Interview 11 Dec 2019 Collaboration Between Founders and Investors Primes Biotech Startups for Success How can entrepreneurs work with investors to maximize the chances of their company succeeding? Venture capital partner Nanna Lüneborg and biotech entrepreneur Mai-Britt Zocca spoke at Labiotech Refresh in Copenhagen about their experiences in founding IO Biotech, a Danish biotech startup that develops cancer immunotherapies. Zocca and Lüneborg were both involved in setting up IO […] December 11, 2019 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 10 Dec 2019 After Phase III Failure, UK Firm Pushes Placebo to Treat Erectile Dysfunction The strong placebo effect seen in Futura Medical’s phase III trial in erectile dysfunction has not deterred the company, but has instead encouraged it to seek approval for its medical device delivering the placebo rather than the drug as originally intended. Based in Surrey, UK, Futura Medical is developing a medical device used […] December 10, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 10 Dec 2019 ObsEva’s Oral Treatment for Uterine Fibroids Nails Phase III An oral drug developed by the Swiss company ObsEva was shown to reduce menstrual bleeding and pain caused by uterine fibroids. The phase III trial tested ObsEva’s drug candidate linzagolix in 535 women suffering from heavy menstrual bleeding caused by benign tumors in the uterus called uterine fibroids. The effects of the drug were compared […] December 10, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Dec 2019 Autolus Reveals Early Clinical Data of Next-Gen CAR-T Therapy London-based Autolus has shown its next-generation CAR T-cell therapy does not induce some of the severe side effects that have led to deaths in patients treated with CAR T-cell treatments currently on the market. Since their arrival on the market in 2017, CAR T-cell therapies have provided hope to patients with rare forms of blood […] December 9, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Dec 2019 Scientists Use DNA Data Storage to Hide Information in Everyday Objects Scientists have developed a method for storing DNA data in 3D-printed objects, which could one day allow machines to replicate themselves. The group, based at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, as well as in Israel and the US, began by synthesizing DNA molecules that encode blueprints of the Stanford bunny, a rabbit-shaped object commonly used in testing […] December 9, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 9 Dec 2019 As Big Pharma Abandons Neuroscience, Can Biotech Provide Answers? With big pharma exiting the neurology space in droves, biotech innovation might be the key to bring about a much-needed shift. At the Bio-Europe conference in Hamburg last month, experts weighed in on the challenges and future of neuroscience. Over the last decade, big pharma has become disillusioned with neuroscience research. Eli Lilly, Amgen, Pfizer, […] December 9, 2019 - 9 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Dec 2019 Update: Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech Files for Insolvency Update (06/12/2019): Following the phase III failure of its immunotherapy drug for colorectal cancer in the summer, the German company Mologen has filed for insolvency. Published 06/08/2019 A DNA immunotherapy drug developed by the German company Mologen has failed to improve the survival of patients with colorectal cancer in a phase III trial. The phase […] December 6, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Dec 2019 Dutch Startup Gets €9M to Create First Lab-Grown Pork Prototype Dutch startup Meatable has raised €9M in a seed round that will allow the company to host a tasting of its first prototype of lab-grown pork by summer 2020. The fundraising was led by the German VC BlueYard Capital, which had participated in Meatable’s previous €3M round last year. New investors include business angels Albert […] December 6, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 5 Dec 2019 German Biotech Raises €7M Series A to Treat Acute Heart Failure 4TEEN4 Pharmaceuticals has raised a Series A round of €6.9M to fuel the development of a first-in-class antibody drug that could reduce mortality in acute heart failure. The round was led by Brandenburg Kapital, a subsidiary of the German investment bank Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg. Other investors in the round, including business angels and private […] December 5, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Dec 2019 €48M Series B Fuels Immunotherapies for Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases ImCheck Therapeutics has raised a Series B round worth €48M to fund the development of first-in-class immunotherapies that treat cancer and autoimmune diseases by targeting a rare type of immune cells called a gamma delta T-cell. ImCheck Therapeutics’ Series B round was led by Pfizer Ventures — the venture capital arm of the big pharma […] December 4, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 3 Dec 2019 Industry Perspectives: Women in Biotech 2019 Women are underrepresented in biotech leadership roles in Europe, but things are slowly improving. We spoke to five senior women from the industry who told us their stories. At least half of life sciences and medical students across Europe are women. In the biotech and pharma industry, this statistic is similar in entry level jobs, […] December 3, 2019 - 5 minutesmins - By Helen Albert Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 3 Dec 2019 Sensorion’s Vertigo Drug Abandoned in Phase II A small molecule drug developed by the French company Sensorion has proven ineffective in a phase IIb trial for the treatment of a rare vertigo condition, leading the company to close down the development of the drug. The phase IIb trial tested Sensorion’s lead drug in 105 patients with the rare condition acute unilateral vestibulopathy, […] December 3, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email