BioNTech will acquire Neon Therapeutics Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $67 million.

Swiss company Vifor Pharma and Germany’s Evotec AG launched a joint venture to focus on the discovery and development of new therapies for kidney diseases.

Durham, North Carolina-based Ribometrix closed on a Series A financing worth $30 million, led by M Ventures.

New York-based Kallyope and Danish company Novo Nordisk signed a research collaboration and option deal to discover novel therapeutics to treat obesity and diabetes.

Fast Company recently published The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies 2018, topping off its edition of the top 350 most innovative companies. Here is a look at the life science companies that made the list.

BioSpace present its NextGen Bio “Class of 2018,” a list of 20 up-and-coming life science companies in North America that started up no earlier than 2015.