The Grants4Apps Accelerator Berlin is back and this time with an additional track for the mature startups out there: The Dealmaker. Up to five startups will be selected for the 100-day Accelerator program in Berlin. The new Dealmaker is all about quality facetime between you and Grants4Apps experts for one full day.

AstraZeneca marks a key milestone in its successful move to Cambridge, UK, with the 'topping out' of its new, state-of-the-art, strategic R&D centre and global corporate headquarters at the heart of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC). The Company, including its biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, already has 2,000 employees actively engaged in the city’s vibrant scientific, academic, clinical and business community.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that new data from the OCREVUS™ (ocrelizumab) clinical trial programmes will be presented during the 69th American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The presentations will highlight new efficacy and safety analyses from the OCREVUS Phase II and Phase III trials, as well as from the open-label extensions.

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced the divestment of its Biosimilars business to Fresenius. The decision to divest Biosimilars is aligned with Merck’s strategy for its Healthcare business sector to focus on its pipeline of innovative medicines.

Novartis today announced data from the Phase IV Multiple Sclerosis and clinical outcome and MRI in the US (MS-MRIUS) study, which confirmed the effectiveness of Gilenya® (fingolimod) in the real-world setting, supporting previous findings from Phase III trials[1],[2].

Pfizer Inc. today announced the launch of the company's Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and Surveillance (ATLAS) website, which is designed to provide physicians and the global health community with easy access to critical data on the efficacy of various antibiotic treatments and emerging resistance patterns across more than 60 countries.

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that it has agreed with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to share compounds under the WIPO Re:Search open innovation umbrella, thereby deepening its efforts in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) to identify potential cures for leishmaniasis, Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness).