Three companies launch gene therapy alliance for eye diseases

AI specialist WhiteLab Genomics, the Vision Institute, and IT expert ADLIN Science, have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at developing new AAV vectors targetting retinal dystrophies.

Obesity: reseachers switch on brown fat cells

A German-Danish team has discovered that a truncated version of the enzyme adenlyate cyclase 3 can be targeted to transform fat-storing white adipocytes into fat-burning brown adipocytes.

Locate Bio Ltd raises £9.2m venture capital

University Nottingham spin out Locate Bio Ltd has added £9.2m venture financing led by Mercia Ventures and Business Growth Fund to its £16.2m raised before.

Flindr Therapeutics BV secures €20m Series A financing

Oss-based oncology company Flindr Therapeutics BV has secured €20m  to advance it first-in-class RNF31 inhibitors, which destabilises E3 ubiquitin ligase.

Swiss Biotech Report reporting record turnover

The Swiss biotech sector proved robust growth in 2023. Revenues in 2023 increased by CHF500m to CHF7.3bn.<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"> Capital investment grew to CHF2bn – just betweeen 2021 (CHF3.4bn) and […]

SeaBeLife to use €1.5m award for drug development

French drug maker Seabelife SAS will use a €1.5m price money to develop a new dual-acting necroptosis blocker to reduce cell death in geographic atrophy.