Belgian biopharma UCB has agreed to acquire clinical-stage biotech Neurona Therapeutics for up to US$1.15 billion, betting on a one-off cell therapy that aims to structurally repair the brains of people with drug-resistant epilepsy.

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Dr Deborah Jones joined the Dutch Resyca BV as CEO at the beginning of April, succeeding Remko Beimers, who has stepped down from his role.

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A newly launched Finnish deep-tech company has cracked the code for single-molecule protein detection. VTT-originated Proteins.1 has launched with €4.7m in pre-seed funding, aiming to stop the deadliest diseases before symptoms even appear.

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Spain has launched a US$200m venture capital fund anchored in Boston to help Spanish biotech companies scale in one of the world’s foremost life sciences ecosystem. The initiative includes a new trade office in Massachusetts and around US$57m in public seed capital.

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Novo Nordisk becomes the latest major pharma player to trust the future of its drug discovery to AI. However, the Danish pharma heavyweight is going one step further: The partnership with Open AI is set to embed advanced artificial intelligence across everything from early R&D to commercial operations.

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