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News and Trends 25 Jun 2015

BioNTech and Siemens to build a new Production plant for Personalized Cancer Vaccines

Personalized medicine is the next thing and immunotherapy expert BioNTech is determined to build its place in this competitive field. With this purpose in mind, the German biotech will partner with Siemens to build a new production plant for personalized cancer vaccines. Founded in 2008, the BioNTech Group has become one of the fastest-growing biotechnology […]

June 25, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 25 Jun 2015

Video: Discover How CAR-T Therapies are Working

It’s becoming a habit for us to talk about CAR-T therapies. It’s basically the next wave of treatments against cancer and already promises to be the future blockbusters and growth drivers of the whole Biotech industry. Cellectis, a leading company in this field, just published a cool video about CAR-Ts. Of course, they’re describing more specifically their own therapy, […]

June 25, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 25 Jun 2015

A treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy received Orphan Drug designation

The European Medicines Agency has granted Orphan Drug designation to AveXis’ gene transfer candidate. The therapy is currently in clinical development in the United States for the treatment of type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy and already received Orphan Drug designation for this disease in the United States. Spinal Muscular Atrophy is an autosomal-recessive genetic disorder […]

June 25, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 24 Jun 2015

AYOXXA and Grünenthal collaborate on inflammation markers

AYOXXA Biosystems and Grünenthal have completed their first research collaboration to validate detection limits for a biomarker based on AYOXXA’s platform. The outcomes of this collaboration can be applied in several fields that include biological samples with very low initial volume, previously inaccessible by other immunoassays. The focus of the joint study consisted in analyzing […]

June 24, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 23 Jun 2015

DBV Technologies to cure Peanut allergy

DBV Technologies plans the initiation of its phase III clinical trial for Viaskin Peanut, after a satisfactory conclusion of the phase II. The drug candidate already achieved a positive opinion from the Paediatric Committee of the European Medicines Agency. Both FDA and EMA desire to move forward with the development of what may be the […]

June 23, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 23 Jun 2015

Chris Viehbacher to run Swiss billionaire’s investment fund

One of our favorite bio-celebrities is enlarging his CV with a new job position. The German-Canadian Chris Viehbacher will run the billionaire Gurnet Point Capital fund, owned by the Swiss magnate Ernesto Bertarelli. If Chris Viehbacher felt disappointed after being dumped from Sanofi, at least he didn’t lose his pharma thrill. Recently, however, the business […]

June 23, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 23 Jun 2015

Will Boehringer Ingelheim win the race for anticoagulants?

Boehringer Ingelheim has released the last figures of its idarucizumab Phase III. The breakthrough anti-anticoagulant is being studied as an antidote to Boehringer’s blockbuster Pradaxa. Pradaxa was the first widely approved drug in a new generation of direct oral anticoagulants, a blockbuster developed by Boehringer Ingelheim. However, there is no specific antidote available yet to […]

June 23, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 22 Jun 2015

Kamada and Baxter extend their collaboration in Lung Transplant

The Israeli biotech Kamada and Baxalta, Baxter’ subsidiary will jointly co-fund a trial test to find out whether Kamada’s candidate is capable of preventing lung transplant rejection. Kamada, a plasma-derived protein therapeutics company focused on orphan indications, will carry out a Phase I/II clinical trial of its candidate alpha-1 antirypsin (AAT). The protein was already approved for […]

June 22, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 22 Jun 2015

A Dutch entrepreneur curing his ALS disease became BIO’s Superhero

Each year, BIO Philadelphia awards the Everyday Superheroes of Biotech Industry. Here’s the story of Bernard Muller, co-founder of Treeway, a Dutch biotech company focused on the treatment of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Bernard Muller is an extraordinary person, being himself a ALS patient and an entrepreneur who started his own Biotech company. Last week, we were talking […]

June 22, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 22 Jun 2015

Medigene plans to fund its T-cell program with €50 Millions

Munich-based Medigene is planning to raise cash through existing shareholders’ investments. The company targets up to €50M to propel its immune-oncology program with T-Cell Receptors and Dendritic Cells vaccines assets. Medigene plans a cash capital increase with subscription rights for existing shareholders by offering a new batch of shares. The company is going to present […]

June 22, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 22 Jun 2015

American Companies are Invading London’s Biotech Stock Market

[Update: On June 19, Puretech successfully raised $171M – approximately €150M – during its IPO, setting its market cap at €509M] Boston-based PureTech Health plans to raise €147M on the London stock market, following the path of Verseon, a San Diego-based bioinformatic company that raised €92M earlier this month. Is there a new American trend to earn cash in […]

June 22, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 21 Jun 2015

Biotech to Revolutionize the Millennial Production of Carmine!

The Danish company Chr Hansen, through a partnership with the University of Copenhagen, created a process able to produce carmine dye by fermentation. Thanks to this discovery, the company is disrupting a millennial production method and stepping up to the plate, becoming a real game changer. With its particular deep-red color, carmine is one of the most […]

June 21, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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