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.
In a deal worth around USD435m Swiss ADC therapeutics grants Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (SOBI) the rights to market freshly approved Zynlonta outside the US.
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.
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.
Evotec, pharma giant Boehringer Ingelheim, and IVD specialist bioMérieux have launched a 40m joint venture to fight Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
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.
German mRNA vaccine developer CureVac, whose COVID-19 vaccine was not effective, on Monday sued BioNTech/Pfizer for infringement of four patents.
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.
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.
BioNTech SE has announced it is going to ship the first containers for mRNA malaria vaccine production from this years end toKigall.