Grenova and Peak Robotics merge to form Grenova Robotics

InhalPlus GmbH founded to improve drug delivery to the lungs of premature infants

Bayer to invest 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in a new manufacturing site in the United States

Bayer expects to create around 600 new high-value jobs in the area

Biotech Open Platform opens in Europe to bridge lab innovations and industrial scale-up

Danone, Michelin and DMC Biotechnologies jointly founded the open fermentation infrastructure in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Altmann Analytik Acquires Laboratory Supplier Kobe

Kobe Acquisition Strengthens Altmann Analytik's Position in the University and Research Market

POWTECH TECHNOPHARM 2026: The International Process Industry Focuses on Collaboration and Sustainability

The focus was on topics such as pharmaceutical processing, smart industry, energy efficiency, recycling, safety, and the future of processing

VEGA acquires Swiss IoT platform provider

"Together, we close the gap between data collection and its use for informed decisions"

Aptadir raises €40 million in Italy’s largest biotech seed round and one of the largest in Europe

Financing will advance a novel class of RNA inhibitor-based therapeutics

AstraZeneca announces equity investment in Summit

AstraZeneca and Summit Therapeutics collaborate to advance ADC combination strategy in cancer

Fresenius completes acquisition of mAbxience

Jurgen Van Broeck, Chief Executive Officer of mAbxience, will continue to lead the business

Zymofix to build flagship microbial manufacturing plant as it takes solid-state fermentation to industrial scale

The new Deinze facility will expand production following successful pilot-scale validation and growing customer demand

Aventix raises €1.2 million pre-seed to build the future of bioanalytics

AI-powered volume measurement in 30 seconds – contactless

Roche is investing CHF 790 million in a new production facility for synthetic active ingredients

The ‘Synthetic Molecules Facility’ in Basel combines AI-supported infrastructure with state-of-the-art production technologies

BioNTech Founders Launch New Venture

Şahin and Türeci's new startup in Mainz focuses on mRNA therapies

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

Mini-tumors reveal new drug combinations for liver cancer

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

New method causes cancer cells to burn out

New molecule forces leukemia cells to work themselves to death

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

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

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

A tiny bacterium with a huge impact

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

Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

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

Small Algae, Big Prospects for Cultured Meat

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

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

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

Age-related diseases can be reduced through health check-ups

New score predicts frailty and mortality

Revvity to acquire France-based biotechnology company

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

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.

Automated Lab Speeds Up Material Development

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

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

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

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

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

Stanford researchers develop an improved method for producing sustainable hydrogen

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

Arla is investing more than 63 million euros in the future of high-protein dairy products

Demand for skyr, cottage cheese, and protein solutions is driving investment in Europe

When molecules »notice« what their neighbours are doing

New spectroscopic method reveals the environment of switchable iron complexes

Two chemical giants, a potential deal: BASF and Evonik in talks

BASF confirms exploratory talks regarding potential takeover of Evonik

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

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

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

Evonik is cutting 3,200 jobs worldwide and sharpens growth strategy

Businesses and German sites with clear roles

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

Research team paves the way for compact, inexpensive free-electron lasers

Laser-plasma FEL could resolve the bottleneck in research measurement times

Recycling in Agriculture: Biogenic CO₂ Is Turned Into Renewable Fuel

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

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

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

Management cites price pressure from Chinese suppliers as the reason

Ammeraal Beltech to Present Food Conveyor Solutions at EHEDG World Congress

Ammeraal Beltech will participate as a Gold Sponsor at the EHEDG World Congress in Vienna, Austria, on 7–8 October 2026

Silicon anodes from Groningen: US start-up GDI builds demonstration factory to cut China dependency

Haskoning selected by GDI for battery demonstration factory in Farmsum

Europe’s last Acetyls site halts production

INEOS Idles Europe's last world-scale Acetyls plant as Energy prices hit 12 times US level

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