Dutch NLC has €20m in first close of new Health Impact Fund

Dutch venture builder NLC has announced a €20m first close for its new Health Impact Fund, from which it will invest in 40 startups, both new investments and follow-on. It’s targeting a final close of €100m later this year.

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French Carthera closes €37.5m Series B financing round

Carthera, a Sorbonne spin-off and developer of an innovative ultrasound-based medical device for the treatment of a wide range of brain disorders, today announced the successful completion of its €37.5m ($40m) Series B financing round.

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Donaldson Acquires Belgian Univercells Technologies for €138m

Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), a heritage provider of innovative filtration products and solutions, announced the acquisition of Univercells Technologies (Belgium), a global provider of innovative biomanufacturing solutions for cell and gene therapy research, development and commercial manufacturing.

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Gleamer raises €27m in Series B funding round

French AI-powered radiography diagnostics specialist Gleamer SAS has raises €27m in Series B round to expand its portfolio and accelerate its expansion.

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Centogene and Lifera kick-off joint venture

Multi-omics diagnostics specialist Centogene NV has received €30m to form a joint venture with PIF-owned pharmaceutical company Lifera in Saudi-Arabia.

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Astraveus SAS bags €16.5m in seed financing

French cell and gene therapy manufacturing specialist Astraveus SAS had raises €16.5m in seed money to advance its automated, microfluidic Cell and Gene Therapy manufacturing platform.

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New BIOTECH insight newsletter out

Breaking news from biotechnology and the German stock market are in the focus of the new issue of BIOTECH Insight, the newsletter of Deutsche Börse AG.

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Santhera licences vamorolone rights to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals

Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding has exclusively granted the rights to commercialise its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug vamorolone in North America to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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BioSenic halts ALLOB development

BioSenic SA has  suspended its Phase II proof-of-concept trial on fracture healing with its allogeneic cell therapy ALLOB.

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Neogap fully takes over TCER Oncology shares

Swedish personalised immunotherapy specialist Neogap Therapeutics AB has acquired the remaining shares of its subsidiary, TCER Oncology AB through two new shareholders.

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