TME Pharma gets FDA Fast Track for Glioblastoma

TME Pharma (France/Germany) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for NOX-A12 (olaptesed pegol), TME Pharma's CXCL12 inhibitor, in combination with radiotherapy and bevacizumab […]

Forbion participates in US financing rounds

Forbion, the European life sciences venture capital firm from The Netherlands, announced its participation in oversubscribed Series B financing in Capstan Therapeutics Inc. and Engrail Therapeutics. Both companies are located […]

New law to speed up clinical trials

With a new law, the German government wants to increase the number of clinical trials conducted in Germany and make the country number one in Europe again.

Gut bacteria seed autoimmunity-inducers

A bacterium of the gut microbiome seems to spark an autoimmune disease in the kidneys by leaking antigens that trigger the immune system.

Innocent Meat bags €3m financing

Cultivated meat producer Innocent Meat GmbH has cashed in €3m in funding from Venture Capital Fonds MV and an anonymous business angel.

Spanish Ferrer SA pays €122.5m for ALS candidate

Spanish Ferrer Internacional, SA has aquired the ex-US rights to VRG50635 from Verge Genomics Inc to commercialise the oral Phase I experimental ALS treatment.

Novo Nordisk to acquire Cardior Pharmaceuticals

Novo Nordisk is set to acquire German miRNA blocker specialist Cardior Pharmaceuticals GmbH for up to €1.025bn including milestone payments.

NDM Pharma provides POC for NMD670

Researchers at NDM Pharma A/S and Aarhus University have demonstrated that their oral CIC-1 blocker NMD670 restores crosstalk between neurons and muscles in Myasthenia gravis.

Roche opens €90m gene therapy development centre

Basel-headquartered Roche AG has inaugurated a brand new €90m gene therapy development centre in Penzberg near Munich. <br /><br /><br />

AstraZeneca to take over Fusion Therapeutics Inc

British pharma giant AstraZeneca has announced to acquire radio-conjugate specialist Fusion Therapeutics Inc for US$2bn upfront.