Hot on the heels of an oversubscribed series B round, OMass CEO and Rising Leader Ros Deegan spoke with In Vivo about her move from pharma to biotech, mass spectrometry and big dreams for the firm.

Cambridge Innovation Capital partner Robert Tansley tells Scrip that the UK has "a really strong history of innovation in biological sciences and Cambridge has been at the forefront” but this has not equated to a substantial number of biotech companies “where we have lagged significantly behind the US."

Affimed looks to build on the splash at last year’s American Association for Cancer Research meeting next month, while BioNTech aims to prove its immunotherapy capabilities with a CAR-T candidate.

Evolving challenges will keep the COVID-19 pipeline active, while oncology, immunology and CNS are areas also expected to see much progress in 2022. Industry executives look forward to the year in therapeutic R&D.