Bayer's Ask Bio unit starts Phase II heart failure gene therapy
The Phase II trial called GenePHIT is the largest adaptive, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, multicentre trial ever to evaluate the...
EU parliament backs deregulation of New Genome Techniques
With the MEPs' approval of the amendments to the European Commission's draft legislation, the way is now clear for a regulation that distinguishes...
AstraZeneca to acquire Amolyt Pharma for up to US$1.05bn
Under the agreement set to close in Q3/2024, AstraZeneca will acquire Amolyt Pharma for US$800m upfront and potential milestone payments of US$250m....
Bioplastics production capacity to quadruple by 2028
Global production capacity for bioplastics will almost quadruple within the next five years, according to estimates of the Nova Institute on behalf...
Essential Pharma acquires Renaissance Pharma Ltd
Renaissance Pharma Ltd, which was only founded in September 2023 with the licensing of the anti-GD2 antibody from St Jude Children's Research...
Novo Nordisk to acquire Cardior Pharmaceuticals
The take-over agreement includes Cardior’s lead compound CDR132L, currently in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of heart failure....
AMPLY Discovery Ltd bags £1.4m funding to tackle complex diseases
The 2021 spin-out from the Queen’s University Belfast announced it will close a seed financing round this year.vAMPLY is speeding up the discovery of...