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News and Trends 26 Feb 2018

ASIT Biotech Raises €13.9 M to Develop Allergy Immunotherapies

ASIT Biotech, a Belgian company specialized in allergy immunotherapy, raised a total of €13.9M to develop immunotherapies against against grass pollen, peanut and house dust mite allergies. After raising €9.4M in January, ASIT Biotech has now brought the amount raised on the Euronext Brussels stock up to €13.9M. The funds will be put towards the Phase III […]

February 26, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

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News and Trends 7 Sep 2017

Circassia Moves Away from a Failed Allergy Pipeline with Phase III Success

Circassia has positive Phase III results from its respiratory pipeline, great news for the company after abandoning its allergy immunotherapies due to clinical failure. Circassia Pharmaceuticals, based in Oxford, has reported a Phase III success with Duaklir, a drug combination for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The trial was run by AstraZeneca, […]

September 7, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 18 Apr 2017

Circassia Freezes its Allergy Portfolio after a Second Failed Clinical Trial

Circassia Pharmaceuticals will stop investing in its allergy programs due to two failed clinical trials in which the placebo beat its allergy immunotherapy. Circassia Pharmaceuticals has released the results from a Phase IIb trial for a house dust mite allergy immunotherapy. Although the treatment greatly reduced allergy symptoms in the patients, so did the placebo, making […]

April 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 17 Mar 2017

Can this British Biotech Overcome Failure buying drugs from AstraZeneca?

After the big disaster with its cat allergy vaccine, Circassia closes a €214M deal to acquire rights from two AstraZeneca products for pulmonary disease. Circassia could not beat the placebo in a Phase III trial for cat allergy last year, which immediately drove its stock down by 65% and led to the halt of clinical […]

March 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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

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ASIT Biotech Raises €13.9 M to Develop Allergy Immunotherapies

Circassia Moves Away from a Failed Allergy Pipeline with Phase III Success

Circassia Freezes its Allergy Portfolio after a Second Failed Clinical Trial

Can this British Biotech Overcome Failure buying drugs from AstraZeneca?

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