BioNTech Founders Launch New Venture

Dr. Christoph Gürtler (VAA): Germany's greatest competitive advantage is its skilled workforce

"Germany as a business location is much better than it is often portrayed in public discourse."

NIS and Proteos launch TrueCourse Biosciences

New CRO for AI-driven drug discovery

CDMOs are investing billions in European API capacity

Companies are responding to risks related to demand and supply chains

Breast Cancer Screening in the Future with a Simple Blood Test?

Tübingen-based startup aims to detect breast cancer earlier

Dualitas and Roche are collaborating on the discovery of novel bispecific antibodies for I&I diseases

Dualitas will screen over 300,000 novel bispecific combinations

Microplastic substitute from the fermenter: BIOWEG builds Europe’s largest plant for bacterial cellulose

EU microplastics ban drives multi-million investment in North Rhine-Westphalia biotech plant

Big Picture Bio founded to identify, design and optimise promising cancer combination therapies

Founding team and advisors bring expertise from Deep Science Ventures, AstraZeneca, Exscientia and PhoreMost

One week after the GSK shock: Works Council and IGBCE develop a plan for Dresden's future

External experts are assessing the economic prospects for the historic vaccine plant

Sartorius and NIBRT announce partnership: Pioneering dedicated training center for intensified and continuous bioprocessing

Partnership to strengthen global workforce readiness

Sanofi is transferring 20 established medicines and three manufacturing sites to CHEPLAPHARM

In return, Sanofi will receive a 26.4 per cent stake in the Greifswald-based specialist in branded medicines

Life sciences are the driving force behind innovation at the University of Würzburg

14leafs helps bring research, capital, and entrepreneurship together at an earlier stage

EIB and HERA Invest provide €30 million in funding for Ethris’ mRNA portfolio

Munich-based biotech firm advances nasal antiviral into Phase 2b

Evonik breaks ground on biotechnology expansion in Slovakia

Marks the next step in EUR 80 million investment in Evonik’s drug substance contract manufacturing business

West Sweden steps up its life science ambitions

A group of leading companies and organisations has come together around a joint declaration of intent

Single Cell Discoveries Acquires TATAA Biocenter to Create an End-to-End Precision Biology CRO

The two organizations employ approximately 50 scientists across Utrecht and Gothenburg

BII allocates 8 million euros to further support six promising companies

With 1.3 million euros each, technologies in oncology, inflammation and infection therapy, and other fields are to be brought to market readiness

GSK Plans to Close Its Vaccine Plant in Dresden

Site to Be Closed by 2028 – IGBCE Vows to Fight Back

Revvity to acquire France-based biotechnology company

Advancing human-relevant cell models for drug discovery in metabolic diseases

Sandoz invests in new drug substance facility in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to expand biosimilar manufacturing capacity

Investment of around USD 300 million supports Bio100 goal announced earlier today

ABX acquires biotech start-up TRIMT

ABX is expanding its pipeline to include cyclopeptide technology, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals

Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

Survey reveals gaps in knowledge about mould and its potential health risks

Mini-tumors reveal new drug combinations for liver cancer

Organoid screening identifies combinations of active substances for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

An Enzyme That Offers Hope: Novel Plastic-Degrading Enzyme Discovered in Bacteria

"Pac-Man Enzyme" breaks down polyester plastic while simultaneously splitting penicillin

New method causes cancer cells to burn out

New molecule forces leukemia cells to work themselves to death

Europe Secures Insulin Supply: New Production Facility Planned in Frankfurt-Höchst

The federal government, the state of Hesse, and the city of Frankfurt are jointly supporting the project

Why do we get sleepy? How neurons control sleep drive

Understanding how the brain generates sleep drive would provide entirely new opportunities for sleep research

African Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Vaccine Candidate to Be Advanced to Clinical Trials

CEPI backs Minapharm's Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate, based on ProBioGen's proprietary MVA-CR19 platform

Celonic announces CEO transition: The succession has already been settled

Dr. Samanta Cimitan to depart at end of 2026 to assume a senior leadership role at a global life sciences organization

A tiny bacterium with a huge impact

Vaccenic acid from gut bacteria activates a receptor that combats fatty liver and high blood sugar

Small Algae, Big Prospects for Cultured Meat

How Algae Can Help Reduce the Cost of Expensive Components in Cell Culture Media

Staying One Step Ahead of the Development of Resistance

How Bacteria Develop Resistance to Antisense Antibiotics—and How Future Therapies Can Be Made Less Susceptible to It

BII allocates 8 million euros to further support six promising companies

With 1.3 million euros each, technologies in oncology, inflammation and infection therapy, and other fields are to be brought to market readiness

Turning CO₂ into fuels: Chemists solve a key scaling problem

LIKAT Technical Center produces catalyst on kilogram scale for the first time for a pilot plant

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

Interdisciplinary study connects drought across the world’s wheat-growing regions with global markets

When molecules »notice« what their neighbours are doing

New spectroscopic method reveals the environment of switchable iron complexes

Methanol Qualified as a Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Methanol-to-Jet: Drop-in fuel possible without modifying aircraft

Roland Berger: Demand for poultry to grow by up to 3.4 percent annually through 2040

Chicken is the only major meat category showing significant growth. Domestic production is not keeping pace with consumption.

A quantum lab for molecules

Non-destructive quantum logic spectroscopy reveals molecular fingerprints

Tavion raises €50 million and starts development of its first battery parks in Polan

CleanTech start-up bets on Poland as Europe's most attractive battery storage market

Gen Z drinks significantly more mocktails and fruit juice

Non-alcoholic drinks are becoming a habit for young people

Automated Lab Speeds Up Material Development

New research platform independently investigates materials for thin-film photovoltaics and other optoelectronic applications

Siemens Energy is starting preparations for business area Transformation of Industry to become a standalone company

Siemens Energy intends to explore new ownership structure of Transformation of Industry as second step with objective to deconsolidate

New Leadership for Danone in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Jean-Yves Krummenacher brings more than 25 years of experience at Danone and most recently served as Global Chief Procurement Officer

On the trail of dissolution: Only 30 water molecules separate salt

Process visualised for the first time at atomic resolution using ultra-high-resolution electron spectroscopy

No Electricity Needed for Solid-state Cooling: Heat Becomes Cold

Researchers Have Developed – as a World First – a Heat-driven, Elastocaloric Cooling System That Leverages Waste Heat and Solar Energy for Sustainable Cooling

Electronic nose detects whether meat and fish are still safe to eat

To this end, the Interreg project PRECISE measures cadaverine—a gas produced when proteins decompose

Protein Content in Foods — New Conversion Factors Enable More Precise Assessment

Max Rubner Institute Releases New Database for Nitrogen-to-Protein Conversion

New plastic turns into a gas when heated – then reforms once cooled

A novel polymer could simplify the application, removal and recycling of materials by eliminating several of the complex processing steps currently used

No evidence that sugar substitutes harm weight, health, or sweet taste preferences

Weight, metabolic parameters, and sweet preference remained stable in controlled trials for up to 52 weeks

Stanford researchers develop an improved method for producing sustainable hydrogen

This method increases energy efficiency tenfold compared to conventional external heating methods

Why apples react differently to climate change than wheat

Recycling in Agriculture: Biogenic CO₂ Is Turned Into Renewable Fuel

Five partners from the research and industrial sectors are developing a decentralized synthesis plant

The search for investors for a large chemical plant in Leuna has failed

Management cites price pressure from Chinese suppliers as the reason

The European battery circular economy needs new business models

Proposed solutions reduce recycling costs by 34 percent