Tag: Biotech
Curevac is trying to restart staff
Curevac boss Franz-Werner Haas in August 2020 on the video facade of the Nasdaq in Times Square The company’s share price has plummeted since its IPO. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt At…
Crispr/Cas gene scissors – First therapy before approval
Frankfurt Ten years after the breakthrough in science, the Crispr/Cas gene scissors are about to be used for the first time in medicine. In the coming weeks, the US biotech…
Crispr/Cas gene scissors – First therapy before approval
Frankfurt Ten years after the breakthrough in science, the Crispr/Cas gene scissors are about to be used for the first time in medicine. In the coming weeks, the US biotech…
With antibodies to better cancer therapies
Biotech against tumors With the active ingredient in Catalym, cancer therapies should have a better impact. Frankfurt The biotech company Catalym from Martinsried near Munich has raised a total of…
Morphosys: Biotech pioneer in the crisis of confidence
Medical research (icon image) Morphosys share price still fails to recover. (Photo: IMAGO/Westend61) Frankfurt After failures at research partners and disappointing sales figures for its first own drug, the Munich…
Bayer buys biotech startup Targenomix – search for the next glyphosate
Use of pesticides in agriculture Dusseldorf The chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer is expanding research into new crop protection products and is buying the Potsdam-based biotech company Targenomix. Bayer confirmed…
Qiagen shares rise after good quarterly figures
Qiagen employee Outside of the shrinking Covid business, Qiagen is growing strongly enough to keep business development almost stable overall. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The Hilden-based biotech company Qiagen wants to…
Biontech continues to expand cancer research with vaccine billions
Frankfurt The Mainz-based biotech company Biontech uses the financial strength from the still strong business with Covid vaccines to further expand its cancer and vaccine research. The quarterly figures presented…
Corona vaccine: declining sales – what remains for Biontech, Moderna & Co
Frankfurt The corona business is once again giving the leading vaccine manufacturers very high sales and profits this year. This was only shown on Tuesday by the surprisingly strong quarterly…
Biotech stocks are interesting for investors
Blood cancer cells and immunoglobins The biotech company Amgen develops therapies against cancer. In late August, Amgen’s stock rose 7 percent after it acquired another biotech company. (Photo: obs) Cologne…
The new Handelsblatt: The editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, like the economy the Handelsblatt is also constantly evolving. From Monday our newspaper will therefore look different: We will appear with one refreshed layout and a…
Hope for better therapies for seriously ill Covid patients
CEO Niels Riedemann According to Inflarx boss and founder Niels Riedemann, previous talks with the US authorities were very encouraging. (Photo: InflaRx) Frankfurt With two new developments from the biotech…
Biontech in Australia: Research center & mRNA production facility planned
Production at Biontech The Mainz-based company opens further locations worldwide, now also in Australia. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Biontech wants to further globalize its research and production. As part of a…
Start-up Cellbricks: Organs from the 3D printer
winning team The winning team Joachim von Arnim and Alexander Leutner from Cellbricks with Fabian Billing (left), Ina Karabasz, Sebastian Matthes and Niko Mohr. Berlin Donor organs are rare. Many…
Digital prize award ceremony The Spark
The Spark The German Digital Prize live at the Handelsblatt. Dusseldorf This year, start-ups are honored that have committed to a better life with Medical Life Tech, the transformation of…
Digital prize award ceremony The Spark
The Spark The German Digital Prize live at the Handelsblatt. Dusseldorf This year, start-ups are honored that have committed to a better life with Medical Life Tech, the transformation of…
Big jump in sales in the pharmaceutical business with biotech and AI?
Boston, Dusseldorf The view is top notch. From Bayer’s new US research center in Boston, the scientists have a fantastic view across the Charles River of the city, its brick…
Biosimilar biotech company achieves first approval success
Frankfurt It is not every day that German biotech companies receive product approvals for their new drug developments. The Munich Formycon has now achieved such a success both in the…
Vaccination against monkeypox boosts biotech company
Frankfurt Just a few months ago, Bavarian Nordic was one of the rather inconspicuous players on the European biotech scene who were almost unknown to the general public. But then…
How Europe can build a strong biotech industry
Europe has just emerged from a crisis that has put its healthcare system to the test. The lack of autonomy in relation to research and development, the management of health…