Biotechnology

Europe’s biggest-ever private financing round by a biotech doesn’t mean the capital drought is over, says Martin Edwards of Novo Ventures.

Europe needs to expand its focus in biotech beyond healthcare, and apply it as a tool to fight climate change, a conference in Barcelona heard.

The precarious position of the UK’s life sciences sector is underlined by fundraising failures among 295 of its members.

The Technische Universität Dortmund is to lead the launch of Europe’s largest PhD programme in the developing field of industrial biotechnology.