Top news of the week: 21.01.2021.
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Biden and biotech: Science first
The November election now seems such a long time ago: It has, in fact, been less than three months, but that time has been filled with political and scientific catastrophes that will shape ...
Thermo Fisher Buys Mesa Biotech for a Total Deal of $550 Million
Thermo Fisher Scientific, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is acquiring Mesa Biotech for about $450 million in cash. There is also an additional $100 million in cash after certain ...
BIO Congratulates President Biden and Vice President Harris on "Historic Inauguration"
Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) made the following remarks after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were ...
Roller coaster ride for Verastem continues as 2 weeks into the job, its CMO quits
After selling off its marketed cancer drug and focusing back on its pipeline after the loss of its CEO in 2019, Verastem started 2021 looking for stability in a new chief medical officer.
Lilly gives $60M to Merus, ties in $1.6B in biobucks for next-gen cancer research pact
Eli Lilly, via its Loxo Oncology biotech unit, is signing up to a three-therapy deal with Merus focused on T-cell redirecting bispecific antibody work.
Growing Adoption of Bio decontamination Products and Services by Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries
According to the new market research report "Bio Decontamination Market by Product (Equipment, Service, Consumables), Agent (Hydrogen Peroxide, Chlorine, Nitrogen, Peracetic ...
Biotech Voices: We’re poised for a new era of medical advances. A key step: understanding the molecular machines that govern health and disease
We witnessed another important advance in science last year, when London-based researchers at DeepMind announced a major leap forward in the accuracy of an artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Bioluminescence and Biotechnology: Shining Nature’s Cool Light on Biology
Here we discuss the phenomenon of bioluminescence and how scientists are harnessing the power of bioluminescence to better understand our world.