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Braunschweig, January 29th, 2025 – YUMAB GmbH, a German biotechnology company specializing in contract research for therapeutic antibodies, announces its collaboration with InSCREENeX GmbH to establish a novel technology for antibody development. As part of the funded project “Mammalian Display,” the two Braunschweig-based companies are developing a platform that enables the screening of antibody libraries […]

Dr. Petr Chlanda, virologist and research group leader at the Heidelberg Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University, has been awarded more than 720,000 euros in funding from the European Union for his research into new therapies against viruses. His work is part of the interdisciplinary, international DEFENDER project, which is developing innovative approaches to combat emerging […]

Phase III exPDite-2 trial follows completion and discussion of Phase I trial data with US FDA under Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation / exPDite-2 is a randomized, sham surgery-controlled double-blind trial assessing efficacy and safety of bemdaneprocel in people living with moderate Parkinson’s disease / Expected to be initiated in H1 2025, exPDite-2 is […]

Heidelberg, Germany, January 14, 2025. BioMed X, an independent biomedical research institute based in Heidelberg, Germany, announced today the launch of a new collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan. This collaboration marks the start of a cutting-edge initiative to explore innovative approaches in cancer treatment using multi-specific biologics. The new […]

Ladenburg, Germany, 13 January 2025 – Heidelberg Pharma AG (FSE: HPHA), a clinical-stage biotech company developing innovative Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs), today announced that it is advancing into Cohort 7 in a Phase I/IIa dose escalation study with lead ATAC candidate HDP-101 for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Previously, in Cohort 6, dose […]

Non-viral platform for efficient drug transfer to facilitate clinical developments Heidelberg, 15.01.2025 – PROGEN, leading manufacturer of Adeno-Associated-Virus (AAV) analytical tools for gene therapy research and development, announces the launch of LNPs for the versatile delivery of therapeutic agents into cells. In the past decade, PROGEN has driven progress in gene therapy by providing reliable […]

EMBL and ELLIS deepen relationship to drive artificial intelligence (AI) in European life science research, training, and technology A new collaborative agreement aims to help position Europe at the forefront of AI-driven advancements in life sciences research. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) have agreed […]

(Berlin – 16. Dezember 2024) Die jährliche Trendumfrage des Biotechnologie-Branchenverbands, BIO Deutschland e. V., zeigt, dass die Unternehmen ihre aktuelle und zukünftige Situation wieder etwas besser bewerten als noch im Vorjahr. Die Indices für die aktuelle und zukünftige Geschäftslage, das aktuelle politische Klima, zukünftige Investitionen in Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) und die Beschäftigungslage steigen oder […]

The curATime cluster is one of 14 pioneering “Clusters4Future” initiatives funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Its mission is to promote personalized approaches to combat atherothrombosis-related diseases and to establish the Rhine-Main-Palatinate region as an international driver of innovation. For the planned second implementation phase, the cluster is seeking new […]