Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharma News

Research team achieves breakthrough in environmentally friendly control of invasive pests

Solving a 35-year-old puzzle paves the way for sustainable control of insect pests worldwide

Novel human stem cell-derived liver organoids

Supplementation with bile acids gives rise to grape-like clusters resembling liver tissue

Producing Desired Epoxides from Pollutants

A new selective biocatalyst

What the sea spider genome reveals about their bizarre anatomy

The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides novel insights in chelicerate evo-devo

Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2025 goes to Varun Venkataramani, Germany

Patented turbo for immunotherapies against cancer

Production time for cell therapies reduced from weeks to days

Stretchable Electronics: Conductive Polymer Optimized for Wearable Biosensors

A deformable patch that measures the heart rate or detects biomarkers in the sweat and feels as soft and flexible as one's own skin

Breakthrough in Artificial Blood Production

A breakthrough that could make the production of artificial blood more efficient in the future

Making fibrosis visible – before it’s too late

With planned ETH spin-off to market maturity

Cellulose instead of Crude Oil: Sustainable Foams Developed

An international research team has developed certified biodegradable and recyclable multi-purpose foams

A recycling mechanism that helps cells fight aging

The findings open new directions for therapies against age-related diseases

New microscope 96 times faster: watching immune cells race

shoot 384 films simultaneously

analytica USA: Expert knowledge for research and practice

Special show Digital Transformation: a hands-on Smart Lab

EvlaBio raises €21 million Seed Funding to Develop a Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in the Setting of Chronic Kidney Disease

EvlaBio’s lead program consists of a first-in-class therapeutic monoclonal antibody treatment with the potential to transform outcomes for millions of patients

HORIBA opens new Analytical Solution Plaza to support UK science and research

Making fibrosis visible – before it’s too late

With planned ETH spin-off to market maturity

Health tech startup Carelane sets new standards for clinical research with AI-driven, end-to-end platform

Seed funding of EUR 2.6 million led by Vorwerk Ventures

Commission launches new strategy to make Europe a global leader in life sciences by 2030

GenNext Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborate

Simplify Structural Biology for Faster Biotherapeutic Development

Siemens completes acquisition of Dotmatics

Acquisition expanding Siemens’ offerings into the life sciences industry

Merck Completes Acquisition of SpringWorks Therapeutics to Accelerate Sustainable Growth of its Healthcare Business

It represents one of the biggest M&A deals in the global biopharma sector so far in 2025

Neopharmed Gentili acquires the European ORLADEYO® Business from BioCryst Pharmaceuticals

Italian pharmaceutical company strengthens position in the field of rare diseases

TNO spin-off AIKON Health secures €1.2 million seed round to advance remote heart failure monitoring

Shifting care from hospital to home

ETH spin-offs sweep the board at Venture Awards

Chemists produce hexa-nitrogen for the first time - the most energy-rich substance ever formed

"...a huge advance in nitrogen chemistry": future application as environmentally friendly energy storage conceivable

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

Ultra-thin lenses that make infrared light visible

Researchers have achieved this using a special metal-oxide lens material called lithium niobate and through nanoscale pattern, stamped into the material

PFAS: A novel path to breaking down “forever chemicals”

A new catalyst capable of cleaving strong carbon-fluorine bonds has been developed – potential use in pharmaceutical production

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

How chemical bonds are formed: Observing energy flow in real time

Femtosecond spectroscopy makes chemical processes visible

Green hydrogen from Africa much more costly than previously assumed

Imports without guarantees are not competitive

A new method identifies rancid hazelnuts without removing them from the bag

Lab in a tube: Monitoring soil chemistry without disturbing it

Start-up wants to build the world's first stellarator-based fusion power plant in the 2030s

Proxima Fusion raises €130M Series A: “Fusion energy is entering a new era—moving from lab-based science to industrial-scale engineering”

Compostable Single-Use Tableware

Mechanically stable, water-resistant polymer films thanks to bio-based coatings

New Microscopy tool for energy research

Technique allows scientists to explore the properties of photoelectrodes more precisely

Material substitution: artificial intelligence helps in the search for alternatives

Intelligent system searches scientific publications for substitutes for critical raw materials, e.g. in batteries

Screw cap increasingly accepted for wine

A few years ago, this was unthinkable, as a recent study now shows

Renewable gas from hydrogen and CO₂

New sorption-enhanced methanation plant at Empa

Antitrust proceedings against Delivery Hero and Glovo: EU Commission imposes heavy fines

Sevenfold boost in lifespan of anode-free all-solid-state batteries using MoS₂ thin films

Employing cost-effective MoS₂ thin films in place of expensive noble metals resolves issues of non-uniform lithium plating and interfacial instability in anode-free all-solid-state batteries

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Europe’s largest e-Fuel production plant goes into operation

INERATEC opens ERA ONE

Ready for summer with the PINK LEMONADE from waterdrop®

thyssenkrupp nucera Signs an Agreement to Acquire Key Technology Assets from Green Hydrogen Systems

Vion: 2024 Strategy Execution Drives Strong Results in 2025

Replacing animal products with plant-based foods leads to weight loss in people with type 1 diabetes