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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

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News and Trends 22 Jun 2017

What are the Biggest Cancer Challenges? The UK Offers £20M Prizes for Solutions!

Cancer Research UK is taking applications for £20M prizes from research groups worldwide that want to solve the biggest challenges in cancer research. Cancer Research UK is launching today its second round of the Grand Challenge to tear down some of the biggest barriers to the advancement of cancer therapy. The charity will shortlist the most promising […]

June 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Jun 2017

Swedish Biotech publishes Long-Term Data on a Dendritic Cell Therapy for Cancer

Immunicum has reported new data on long-term follow-up of patients treated with ilixadencel, a unique dendritic cell therapy against cancer. Immunicum is a Swedish biotech developing a cell-based therapy against cancer. The company has just published in the Journal for Immunotherapy for Cancer detailed results from a Phase I/II trial evaluating its lead candidate ilixadencel. The cell […]

June 20, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 20 Jun 2017

“We’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy” – Experts discuss the Future of Oncology at Refresh

A panel of experts in immuno-oncology discussed the challenges and opportunities to develop therapies that can effectively fight cancer. “I think right now we’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy, which surprisingly is not necessarily driven by technology but perspective, and how we look at cancer,” said Masoud Tavazoie, CEO of Rgenix. His company, based in New York, […]

June 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 14 Jun 2017

Results are in for Europe’s First Biobanking Study on HPV Cervical Cancer

The RAIDs consortium made its closing event last week. After 4.5 years of studies, it has managed to change our appreciation of HPV cervical cancer towards building intelligent targeted therapy designs. Every year in Europe, 16,000 women die from cervical cancer and another 34,000 are newly diagnosed, which makes it the second most frequent form […]

June 14, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Timothé Cynober

News and Trends 12 Jun 2017

BioNTech Publishes First Data on mRNA-Encoded Cancer Antibodies

BioNTech has reported a new technology that could overcome some of the most challenging issues of antibody production by encoding them into mRNA drugs. BioNTech, one of the most advanced companies in the mRNA therapeutics field, has reported preclinical data for a new class of mRNA drugs that instruct the body to create its own […]

June 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 12 Jun 2017

Norwegian Biotech Hits €21M in Private Placement for its Immunotherapies

Targovax has raised €21M (NOK200M) in a private placement, which the biotech will use to fund data read-outs from clinical trials and CMC development. Targovax, based in Oslo, is developing a number of immunotherapies for treatment-resistant tumors. The biotech’s pipeline is based on its two platforms, ONCOS, an oncolytic virus, which is being developed to treat melanoma, […]

June 12, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 7 Jun 2017

What Cancer Therapies did European Biotechs Showcase at ASCO 2017?

Here are the most innovative therapies presented by European biotechs fighting cancer during the ASCO 2017 meeting in Chicago. European biotech was in the spotlight during this year’s edition of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, with impressive results from some of the most novel approaches under development to fight multiple forms of cancer. From a […]

June 7, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 5 Jun 2017

New Dutch Biotech Gets Funding to Find Genetic Off Switches

Scenic Biotech is applying a technology to identify first-in-class therapeutic targets that has secured it €6.5M in Series A. Scenic Biotech, founded in Amsterdam just this year, has raised €6.5M to exploit the potential of a technology to discover new types of disease-related genes with applications in cancer and rare genetic diseases. The company, created in […]

June 5, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Startup Scout 2 Jun 2017

This French Biotech Wants to Reinvent DC-based Immunotherapies

This week we had the chance to visit both Grenoble and Liège, where the French-Belgian biotech hybrid PDC*line Pharma has its two headquarters. The company is progressing new types of immunotherapies based on dendritic cells (DCs). Mission: PDC*line Pharma emerged from an R&D program of the French Blood Bank (EFS, Etablissement Français du Sang), where […]

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

News and Trends 1 Jun 2017

Next-Gen Drug Conjugates Bank €46M in Series B with American Investors

Bicycle Therapeutics has closed a massive fundraising round, raking in £40M (€46M) from American investors to launch clinical trials. Bicycle Therapeutics, the most recent company founded by the legendary academic-entrepreneur Greg Winter, is making a name for itself as a money magnet. Hot on the heels of a €1B deal with AstraZeneca last fall, the biotech […]

June 1, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 31 May 2017

Swiss Biotech raises €10M to Target Elusive Protein Interactions in Cancer

Inthera Bioscience has raised €9.6M in Series A to complete preclinical phase of its lead cancer program and expand its pipeline. Inthera Bioscience, located in Zurich, has closed a €9.6M (CHF 10.5M) Series A round led by Merck Ventures and backed by Novo Seeds and BioMedical Ventures, as well as a private investor. Members of Novo Seeds and […]

May 31, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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

What are the Biggest Cancer Challenges? The UK Offers £20M Prizes for Solutions!

Swedish Biotech publishes Long-Term Data on a Dendritic Cell Therapy for Cancer

“We’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy” – Experts discuss the Future of Oncology at Refresh

Results are in for Europe’s First Biobanking Study on HPV Cervical Cancer

BioNTech Publishes First Data on mRNA-Encoded Cancer Antibodies

Norwegian Biotech Hits €21M in Private Placement for its Immunotherapies

What Cancer Therapies did European Biotechs Showcase at ASCO 2017?

New Dutch Biotech Gets Funding to Find Genetic Off Switches

This French Biotech Wants to Reinvent DC-based Immunotherapies

Next-Gen Drug Conjugates Bank €46M in Series B with American Investors

Swiss Biotech raises €10M to Target Elusive Protein Interactions in Cancer

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