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News and Trends 17 Oct 2019

Innate Pharma Raises €62M IPO to Develop Antibody Drugs for Cancer

The French company Innate Pharma has raised a Nasdaq IPO of €62.1M ($68.8M) to fund the development of antibody immunotherapies for solid tumors and blood cancer. Innate Pharma’s lead candidate antibody monalizumab is being co-developed in phase II with AstraZeneca for the treatment of head and neck cancer and colorectal cancer. Monalizumab is a member […]

October 17, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 16 Oct 2019

GammaDelta Therapeutics Spins Out Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech

The UK biotech GammaDelta Therapeutics has founded Adaptate Biotherapeutics to develop cancer immunotherapies based on antibodies that boost a rare type of immune cell. Adaptate Biotherapeutics is a spin-out of GammaDelta Therapeutics, a London company founded in 2016 that specializes in using a rare type of immune cells, known as gamma delta T-cells, to fight […]

October 16, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 16 Oct 2019

UK Firm Raises €51M to Repurpose Drugs for Rare Diseases Using AI

The Cambridge-based artificial intelligence company Healx has raised a Series B round of €50.8M to launch an AI tool that reduces the time it takes to develop treatments for rare diseases by five years. The Series B round was led by the UK VC firm Atomico and includes the returning investor Jonathan Milner, the founder […]

October 16, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 15 Oct 2019

German Cancer Virotherapy Biotech Launches with €12M Series A

Abalos Therapeutics launches today with €12M in Series A funding to get the development of its arenavirus-based cancer therapies off the ground. Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and Gründerfonds Ruhr co-led the investment round, with additional contributions from NRW.BANK and High-Tech Gründerfonds. Abalos, which is based in Essen, Germany, will focus on developing anti-cancer drugs with […]

October 15, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

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In Depth 15 Oct 2019

Four New Technologies That Will Change Cancer Treatment

New approaches to tame the immune system in the fight against cancer are getting us closer to a future where cancer becomes a curable disease. Personalized vaccines, cell therapy, gene editing and microbiome treatments are four technologies that will change the way cancer is treated. Curing cancer is certainly one of the big challenges of […]

October 15, 2019 - 9 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 15 Oct 2019

Artificial Photosynthesis-Driven Chemical Plant Launched in Germany

The German industrial giants Siemens and Evonik have launched a joint project to build and run a test plant to make valuable chemicals from water and waste carbon dioxide using bacteria — a process known as artificial photosynthesis. The test plant, which is currently under construction, will be based at Evonik’s site in Marl, Germany, […]

October 15, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

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News and Trends 14 Oct 2019

Dutch Incubator Launched to Scale up Industrial Biotechs

A collaboration involving the Dutch company DSM and other organizations in the Netherlands has launched Planet B.io, an incubator aimed at scaling up technology developed by industrial biotech startups such as the lab-grown meat developer Meatable. Planet B.io is based at the Biotech Campus Delft, the Netherlands, and contains a total of 3,000 m² of office […]

October 14, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 14 Oct 2019

Mogrify Raises €15M Series A to Chase the ‘Holy Grail’ of Cell Therapy

Cambridge-based Mogrify has raised €14.5M to develop a technology that could allow scientists to transform any human cell into another cell type without the arduous process of turning them into a stem cell first. The Series A round was led by Ahren Innovation Capital, an investment firm founded by science entrepreneurs from the UK […]

October 14, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 11 Oct 2019

RNA Therapy Improves Vision in Untreatable Genetic Blindness

A phase I/II trial run by the Dutch company ProQR has found that its RNA therapy could significantly improve the vision of people with Leber’s congenital amaurosis, a rare genetic disease for which there is no treatment. The RNA drug, called sepofarsen, is designed to treat people with a specific mutation in a gene […]

October 11, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Startup Scout 11 Oct 2019

This Biotech Is Developing a Stem Cell Therapy for Deafness

Sheffield is one of the UK’s historic industrial bases. It also hosts the biotech Rinri Therapeutics, which is developing a stem cell therapy to treat deaf patients who are not eligible for cochlear implants. Mission: To develop a stem cell therapy for a rare form of deafness where the neuronal wiring underlying the auditory system […]

October 11, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 10 Oct 2019

Update: BioNTech Files for €141M Nasdaq IPO

BioNTech’s Nasdaq IPO has raised €141M ($155M), a lower sum than it initially anticipated. The timing of the IPO means it has likely been impacted by adverse market conditions, which are due to factors such as global manufacturing slowdowns and escalations in US and Chinese trade disputes. This same market volatility led several companies such […]

October 10, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 9 Oct 2019

Novo Nordisk and Bluebird Bio to Treat Hemophilia with Gene Editing

The Danish big pharma Novo Nordisk has joined forces with the US gene therapy company bluebird bio to develop next-generation gene editing treatments for hemophilia. The collaboration will last for three years and has the goal of developing a gene therapy that can permanently treat hemophilia A, a genetic disease causing uncontrolled bleeding. Novo Nordisk […]

October 9, 2019 - 1 minutemin - By Jonathan Smith

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Innate Pharma Raises €62M IPO to Develop Antibody Drugs for Cancer

GammaDelta Therapeutics Spins Out Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech

UK Firm Raises €51M to Repurpose Drugs for Rare Diseases Using AI

German Cancer Virotherapy Biotech Launches with €12M Series A

Four New Technologies That Will Change Cancer Treatment

Artificial Photosynthesis-Driven Chemical Plant Launched in Germany

Dutch Incubator Launched to Scale up Industrial Biotechs

Mogrify Raises €15M Series A to Chase the ‘Holy Grail’ of Cell Therapy

RNA Therapy Improves Vision in Untreatable Genetic Blindness

This Biotech Is Developing a Stem Cell Therapy for Deafness

Update: BioNTech Files for €141M Nasdaq IPO

Novo Nordisk and Bluebird Bio to Treat Hemophilia with Gene Editing

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