Entries by Thomas Gabrielczyk

SLAS opens with 409 exhibitors and 6,700 attendees

The world’s most important conference for laboratory automation and drug screening tools, SLAS 2025 International, opens today in San Diego. One of the highlights will be the pitches for the best start-up, the SLAS Ignite Award. European Biotechnology has taken a look at the technologies for you in advance.

Ceres Brain Therapeutics announces €6m financing

Paris-based drug delivery specialist Ceres Brain Therapeutics SA has raised €6m led by ANJAC, a French family-owned industrial group and preferred partner of healthcare laboratories and beauty and well-being brands, to support the clinical development neurological treatments.

PRAC: Semaglutide linked to rare eye disease?

The Safety Committee PRAC of the European Medicines Agency EMA is investigating a new potential adverse reaction to the appetite suppressant semaglutide. Epidemiological studies indicate that the rare eye disease non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION), which leads to blindness, could occur more frequently after treatment with the GLP-1 receptor agonist.

Synairgen raises £18m for Phase 2 INVENT trial of SNG001

Synairgen plc (SNG) has announced the successful completion of a £18m funding round, primarily supported by TFG Asset Management. The funding will advance the Phase 2 INVENT trial, assessing SNG001, an inhaled formulation of the antiviral protein interferon beta, in mechanically ventilated patients with severe viral lung infections.