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News and Trends 29 Jun 2017

Servier Recruits Viral Vector Expert to Step Up its CAR-T Technology

Transgene will help Servier develop new methods based on viral vectors to improve the precision of genetic modifications and the production of CAR-T cells. The French pharma Servier decided to enter the promising CAR-T field in 2015, when it acquired the rights to UCART19 from Cellectis. The therapy, currently in Phase I, has already saved two babies […]

June 29, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 29 Jun 2017

This French Biotech is Starting Two New Trials to Treat Kidney and Liver Fibrosis

Genkyotex has announced a new Phase II trial in diabetic kidney disease and patient enrolment in another Phase II study for PBC. Genkyotex is not giving up after its lead candidate, GKT831, failed to meet the primary endpoint in a Phase II trial in patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease. The French biotech has […]

June 29, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 29 Jun 2017

New Drug for Neuropathic Pain Is Forging its Way through the Clinic

Pharmaleads has scored positive results in a first Phase I trial for its DENKI peptide PL265 to treat chronic neuropathic pain. The treatment of neuropathic pain commonly involves the prescription of opioids, anti-depressants or anti-convulsants, despite limited efficacy and marked side-effects of these drugs. Paris-based Pharmaleads is exploring new pathways to treat pain based on so-called DENKI peptides […]

June 29, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

Interview 29 Jun 2017

Video: Questions about Biotech Capital Markets? Kempen & Co have Answers

In our first Refresh expert track presentation the audience had the chance to learn about the life sciences capital market, ask questions they had never dared to ask and discover the top five facts on the life sciences capital markets! With its strong focus on the life sciences and healthcare industry, the investment bank Kempen & […]

June 29, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 28 Jun 2017

Swiss Scientists Have Designed New Proteins to Treat Muscular Dystrophy

Researchers at the University of Basel have designed two proteins that can reverse congenital muscular dystrophy and increase the lifespan of mice. Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) englobes several genetic diseases that cause muscle weakness from birth. As patients age, the disease becomes more severe and affects breathing, often leading to death before adulthood. Unfortunately, there […]

June 28, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 28 Jun 2017

A Peek into the Icelandic Company using Fish Skin to Heal Wounds

Kerecis exploits the natural properties of fish skin to manufacture wound dressings that help tissues repair much faster than before. From a small town in northern Iceland, Kerecis is revolutionizing the treatment of wounds with a local product, fish. The company has developed a method to turn their skin into wound dressings that promote cell growth […]

June 28, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 28 Jun 2017

Video: The Next Big Thing in Biotech according to Sofinnova’s Antoine Papiernik

Antoine Papiernik, Managing Partner at the famous European biotech VC Sofinnova, closed Refresh this year with a keynote on the next big thing in biotech. Papiernik has more than 20 years of experience as a VC investor and has helped build major European biotechs like Actelion, ProQR or Movetis. Being part of the leading edge […]

June 28, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 28 Jun 2017

Danish Biotech Reports Positive Phase II data for a Common Cold Vaccine

Bavarian Nordic has announced positive Phase II results for its universal vaccine against the common cold virus, RSV, which can be deadly for the elderly. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the perpetrators behind the common cold. For most, the virus just leads to a few uncomfortable days or weeks. But for children […]

June 28, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 28 Jun 2017

UPDATE: The First Off-the-Shelf CAR-T Cancer Therapy has Entered the Clinic

Update (28/06/2017): Cellectis has announced the first administration of UCART123 in its Phase I trial in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Update (07/02/2017): the FDA has granted Cellectis IND approval to start clinical trials with UCART123. Original publication 04/01/2017 Cellectis is preparing to start the first clinical trial ever using an allogeneic CAR-T therapy that could reduce […]

June 28, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Araclon Biotech Alzheimers Vaccine Spain Zaragoza

News and Trends 27 Jun 2017

A Spanish Vaccine to fight Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear enters Phase II

Araclon Biotech will advance to Phase II with an Alzheimer’s vaccine that could succeed where many others have failed before. Araclon Biotech, in Zaragoza, Spain, has announced today the approval from the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices to start a Phase II trial testing its Alzheimer’s vaccine in 120 patients in 22 centers across Europe. The […]

June 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 27 Jun 2017

Green Biotech Enters Partnership to Advance the Infinite Recycling of Plastics

Carbios has teamed up with TechnipFMC in order to move Carbios’ enzymatic recycling process for PET plastics from the laboratory to the pilot scale. French Carbios is looking to combat the limits of current thermo-mechanical recycling processes using an enzyme-based degradation process that paves the way to infinite recycling of PET. The annual production of PET, one […]

June 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 26 Jun 2017

Videos: Who won the Refresh Early-Stage Startup Battle? The Bonsai goes to…

As you might have read in our recap, we had not one but two startup battles for the last edition of Refresh. Watch the companies’ pitches below! Up first was Cambridge Cancer Genomics, which uses AI to design personalised DNA-based tests to help clinicians to better track their patients’ responses to cancer drugs in order to make […]

June 26, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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Servier Recruits Viral Vector Expert to Step Up its CAR-T Technology

This French Biotech is Starting Two New Trials to Treat Kidney and Liver Fibrosis

New Drug for Neuropathic Pain Is Forging its Way through the Clinic

Video: Questions about Biotech Capital Markets? Kempen & Co have Answers

Swiss Scientists Have Designed New Proteins to Treat Muscular Dystrophy

A Peek into the Icelandic Company using Fish Skin to Heal Wounds

Video: The Next Big Thing in Biotech according to Sofinnova’s Antoine Papiernik

Danish Biotech Reports Positive Phase II data for a Common Cold Vaccine

UPDATE: The First Off-the-Shelf CAR-T Cancer Therapy has Entered the Clinic

A Spanish Vaccine to fight Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear enters Phase II

Green Biotech Enters Partnership to Advance the Infinite Recycling of Plastics

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