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Best in Biotech 4 Nov 2022

Get to know 15 of the best biotech companies in Paris

Paris may attract tourist masses, but it also attracts a lot of biotech enthusiasts. In this guide, we explore 15 interesting biotech companies in Paris. Paris is one of the biggest biotech clusters in Europe, with a wide range of applications being developed from drug discovery and medical devices to synthetic biology and green energy. […]

November 4, 2022 - 11 minutesmins - By Omnia Ibrahim

News and Trends 5 Aug 2022

Abivax has approval granted to enroll ulcerative colitis patients in two studies

Patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (UC) can now be enrolled onto two phase 3 induction studies for a biotech company’s lead candidate drug. France-based Abivax SA is a phase 3 clinical stage biotech company that focuses on developing therapies that modulate the immune system to treat chronic inflammatory diseases, viral infections, and cancer. […]

August 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 21 Oct 2019

Update: Abivax’s Ulcerative Colitis Drug Effective Long-Term

Update (21/10/2019): An extension of French biotech Abivax’s phase IIa trial shows its treatment for the inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis has good efficacy after a year of treatment, with 75% of the screened patients remaining symptom-free. Of the 32 patients in the original phase IIa trial, 19 patients were treated with Abivax’s drug in […]

October 21, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 8 Mar 2019

HIV Drug Shows Promise for Treating Ulcerative Colitis Patients

A small molecule drug, developed by the company Abivax for treating HIV, has also shown promise for patients with the inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis, reducing the disease severity consistently for over six months. Abivax tested the drug on patients with moderate-to-severe cases of ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel condition that causes rectal bleeding and […]

March 8, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 15 Dec 2017

Abivax Spots an Extra Benefit of its Potential HIV Cure

Phase IIa data confirms that Abivax’s potential HIV cure not only reduces viral reservoir but it also has anti-inflammatory effects. Abivax targets the immune system to fight viral infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as autoimmune diseases. The company has now confirmed the preliminary results from its first cohort of patients in a […]

December 15, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 28 Sep 2017

Study Results Confirm that Abivax’s Treatment Towards an HIV Cure Gets Rid of Virus

Abivax’s HIV cure candidate, ABX464, caused a significant drop in the viral reservoir over an extended period during a Phase IIa study. Abivax targets the immune system to cure viral diseases. The company has announced initial results from the first cohort of patients in its most recent Phase IIa trial testing its potential HIV cure, ABX464. Initial […]

September 28, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

Infographics 13 Sep 2017

The 10 Most Innovative HIV Treatments to Defeat AIDS

This infographic gathers 10 of the best HIV treatments in Europe’s pipeline that will help doctors worldwide fight against AIDS better than ever before. With an estimated 36.7 million people living with HIV worldwide, the search for an effective treatment that can overcome the fast evolution of the virus is rapidly gaining traction. In Europe, […]

September 13, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 12 Jul 2017

British Researchers “Calm Down” Macrophages to treat Inflammation

Imperial College London and Ergon Pharmaceuticals have a new enzyme target to treat inflammatory disease by reducing the activity of macrophages. Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a method to reprogram macrophages and reduce their inflammatory activity. The approach, published in Nature Communications, proved to reduce by more than half inflammation in the joints […]

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

News and Trends 2 May 2017

French HIV Cure Reduces Viral Reservoirs for the First Time Ever

Abivax has announced results from a Phase IIa trial that reveal the first proof in human of viral load reduction of hidden HIV reservoirs. Abivax is developing a functional HIV cure that, unlike current antiretroviral therapy (ART), could completely eliminate the virus and prevent it from coming back when the treatment is stopped. Results from a Phase IIa […]

May 2, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Best in Biotech 3 Jan 2017

10 Hot European Biotechs to Observe in 2017 🚀

New year, new list: here are the 10 hottest Biotech companies I will watch closely in 2017 and why. This list is not meant to be comprehensive and is in no particular order. Super-pumped mRNA Therapy BioNTech is Europe’s largest private Biotech with over 500 employees and is one of the three leading mRNA therapy […]

January 3, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 23 Dec 2016

The 8 Biggest Biotech Medical Fails of 2016 in Europe

Although 2016 has brought plenty of good news in medical advances, biotech is an industry where failure is part of the game. Here’s a list of medical fails in biotech to learn from this year. Unfortunately, 2016 has not been a good year for pharma, with revenues in the top companies falling, the lowest number […]

December 23, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Best in Biotech 22 Dec 2016

The 10 Biggest Clinical Success Stories of 2016 in European Biotech

What are the most impressive advances in medical biotechnology this year? From cancer to peanut allergy, here’s a list of the best success stories of 2016. Biotech is becoming a powerful driving force in medicine, providing innovative therapies that could end some of the most severe diseases. To celebrate the advances in the area of […]

December 22, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Get to know 15 of the best biotech companies in Paris

Abivax has approval granted to enroll ulcerative colitis patients in two studies

Update: Abivax’s Ulcerative Colitis Drug Effective Long-Term

HIV Drug Shows Promise for Treating Ulcerative Colitis Patients

Abivax Spots an Extra Benefit of its Potential HIV Cure

Study Results Confirm that Abivax’s Treatment Towards an HIV Cure Gets Rid of Virus

The 10 Most Innovative HIV Treatments to Defeat AIDS

British Researchers “Calm Down” Macrophages to treat Inflammation

French HIV Cure Reduces Viral Reservoirs for the First Time Ever

10 Hot European Biotechs to Observe in 2017 🚀

The 8 Biggest Biotech Medical Fails of 2016 in Europe

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