Alfasigma SpA signs €170m deal with Galapagos NV

Following its announcement from Oktober 2023 to take over the filgotinib business from Galapagos NV, Bologna-based Alfasigma SpA has signed the €170m deal. <div title="Page 1" class="page"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"></div></div></div>

AstraZeneca buys Chinese Gracell Biotechnologies for $1.2bn

Pharmaceutical giant AstrazZeneca wants to take over the Chinese company Gracell Biotechnologies in order to strengthen its cell therapy projects in a deal worth up to $1.2bn.

Metrion Biosciences closes £3.7m equity financing

Cambridge-based Metrion Biosciences Ltd has secured £3.5m in new equity financing – led by Maven Capital Partners and a £1m contribution from existing investor, Gresham House Ventures.

LimmaTech Biologics acquires licence option for AbVacc vaccine LBT-SA7

Swiss LimmaTech Biologics and AbVacc Inc have agreed to co-develop AbVacc’s preclinical <i>Staphylococcus aureus vaccine </i><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; font-style: […]

French parliamentarians against cell-based meat

The French Republicans have tabled a bill in the National Assembly aimed at banning the commercialisation of cell-based meat in France.

Vandria SA raises CHF18m in Series A fnancing

Lausanne-based Vandria SA has cashed in CHF18m in a Series A financing led by ND Capital to drive clinical development of VNA-318.

Vandria SA bags CHF18m in Series A financing

Lausanne-based Vandria SA has cashed in CHF18m in a Series A financing led by ND Capital to drive clinical development of VNA-318.

Antabio SAS raises €25 m in Series B financing

<a title="http://www.b3cnewswire.com/PRT/link.php?click=1619-2-24039-8B20BDBA70E6BDF1B5F7FEECBC3EA611CB7D4F450000" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.b3cnewswire.com/PRT/link.php?click=1619-2-24039-8B20BDBA70E6BDF1B5F7FEECBC3EA611CB7D4F450000">Antibiotics specialist Antabio SAS</a> has raised €25m in a Series B financing round with subscriptions from the AMR Action Fund, the EIC Fund and from […]

Production process for cell-based coffee published

Scientists led by Heiko Rischer from the Finnish research centre VTT have published the proof of concept for cell-based coffee production.

Germany blocking deregulation of NGT breeds

At the EU Council (10-11 December), agriculture ministers did not reach the qualified majority required to adopt the <link https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-16443-2023-INIT/en/pdf>adapted version of the EU Commission’s draft regulation</link> on new genomic […]