News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
Watch: SwedenBIO leading the way
SwedenBIO is the national non-profit association for the life science industry in Sweden, with more than 300 members.
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News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
Watch: Sigrid CEO talks about lifestyle diseases
Sigrid Therapeutics AB was founded in 2014 by Tore Bengtsson and Sana Alajmovic, with the vision of transforming the way modern day chronic lifestyle diseases are treated and prevented. The company’s research dates back to 2008 when Bengtsson and his research group at the Department of Molecular Biosciences at Stockholm University in Sweden made discoveries […]
News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
Watch: IRLAB CEO Richard Godfrey
IRLAB discovers and develops novel treatments of Parkinson’s disease and other CNS disorders. The company’s most advanced drug candidates, mesdopetam (IRL790) and pirepemat (IRL752), are in phase IIb and are designed to treat some of the most difficult symptoms related to Parkinson’s disease. In 2021, Ipsen, a specialty pharma company, acquired exclusive global rights to […]
News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
Watch: Mendus interview
Mendus AB is a Swedish company dedicated to changing the course of cancer treatment by addressing tumor recurrence and improving survival outcomes for cancer patients, while preserving quality of life. The company leverages its expertise in allogeneic dendritic cell biology to develop an advanced clinical pipeline of novel, off-the-shelf, cell-based immunotherapies which combine clinical efficacy […]
News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
Ori Biotech and Inceptor Bio partner on solid tumor cell therapy
Cell and gene therapy (CGT) company Ori Biotech, and cell therapy firm Inceptor Bio have announced a new partnership. The deal will utilize Ori Biotech’s manufacturing platform technology to support initial process development through scale-up for manufacturing of Inceptor’s novel CAR-M, CAR-T and CAR-NK programs. Inceptor Bio is the third partner to join Ori’s LightSpeed […]
News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
Verona Pharma drug meets COPD phase 3 trial endpoints
Verona Pharma plc has announced positive results of its phase 3 ENHANCE-1 trial evaluating nebulized ensifentrine for the maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The ENHANCE-1 trial successfully met its primary and key secondary endpoints demonstrating significant improvements in lung function, symptoms and quality of life measures. In addition, ensifentrine substantially reduced the […]
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News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
Ribbon Biolabs milestone to lead to 2023 market entry
DNA synthesis company Ribbon Biolabs has announced the successful implementation of its InfiniSynth platform for the automated assembly of sequence-agnostic and long DNA. The company achieved the milestone in collaboration with HighRes Biosolutions, a laboratory automation technology company. The InfiniSynth platform enables Ribbon Biolabs to enter the market in 2023 with a highly differentiated approach […]
News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
iOnctura raises €17.5M for pancreatic cancer therapy
iOnctura BV, a clinical-stage biotech developing novel cancer therapies, has been granted €17.5 million ($18.6 million) funding from the European Investment Council’s (EIC) accelerator program to develop IOA-289 for pancreatic cancer. The EIC’s funding consists of a grant of €2.5 million ($2.7 million), and €15 million ($16 million) of equity investment. Earlier this month, iOnctura […]
News and Trends 20 Dec 2022
F2G looks for FDA new drug application approval for invasive fungal infections treatment
F2G Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing its new drug application (NDA) for olorofim for the treatment of invasive fungal infections in patients who have limited or no treatment options. F2G has requested approval of the NDA under the Limited Population Pathway for Antibacterial and Antifungal […]
Startup Scout 19 Dec 2022
Green Bioactives grows medicines in plant cells
Though plants may hold the key to new, effective medicines, sourcing these compounds sustainably is difficult. Green Bioactives devises eco-friendly ways to produce plant-derived drugs via plant cell cultures. For decades, the pharmaceutical industry has designed synthetic small molecule drugs and manufactured them via chemical synthesis. While this approach provides an easy way to supply […]
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022
Watch: InfraLife supports Sweden’s life sciences industry
InfraLife (Infra Access for Life Science Sweden) is a Swedish initiative to maximize the benefits of Sweden’s large scale research infrastructures SciLifeLab, MAX IV and ESS. Funded by Swedish Research Council, InfraLife also partners with industrial organizations SwedenBIO & LIF and collaborates with SWElife, MedTech4Health and Swedish MedTech. The intent of the project is to […]
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022
Watch: Pharm Assist at NLS Days
Pharm Assist is a consultancy company in Sweden offering regulatory affairs services for pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Founded in 1996, Pharm Assist employs more than 20 experts and has assisted more than 250 Nordic and international companies with their regulatory requirements. It acts as partner in product development, authoring and compilation of dossiers for […]
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