Three life sciences and healthcare networking organisations in the UK have made an agreement with MassBio to promote the biotechnology industry in both regions.

The DFG Research Centre for Renewable Therapies at the Technical University of Dresden is to have its funding extended for a further four years.

The industry association France Biotech has set out its proposals for the use of money raised by the French government’s Grand Emprunt or National Loan.

The Medicines for Malaria Venture has received its fifth and largest grant of $115 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Alsace BioValley cluster has launched SHIP-In, a project to develop induced pluripotent stem cells for use in drug discovery.

Roche has granted Russian start-up Viriom Ltd a licence to develop and commercialise potential novel treatments for HIV/AIDS patients in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.