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Novo Nordisk is to acquire US-based Akero Therapeutics in a US$5.2 billion deal aimed at reviving growth and entering the MASH-space where others like Roche and GSK have recently expanded their footprint.
BioSpain 2025 opened in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, setting a new record for both visitors and exhibitors. During the inauguration, representatives from government and industry highlighted the leading role of biotechnology in building economic and environmental resilience in Spain and across the European Union.
Italian NanoPhoria Bioscience raises surprisingly high €83.5 million to advance novel heart failure therapy with a very early non clinical asset.
Owlstone Medical, a pioneer in breath-based diagnostics from Cambridge (UK), has been awarded up to US$49.1m by the U.S. health innovation agency ARPA-H under its POSEIDON programme. The funding backs development of a synthetic-sensor MCED test capable of detecting over 30 solid tumours at Stage I using breath and urine samples, intended for at-home, over-the-counter use. But will ARPA-H be committed to funding if the restructuring of NIH and HHS in the US is moving in a different direction?
Roche Diagnostics and its partner KlinRisk Inc have received the EU CE mark for the very first AI-based risk stratification tool that reliably assesses progressive decline in kidney function.
The U.S. FDA has approved atezolizumab and atezolizumab with hyaluronidase in combination with lurbinectedin as the first and only first-line maintenance therapy for adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) whose disease has not progressed after induction therapy with atezolizumab, carboplatin and etoposide.
After the surprising announcement of a 100% tariff on all prescription drugs imported into the United States, the US government appears to be backtracking. Within a few days, its trade policy stance towards the pharmaceutical industry has shifted fundamentally.
Rezon Bio has launched as a European contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) for biologics. The new company has been created following the demerger of Polpharma Biologics into two independent companies.
Danish Genmab A/S has acquired the Dutch oncology specialist Merus NV for US$8bn in cash. The 41% premium over Merus’s share price at Friday is largely attributed to the bispecific EGFR x LGR5 antibody, Petosemtamab
Danish Evaxion A/S hat optionally licenced its vaccine EVX-B3.developed with its AI-Immunology™ platform to Merck, Sharp & Dohme. MSD payed UIS$7.5m upfront and offers up to US$592m in milestone payments plus royalties on net sales.