Pacifico Biolabs raises US$3.3m in pre-seed round
Riding the wave of mushroom mycelium-based foods, which are advertised as a climate- and animal-friendly alternative to meat, Pacifico Biolabs GmbH...
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...
Onera Health raises US$32m in Series C round
Existing investors Innovation Industries, Invest-NL, imec.xpand, BOM, and 15th Rock participated in the financing of Onera Health (Eindhoven) along...
Pierre Fabre SAS in US$31m licence deal with Kinnate Biopharma Inc
With the US$31m agreement Pierre Fabre licences the global rights to exarafenib and other pan-RAF program assets from Kinnate...
AstraZeneca buys Chinese Gracell Biotechnologies for $1.2bn
Pharmaceutical giant Astrazeneca with CEO Pascal Soriot wants to take over the Chinese company Gracell Biotechnologies in order to strengthen its...
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....
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....