From Startup to Global Market Leader

Amferia closes €1,2 million investment to combat resistant bacterial infections

"Bacterial infections are likely to surpass cancer and heart disease as a number one cause of human deaths in the future..."

€1.3M pre-seed funding for Lucid Genomics

Startup will use funds to fine-tune their AI models for diagnostics and biomarker discovery

New pharmaceutically active substances from billions of newly combined molecules

“We’re seeing immense interest from industry and research, especially in cyclic molecules, which to date haven’t been accessible in large numbers”

Innovative implant against sudden deafness wins start-up funding competition

Implant releases active ingredients locally

Start-up aims to accelerate bioprocess development

IRUBIS secures pre-series A funding led by BioProcess360 Partners

AI Adoption Stagnates in German Companies

Research and development uses AI most commonly for data analysis and modelling

Caresyntax Raises $180 Million Funding to Accelerate Growth and Adoption of Precision Surgery

Hevolution Foundation and Dolby Family Ventures join Vandria’s 2nd Series A closing

Bringing the total round to $30.7M (CHF 28.3M) to Progress the Mitophagy Inducer VNA-318 into CNS Clinical Development

Genedata Joins Danaher Corporation

Genedata and Danaher share a vision of accelerating discovery and development of critical therapeutics

Biotage AB appointment of new CEO

ATS To Acquire Laboratory Solutions Provider Heidolph Group

SphingoTec Closes €5M Series C to Accelerate Market Development and Financial Growth with Innovative Biomarkers

SphingoTec GmbH has successfully secured funding to drive its global expansion, including the US market, through strategic collaborations.

Animal-free cell therapy from Aachen secures global growth

PL BioScience closes Series A financing in the amount of 7.8 million euros

QUANTRO Therapeutics receives important Austrian research funding to further develop its platform for the discovery of novel cancer therapies

Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG awards funding to QUANTRO to accelerate the next development phase of the company's proprietary research platform

CARBIOS and FCC Environment announce joint project to establish UK-based PET biorecycling facility

New research findings on life-threatening disease of the baby's lungs

Scientists at Leipzig University Medicine investigate inflammatory processes in the development of disease

try coziness: Very slow malaria pathogens could be suitable as a vaccine

Confo Therapeutics Announces EUR 60M Series B Financing to Advance a Pipeline of Novel GPCR-Modulating Therapies into Clinical Development

Proceeds to support Phase 1 clinical trials for two proprietary programs, and to advance two additional programs to IND approval

Merck Closes Mirus Bio Acquisition, Bolstering Viral Vector Bioprocessing Offering

Advances Merck’s ambition to provide fully integrated and comprehensive solution for viral vector manufacturing

Merck returns to organic sales growth

Merck raises guidance for 2024

Cracking the code of life: New AI model deciphers the hidden language of DNA

Study shows what your favourite film genres reveal about your brain

New vector vaccine against COVID-19 provides long-term protection

Precise Genetics: New CRISPR method enables efficient DNA modification

Two methods combined

Microbiome of the nose: removing iron from multi-resistant germs

Whether dangerous staphylococci survive in the nose depends on what other bacteria are present - and how they obtain iron.

Stopping and reversing Alzheimer's at an early stage

TUM study shows promising therapeutic approach

Microbe of the Year 2023: Bacillus subtilis – for health and technology

Already, Bacillus subtilis is indispensable in many industries, and many more innovations are expected

Strength Training Activates Cellular Waste Disposal

Regulated degradation of damaged cell components prevents heart failure and nerve diseases

Sport or snack? How our brain decides

The brain chemical orexin is crucial when we choose between sport and the tasty temptations that beckon everywhere we turn

Common salt activates anti-tumor cells

Evidence found that sodium chloride can increase the activity of certain immune cells against cancer

When is the best time of day for cancer treatment?

Researchers are developing new methods to use the internal clock inside tumor cells to optimize cancer therapies

Book scorpion venom also effective against hospital germs

Pioneering plasma-catalytic process for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol under ambient conditions

Delivery Hero merges its foodora, Yemeksepeti, and foodpanda business teams

New organization to boost operational excellence and increase business leverage across Europe and Asia

Evidence stacks up for poisonous books containing toxic dyes

Greenhouse gas HFC-23: Abatement of emissions is achievable

Novel measuring method for gas emissions

The banana apocalypse is near, but biologists might have found a key to their survival

Discovery of molecular mechanisms used by the banana-destroying microbe brings hope to the breakfast table

Spectris Acquires SciAps Incorporated

Scientists achieve more than 98% efficiency removing nanoplastics from water

The liquid-based solution uses a solvent to trap the plastic particles, leaving clean water behind.

Myths about popcorn - there is a need for clarification

Revolutionary microfluidic sensors enable real-time detection of multiple heavy metals in water

Alcohol as a storage medium

Power-to-methanol could become a mainstay of the energy transition

Sugar intake is falling, but is still too high

Study by the University of Bonn examines the nutrition of children and young people and sees a need for further action

E-nose has mastered the art of detecting spoiled meat

New solution for green hydrogen production

Scientists at Paderborn University research carbon materials for photocatalysis

Vertical Farming – A Contribution to Protein Supply for the Growing Global Population

Advanced chelators offer efficient and eco-friendly rare earth element recovery

New method is an order of magnitude more efficient than the industry standard

proFagus: Regenerated smoke is the safest alternative for food preservation and flavoring

Regenerated smoke is the safest alternative for food preservation and flavoring

Rice-built reactor yields green ammonia and purified water

New reactor system could decarbonize ammonia production, treat nitrate-contaminated water

Breakthrough in cost-effective production of cultivated meat

"We were inspired by how Ford’s automated assembly line revolutionized the car industry 110 years ago”

Chemical industry copes with cost pressure: sales development has bottomed out

Positive outlook for 2025

$20K Food Analysis Contest: Utilize New Data

The American Heart Association invites investigators to use the first set of data from the Periodic Table of Food Initiative to study the role of food in health and medicine

Making PEM electrolysis cost-efficient and scalable

Carbon-based bipolar plates have the potential to replace titanium bipolar plates in the electrolysis stack

The bee’s knees: New tests created to find fake honey

Researchers discover smarter way to recycle polyurethane

Researchers at Aarhus University have found a better method to recycle polyurethane foam

Fi Europe Startup Challenge: Time to take centre stage

Entries for the Fi Europe Startup Challenge are now open with a submission deadline of 6 September.