Vazkepa Gets EMA Nod for Cardiovascular Disease, But Hurdles Remain
Last month’s EU approval of Vazkepa -- a treatment derived from fish oil and branded…
21/04/2021 - 5 minutes
Trends & News
Pandemic Boosts Diagnostics Field with High Revenues and Acquisitions
The US medtech firm Hologic has bought the Finnish-French biotech Mobidiag for around €668M in…
20/04/2021 - 5 minutes
Achilles Therapeutics’ IPO Caps Investment Wave for Neoantigens
The close of the UK firm Achilles Therapeutics’ €146.9M ($175.5M) initial public offering last month…
15/04/2021 - 5 minutes
DBV Battles Aimmune for Share of Peanut Allergy Treatment Market
Last year, the FDA rejected DBV Technologies’ peanut allergy treatment and approved that of its…
14/04/2021 - 5 minutes
Artios-Novartis Pact Pushes Limits of DNA Repair in Cancer
A €1.1B deal struck this week between Novartis and the UK-based company Artios Pharma forges…
08/04/2021 - 5 minutes
Have European Investors Missed the Exosome ‘Gold Rush’?
When Oxford-based Evox Therapeutics announced its €81.1M (£69.2M) Series C round in February, it signaled…
01/04/2021 - 5 minutes
Lava Therapeutics’ IPO Shakes Cancer Niche of Gamma Delta T Cells
The Dutch biotech startup Lava Therapeutics launched onto the Nasdaq stock market last week with…
31/03/2021 - 5 minutes
Covid-19 Vaccine Approvals Bring Hope and Challenges for Adenoviral Technology
The rise of adenoviral Covid-19 vaccines highlights the potential of companies using similar technology in…
25/03/2021 - 6 minutes
Global Funding for Meat Alternative Companies Tripled in 2020
Companies developing sustainable meat and dairy alternatives smashed records with a €2.6B ($3.1B) haul last…
24/03/2021 - 7 minutes
Europe Falls Behind in Efforts to Track Covid-19 Variants
As barely a third of European countries meet targets to track concerning Covid-19 variants, diagnostics…
18/03/2021 - 5 minutes
Antibody Biotech Bags €62M as Regenerative Medicine Sector Booms
A €62M Series B round announced by the Belgian company AgomAb Therapeutics last week is…
16/03/2021 - 3 minutes
Life Sciences VC Firms Maintain Funding Spree After 2020 Surge
Late 2020 saw an uptick in fundraising announcements from life sciences venture capital firms. Two…
09/03/2021 - 5 minutes
