Agomab extenses Series B with USD40m Bringing Total Amount to USD114m

Agomab Therapeutics NV from Ghent, Belgium, today announced it has extended its Series B financing round with an additional close of $40.5 million (€38.4 million), bringing the total Series B amount raised to $114 million. Pfizer led the extension with an investment through its Pfizer Breakthrough Growth Initiative.

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Spatial Biology Company Navinci (Olink) closes EUR9m Series A

Navinci Diagnostics AB, a Swedish life science company formerly known as Olink developing innovative tools for spatial proteomics research, announces the closing of SEK 90 million financing. The round was led by Segulah Medical Acceleration, a Scandinavia-based life science-focused investment company, together with existing shareholders, including Landegren Gene Technology AB, Nexttobe AB, and Beijer Ventures AB.

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ECBF joins Novo Seeds and Sofinnova Partners in EUR11.5m round in Biosyntia

The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) expands its industrial biotechnology portfolio by joining the financing Series B of danish Biosyntia ApS. Biosyntia is a precision fermentation company focused on bio-based production for products such as vitamins and other ingredients.

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Lonza invests CHF500m in Large-Scale Facility in Stein (CH)

Large CDMO Lonza to build a new large-scale, commercial drug product facility including fill and finish to support customers across the entire product life cycle in Switzerland, investment of CHF500m.

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Urovant Sciences cashes in $75m in licence deal from Pierre Fabre

French drugmaker Pierre Fabre Médicaments will pay $75m for an exclusive licence to to commercialise Urovant Sciences’ drug vibegron for the treatment of overactive bladder in Europe.

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CureVac NV sues BioNTech for IP infringement

German mRNA vaccine developer CureVac, whose COVID-19 vaccine was not effective, on Monday sued BioNTech/Pfizer for infringement of four patents.

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French Ipsen falls after Epizyme take-over announcement

Shares of French drugmaker Ipsen fell by 4.4% at Euronext Paris after the company announced to take over US cancer specialist Epizyme Inc. for $247m.

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TWB announces winners in industrial biotech start-up contest

At the end of the TWB Start-up day, which was attended by more than 200 biotech professionals, two industrial biotechnology companies were awarded prizes worth €50,000.

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