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News and Trends 10 Feb 2023

Europe approves childhood epilepsy treatment

UCB’s FINTEPLA (fenfluramine) oral solution has been approved in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) as an add-on therapy to other anti-epileptic medicines for patients two years of age and older. The approval by the European Commission (EC) was based on safety and efficacy data from a […]

February 10, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Feb 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 33: Astellas Pharma, Innovation Agency Lithuania, 4basebio

This week, our guests are Romualda Stragienė, director at Innovation Agency Lithuania and Andrius Sliuzas, export key account manager of high tech industries at Innovation Agency Lithuania; 4basebio CEO Heikki Lanckriet; and Yoshitsugu Shitaka, chief scientific officer at Astellas. 4basebio 4basebio, a spinout of 2Invest AG in 2020, is a life sciences company engaged in […]

February 10, 2023

In Depth 6 Feb 2023

The biggest private biotech investments in January 2023

The companies Asimov, BioRay Pharmaceuticals and Colossal Biosciences bagged the biggest biotech investments in January 2023. Around the world, synthetic biology players and firms developing treatments for hormonal disorders attracted the biggest funding rounds. 2023 began with a bang in terms of biotech funding, and there are signs of stabilization in biotech stocks after two […]

February 6, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 12 Jan 2023

JPND launches €16.5M call for research on OMICS data for neurodegenerative diseases

The EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) initiative has issued a call for multinational research on large scale analysis of OMICS data for drug-target finding in neurodegenerative diseases. Neurodegenerative diseases are debilitating and largely untreatable conditions that are strongly linked with age. Worldwide, there are estimated to be 50 million people with Alzheimer’s […]

January 12, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

Cancer Research UK and Turbine to partner on program

Cancer Research Horizons, the innovation engine at the core of the world’s largest private funder of cancer research, Cancer Research UK, has announced that it is partnering with Turbine AI, a tech-enabled biotech leveraging its proprietary Simulated Cell platform to solve complex diseases. The partnership will utilize Turbine AI’s platform to identify target patient populations […]

January 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Janssen looks for talquetamab marketing approval

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has submitted a marketing authorisation application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of talquetamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Talquetamab is an investigational, off-the-shelf (ready to use), bispecific T-cell engager antibody targeting both GPRC5D, a novel drug […]

January 3, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 20 Dec 2022

Ebvallo approval ushers in off-the-shelf T-cell immunotherapies

Patient-derived CAR-T immunotherapies have dominated the cancer immunotherapy space over the last decade. The EU approval of Atara Biotherapeutics’ Ebvallo marks the first immunotherapy based on T cells sourced from healthy donors. Since the approvals of Kymriah and Yescarta in 2017, CAR-T immunotherapies have changed the way we treat rare forms of blood cancer. In […]

December 20, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

In Depth 15 Dec 2022

To avoid stagnation, the EU must refine its ATMP regulation

Over the decades, the EU has spearheaded the adoption of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) such as cell and gene therapies. However, changes are needed to ATMP regulations to keep Europe competitive with the rest of the world. The EU has a rich resource base in terms of biotech innovation. Over the last decades, this […]

December 15, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

Neuraxpharm’s expansion into the Netherlands takes it from two to 20 countries in six years

Neuraxpharm Group, a European pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, has announced the establishment of Neuraxpharm Netherlands, increasing its presences from two to 20 countries in six years. The company says the expansion into the Dutch market allows it to continue on its pathway to become the number one […]

December 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

Pictor receives $5M in funding for Covid antibody test and human and animal portfolios

Pictor, a global leader in immunodiagnostics, has announced a $5 million funding round to help accelerate pipeline product development projects. The company will also use the funding for market development activities within Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe for its human health and animal health portfolios. This follows a June funding round raising […]

December 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 2 Dec 2022

Partnership to deliver oncology workflow for 7 European hospitals

A BC Platforms (BCP) partnership that includes Finland’s Euformatics and Hungary’s Oncompass Medicine has been awarded a contract for the second phase of developing standardized oncology workflows for a buyer consortium of seven European hospitals, represented by the Medical University Graz. The consortium is formed by hospitals from the Medical University of Graz in Austria, […]

December 2, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 29 Nov 2022

Mycotechnology and IFF join forces in Europe to create better food system

Mycotechnology, a company using mycelia, the roots of mushrooms, and IFF have formed a partnership to co-develop alternative proteins. The two companies have already partnered in the U.S. and the new collaboration in Europe, they say, reflects their shared commitment of bringing a better food system and ‘next-generation’ food and drink products to the European […]

November 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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