OctoPlus announces agreement with a US biotechnology company on its controlled release technology

Neogap Therapeutics selected for the Innovate Nordics 2025 Acceleration Program

Innovate Nordics targets Nordic growth companies aiming to establish a presence in the U.S. market

Revolution in the fight against autoimmune diseases: Granite Bio debuts with $100 million of capital

Breakthrough antibody therapies target the roots of inflammation and promise breakthroughs for millions of patients

Merck to Acquire US Biopharma Company SpringWorks Therapeutics

Planned acquisition will immediately add revenue and accelerate mid- to long-term growth for Merck’s Healthcare business

“We’re working at full force to put Bayer back on a profitable growth path”

Progress on strategic priorities

Heidelberg start-up develops system for precise drug monitoring with just one drop of blood

Start-up portrait: QuantiLight revolutionizes blood tests with home monitoring platform

Rigaku and SPERA PHARMA initiate Strategic Partnership to Advanced Pharmaceutical Development

AATec Medical Secures EUR 4 Million to Advance Lead Respiratory Drug Candidate to Clinical Development

Funding from SPRIND and Family Offices

Capricorn Scientific and florabio Join Forces to Revolutionize Animal-Free, High-Yield Cell Culture Media

From pea to active pharmaceutical ingredient: OrbiFarm revolutionizes global food and drug production

New Veganz Group subsidiary with 40 million valuation - investor entry expected in Q2/2025

Chemeleon to Collaborate with Mayo Clinic to Finalize Ultra-Rapid Assay, Launches $10M Series A

Results in seconds rather than hours: Groundbreaking instrument-free assay nears completion

Sysmex establishes a subsidiary in Kenya

Strengthening business foundations in East Africa

Siemens acquires Dotmatics to extend AI-powered software portfolio to Life Sciences

Munich-based lab automation startup raised €2.77M

AI-driven biotech research: Connected labs for faster scientific progress

Wacker Biotech announces strategic collaboration with RNAV8 Bio

Improving the development of mRNA therapeutics

Next-generation AI drug design engine

Isomorphic Labs announces $600m external investment round

Syntegon sells Waiblingen property and plans further growth with new locations

Focused pharmaceutical site in Fellbach creates new production capacities

EXIST start-up grant for virtual reality laboratory training

"Wet-Lab-VR": Virtual reality technology revolutionises training for molecular biology laboratories

DHL Group acquires CRYOPDP from Cryoport to strengthen “DHL Health Logistics”

Specialty logistics services for clinical trials, biopharma, and cell & gene therapies

Augustine Therapeutics raises oversubscribed EUR 78 million Series A financing round

Proceeds to support the clinical development of lead candidate AGT-100216 for the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease

Boost for the Startup Scene in the Rhine-Main Region

Four Universities and Futury Launch the Future Factory

What drives our cravings for food and drink?

New research shines light on how the brain interprets nutritional and hydration needs and turns them into action

Researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life

After 7000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud

Sensors against superbugs

Dangerous increase in antimicrobial resistance: Detect resistant pathogens faster and start customized treatment in good time

Research breakthrough: Lab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings

This research offers a potential way to repair teeth and a natural dental treatment alternative

High blood pressure? Eat more bananas

New mathematical model demonstrates ratio of potassium to sodium intake key to regulating blood pressure

How does the immune system age?

Research team shows very precise and comprehensive correlation between immune profiles and age, gender, smoking, obesity and diseases

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines train the ‘long-term memory’ of the immune system

Findings have far-reaching implications for the development of future vaccination strategie

Groundbreaking AI tool generates 3D map of the brain

It is a detailed view of the brain like never seen before: allowing users to zoom in and out — from all angles, like a Google Earth map

The proportion of harmful substances in particulate matter is much higher than assumed

Measured from the air in real time

Heidelberg start-up develops system for precise drug monitoring with just one drop of blood

Start-up portrait: QuantiLight revolutionizes blood tests with home monitoring platform

Chlorotonil: Game-Changer in the Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens

Researchers decipher novel mode of action of natural product antibiotic

New green chemistry extracts valuable compounds from plant waste

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

An elegant method for the detection of single spins using photovoltage

This could lead to a much more compact design of quantum sensors

Green hydrogen: A cage structured material transforms into a performant catalyst

Very interesting class of materials for electrocatalysts discovered?

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Just take a photo to determine the chemical composition

Chemists use machine learning and robotics to identify chemical compositions from images

New approaches in battery production

From raw material processing to recycling

Eating mangos daily shown to improve insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control

New research finds mangos may be key to reducing insulin resistance in adults who are overweight or obese

Chatbot opens computational chemistry to nonexperts

New tool turns complex process of simulating molecules in solution into a user-friendly chat

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

Improved Recycling of Plastic from Packaging Waste

Recycled plastic used in filaments for 3D printing

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

European chemical companies pessimistic for 2025: recovery not foreseeable until 2026

Green transformation remains one of the top management priorities alongside digitalization and AI

Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

A high-fat diet reduces a brain chemical linked to pleasure. Boosting it in mice aids weight loss.

Marine litter: what biodegradable plastics can do to solve the problem

A third generation of biodegradable plastics could bring hope in the fight against plastic waste

New highly effective bitter compound identified

Mushroom study expands knowledge of natural bitter compounds

Siemens to establish global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for Battery Production in Canada

Investment of CAD$150 million (ca. €97 million) over five years

Meat consumption remains at a low level

ProVeg speaks of "intermediate plateau" and underlines call for a future nutrition plan

New, non-toxic synthesis method for “miracle material” MXene

No more toxic hydrofluoric acid

AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis

NYU Tandon researchers develop technology to calculate calories and nutrients from food images

What innovation potential does the use of graphene offer for lithium-ion batteries?

Brownie points for ChatGPT’s food analysis skills