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WEEKLY NEWS #acnweekly 🔬 📰 👀 1) University of Amsterdam spin-off InspectT B.V. secures a €450K NWO (Dutch Research Council) Take-off phase 2 loan to commercialise its patented Optical-DOSY molecular analysis technology. 2) ChemistryNL opens a €3.76 million PPS-I call for chemistry and materials projects with defence applications. 3) University of Amsterdam's Dr. Ioana M. ILIE Ilie becomes the first recipient of Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging-KNCV's NextGenChem award. 4) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) appoints five new University Chair professors spanning health, education, and social sciences. 5) Avantium spins out its CO2 conversion platform Volta Technology into new company Carbeau®, backed by €35.2M in funding. 6) Novartis agrees to acquire UK biotech Myricx Bio for up to $1.5B to advance a new antibody drug conjugate payload for cancer. 7) Vertex Pharmaceuticals agrees to acquire Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for about $10B, adding an approved acromegaly drug and a late-stage CAH candidate. 8) Ipsen agrees to acquire Swiss biotech Memo Therapeutics AG for over €700M, gaining a first in class BK virus antibody for transplant patients. 9) US firm Kimball Electronics pays $103M to acquire Dutch CDMO Helvoet Polymer Technologies, adding sites in Tilburg and Pune. 10) GenDx absorbs the CareDx, Inc. lab products portfolio following Eurobio Scientific FR's acquisition, broadening its transplant diagnostics offering.   #ACNWeekly #Biotech #LifeSciences #PharmaNews #AIBiotech #BiotechDeals #Oncology #GeneTherapy #HealthInnovation #FutureOfMedicine Links 🔎🔎🔎 1. https://lnkd.in/eReVHp_7 2. https://lnkd.in/e3RJRU9Y 3. https://lnkd.in/ee3J3ct6 4. https://lnkd.in/eZztUTHb 5. https://lnkd.in/e2_z6_uk 6. https://lnkd.in/gFNCB32U 7. https://lnkd.in/ekyPvnem 8. https://lnkd.in/edVWm9zj 9. https://lnkd.in/eFWvcbpi 10. https://lnkd.in/ecvWBkuw