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She is the winner of the Sjöberg Prize 2025

18 February 2025 | 3:05 pm
She is the winner of the Sjöberg Prize 2025

Miriam Merad is awarded the Sjöberg Prize, worth USD one million, for her discovery of new targets for cancer therapies in the immune system.

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Dignitana expands IP with new patent in Korea

18 February 2025 | 2:42 pm
Dignitana expands IP with new patent in Korea

Dignitana has received a Notice of Allowance from the Korean Intellectual Property Office for a patent titled “Scalp Cooling Apparatus, Method and System.”

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Norway: New national cancer strategy presented

18 February 2025 | 2:21 pm
Norway: New national cancer strategy presented

With the new national cancer strategy, Minister Vestre vows to make Norway world-leading in cancer. Here are Oslo Cancer Cluster's reactions.

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AlzeCure receives EU grant for Phase 2 clinical trial

17 February 2025 | 10:50 am
Martin Jönsson and Johan Sandin

AlzeCure Pharma's project NeuroRestore ACD856 has received EUR 2.5 million from the EU's European Innovation Council.

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StemSight secures EUR 2.3 million in funding

14 February 2025 | 6:29 am
StemSight secures EUR 2.3 million in funding

The Finnish biotech company developing stem cell therapies for vision restoration, has raised funding from Voima Ventures, Finnish family offices (Stephen Industries Inc. & Biothom Oy), private investors, and Business Finland.

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Aqilion divests its holding in Oncorena Holding

14 February 2025 | 6:15 am
Aqilion divests its holding in Oncorena Holding

The decision is in line with Aqilion's strategy to focus the business to the internal pipeline programs within chronic inflammation.

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Philanthropic partnership launches new initiative to tackle AMR

12 February 2025 | 10:24 am
Philanthropic partnership launches new initiative to tackle AMR

The Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome have announced the launch of the Gram-Negative Antibiotic Discovery Innovator (Gr-ADI), a USD 50 million investment that will focus on combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by a specific range of bacteria that are among the leading contributors to AMR-associated deaths.

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Lundbeck’s potential treatment for MSA receives Fast Track Designation

12 February 2025 | 10:01 am
Johan Luthman

The FDA has granted Fast Track Designation to Lundbeck’s investigational drug, amlenetug, a potential new treatment option targeting Multiple System Atrophy (MSA).

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Abera announces promising results

11 February 2025 | 2:28 pm
Abera announces promising results

Abera Bioscience reports that its first in vivo study with a novel nasal influenza vaccine candidate has delivered promising results in the mouse model.

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60+ European companies launch the ‘EU AI Champions Initiative’

11 February 2025 | 6:41 am
60+ European companies launch the ‘EU AI Champions Initiative’

All participants are determined to establish Europe as a global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI), advancing AI development and application.

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