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Cancer Research UK, a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man, recently announced its latest Grand Challenge winners. This cancer research grant awards a series of £20 million wards to international, multidisciplinary teams that focus on unique and new approaches to cancer.
BioNTech AG inked a deal with Munich, Germany’s MAB Discovery GmbH to acquire MAB’s operational antibody generation unit. No financial details were disclosed.
After the change of name to Meidrix Biomedicals GmbH, the business areas will be continued and further expanded
Data Presented Today at LINC Reiterate Commitment to Patient Safety and Data Transparency
INTEGRA has responded to customers’ requests and developed two new 24-channel pipetting heads, extending the capabilities of its popular VIAFLO 96/384.
FDA
Biom’up has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval for its HEMOBLAST Bellows Laparoscopic Applicator for all minimally-invasive procedures. Biom’up submitted the premarket approval (PMA) supplement to the FDA in July, 2018.
Heidelberg Pharma AG announced today that it has received a milestone payment from its cooperation partner Link Health Co., Guangzhou, China.
A 2013 study that analyzes IPO withdrawals between 1999 and 2004 found that about 13 percent returned later for a successful IPO, 36 percent turned again to raising capital privately, and 42 percent either merged or were acquired by other companies—another common strategy for biotechs. And about 11 percent filed bankruptcy.
Scientists at DZNE, the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) and the University Hospital Tuebingen identified a protein in blood that can precisely track Alzheimer’s disease progression before the first symptoms appear.
GENFIT today announces its provisional financial calendar for 2019
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