investor Sofinnova Partners and AbbVie Ventures and co-investors including the JDRF T1D Fund, an investor group...

BioVersys gets €20m EIB loan to develop novel antibiotics
The venture debt loan is financed under the Infectious Diseases Finance Facility set up as part of Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research and...

Next-gen COVID-19 vaccine good in preclinical tests
In contrast to injectable vaccines, the nasal jab seems capablet to induce mucosal immunity which is crucial to eliminate the virus instead only...

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...

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...