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More News! 20 Nov 2019

€39M Series B to Fund Biopolymers for Surgery and Implants

The French company Tissium has raised a €38.8M Series B round to fund the development of polymers that can be used to repair blood vessels and nerves. Contributing to…

November 20, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 18 Jan 2018

France Gets Ready to Test CAR-Treg Cells to Avoid Transplant Rejection

TxCell has received a €1.2 loan from Bpifrance to complete preclinical trials with its CAR-Treg technology for transplant rejection and start human testing. French biotech TxCell is finalizing the preparations…

January 18, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 11 Jan 2018

Carbios’ Bioplastics Can Now Be Infinitely Recycled at Scale

Scale-up is a major challenge in industrial biotech but Carbios has done it, going large-scale with its recyclable bioplastics technology. Carbios, a young and exciting green chemistry company, aims to find solutions…

January 11, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 12 Sep 2017

France Invests €15M in Developing a New Generation of Antibiotics

Deinove has received funding from Bpifrance to work on the discovery of the next generation of antibiotics to fight antibiotic-resistant pathogens. The Investments for the Future Program, operated by the…

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

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News and Trends 22 Jun 2017

Immunotherapy for Bowel Disease Gets €2.6M Milestone Payment from Bpifrance

OSE Immunotherapeutics has successfully completed the necessary milestones to bring a treatment for autoimmune disease to the clinic, triggering a milestone payment from its partner Bpifrance. OSE Immunotherapeutics, based in…

June 22, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Apr 2017

New French Biotech Seed Fund Raises €65M in its First Closing

Advent France Biotechnology has launched its first seed fund for Life Sciences with the support of Bpifrance and Advent Life Sciences. Advent France Biotechnology, founded in 2015, has exceeded its…

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

Interview 3 Apr 2017

Meet the Co-Founder who says DNA is the Next Silicon

DNA Script opens the door to a whole new age of manufacturing synthetic DNA. Thomas Ybert, was only 30 when he co-founded the company - here's his story! Based in…

April 3, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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News and Trends 15 Mar 2018

French VC Raises the Biggest Green Biotech Fund in the World

Update (15/03/2018): Sofinnova Partners has closed its fund Industrial Biotech I at €125M, making it the largest fund dedicated to driving the transition towards a more sustainable fund. 03/03/2017 Sofinnova…

March 15, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 17 Mar 2016

Leading European VC believes this is the “Post-It of Surgery”

Gecko Biomedical (France) has raised €22.5M to get its innovate biopolymers to surgery rooms, and caught the eye of the biggest French Biotech investor, Sofinnova. Gecko has a hot piece of…

March 17, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 16 Dec 2015

Ovarian Cancer Kills 50,000 Every Year. Now a French Biotech has Bagged €15M to Fight it.

GamaMabs from France (Paris & Toulouse) has secured a €15M Series B Fundraising round for its Antibody targeting Gynecological cancers. GamaMabs Pharma is a French biotechnology company developing innovative monoclonal…

December 16, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 1 Mar 2016

Artificial Hearts are one Step Closer to the Market with €50M in Funding

Carmat (France) has raised €50M from private investors (dwarfing its 2015's €3M reserves) in order to further develop its artificial hearts during 2016 and apply for CE Marking. This French…

March 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 20 Oct 2015

Scaling-up Biofuels: The Challenges of Giant Bioreactors

Global Bioenergies from France is building a proto-plant for Isobutene production in Germany, with partnerships with car manufacturer Audi. Now their plant will receive a 5,000 Litre fermentation tank, after…

October 20, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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