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Horizon Discovery closes £11.3 million fundraising

Biotechnology business Horizon Discovery has raised £11.3 million in a Series C funding round after completing a private placement of ordinary shares in the Cambridge company.

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PolyTherics closes £2.15 million funding round

Technology investor Imperial Innovations has led a £2.15 million funding round for one its portfolio businesses biotechnology company PolyTherics.

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Phico Therapeutics completes £1 million fundraising

Cambridge-based Phico Therapeutics has completed a £1 million fundraising round to help develop products that treat E. coli bacteria.

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AstraZeneca and Heptares collaborate on drug development

AstraZeneca and Heptares Therapeutics have entered a four-year collaboration focused on the development of new drugs targeting proteins.

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Tocris acquired by American company

American biotech company Techne Corporation has made a British acquisition with the £75 million purchase of Bristol-based Tocris Holdings.

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Private placing raises £25 million for Oxford Nanopore

Biotech developer Oxford Nanopore Technologies has raised £25 million in a latest financing round.

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Viropro acquires biotech production facility

US-based biopharmaceutical company Viropro has acquired a Cambridge biotech facility in a deal worth $21 million (£13 million).

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Mercia launches new biotech company

Seed investor The Mercia Fund has spun out a new venture, the Native Antigen Company (NAC), from existing portfolio company PsiOxus Therapeutics.

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Oxford biotech spin-out raises £1.55 million

Crysalin, a spin-out from the University of Oxford's biochemistry department, has secured equity finance of £1.55 million.

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Biotech start-ups starved of cash

Most of the UK's biotech start-ups receive no external funding, and the problem is particularly acute outside the South East, finds research.

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Meridian Bioscience acquires Bioline

US company Meridian Bioscience has acquired Bioline for £14.9 million.

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Asterand buys BioSeek

Hertfordshire-based biotechnology company Asterand has acquired US drug discovery business BioSeek for up to$;13 million (£8.5 million).

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