The 5 hottest private biotechs in South Africa
Biotechnology companies are sprouting in South Africa’s maturing life sciences industry. We’ve listed five private…
September 28, 2022 - 5 minutes
Infectious disease
Poolbeg to investigate melioidosis vaccine candidate
Poolbeg Pharma has signed an exclusive agreement with University College Dublin (UCD) through NovaUCD, the…
September 21, 2022 - 2 minutes
Aldatu gets grant to develop Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever test
U.S. biotech company Aldatu Biosciences has been awarded a $3 million Direct-to-Phase II Small Business…
September 13, 2022 - 3 minutes
Proxidrugs: a new tool to fight pathogens?
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP in Germany are working…
September 1, 2022 - 4 minutes
Grid Biosciences signs agreement with NIH for Epstein-Barr virus vaccine
Grid Biosciences has signed a license agreement for the development of a vaccine against Epstein-Barr…
August 29, 2022 - 2 minutes
Good news for Destiny Pharma’s nasal gel to combat life-threatening infections
Clinical stage biotech company, Destiny Pharma, announced today (July 19) a positive update from the…
July 19, 2022 - 5 minutes
Spanish company, 3P Biopharmaceuticals, manufactures biomass to treat black fungus
A biomass to treat a difficult and evasive fungal infection with a high mortality rate…
July 12, 2022 - 3 minutes
Synklino raises €29.8M to trial cytomegalovirus drug
Danish biotech Synklino has completed a Series A fundraising round that netted €29.8M ($31.8M). The…
June 8, 2022 - 2 minutes
Vaccines mobilized to control monkeypox outbreak
An unusual outbreak of monkeypox is causing concern worldwide in the shadow of the destructive…
May 24, 2022 - 5 minutes
Chief Business Officers: Shedding Light on Biotech’s Dealmakers
In addition to helping patients, biotech companies need to focus on the commercial potential of…
May 2, 2022 - 5 minutes
WHO Beefs up Worldwide Genomic Surveillance to Prevent Pandemics
The World Health Organization has released a 10-year plan to monitor the genetic make-up of…
April 5, 2022 - 4 minutes
Next-Gen Covid-19 Vaccines and Drugs Crowd into Late-Stage Trials
Despite the widespread rollout of vaccines over 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic remains a threat to…
February 15, 2022 - 7 minutes
