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Joint Press Release from NCT Heidelberg and Mannheim University Medical Center The National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg and the Mannheim Cancer Center (MCC) are receiving joint funding as a Center of Excellence in Oncology for the first time. German Cancer Aid is providing 4.8 million euros over four years for the new consortium. […]

Sanofi’s MenQuadfi approved in the EU for use in infants from age six weeks against invasive meningococcal disease Paris, August 4, 2026. Sanofi today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved an extension of the indication for MenQuadfi (Meningococcal Group A, C, W and Y conjugate vaccine) to include infants from six weeks of age […]

Merck opens a €25M testing facility at its Darmstadt headquarters, strengthening drug release testing for European biopharmaceutical markets. 16 Jul 2026 | Darmstadt, Germany Merck, a leading science and technology company, today opened a new €25 million BioReliance® testing facility at its global headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. The facility expands access to commercial drug substance and drug product […]

The spin-off aims to develop a new generation of precision medicines using epigenome editing to precisely regulate gene expression without altering DNA A newly launched EMBL spin-off, Epitome Therapeutics, aims to translate pioneering research in epigenome editing into a new generation of precision medicines. Co-founded by EMBL Group Leader Jamie Hackett, the company builds on cutting-edge […]

The 2026 Meyenburg Prize goes to bioinformatician and systems biologist Aviv Regev, head of research at the biotech company Genentech in San Francisco, USA. The scientist is considered a pioneer of single-cell genomics, a method that allows for the high-resolution measurement and analysis of gene activity in individual cells—a field of research that has fundamentally […]

Basel, Switzerland / Martinsried, Germany – 28 July, 2026 Celonic AG, a Swiss-based biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Leukocare AG, a leading provider of drug product development services, today announced a collaboration to support biopharmaceutical companies developing increasingly complex biologics. The collaboration brings together Celonic’s expertise in cell line development, drug substance […]

At Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD), there is a new treatment option for certain patients with severe cardiac arrhythmias: an implantable defibrillator in which the electrode—unlike in conventional defibrillators—is placed outside the heart and blood vessels. This protects the blood vessels. In addition, the system can correct some arrhythmias using mild electrical impulses before an electric […]

Certification enables increased support for partners and customers with industry-leading antibody reagents for commercial applications. Danvers, MA, USA, July 16, 2026–Cell Signaling Technology (CST), a life science discovery technology company and leading provider of antibodies, kits, and services, today announced that its Beverly, MA, US and Leiden, NL facilities have achieved ISO 13485:2016 certification for […]

Physicist Ulrich Haeberlen contributed to the award-winning “Myon g-2” project through his research. July 16, 2026 An international research group has been awarded the “Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics” for its decades of work on the “Myon g-2” particle physics experiment. Among the 387 laureates is a former researcher at the Max Planck Institute for […]