In Depth 21 Mar 2024
Biotech in France: What’s holding back progress and how to move forward?
Explore the latest insights from France Biotech’s ‘Panorama France HealthTech’ report, uncovering key insights of the French biotech sector.
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News and Trends 21 Sep 2022
Quinten Health closes financing round to advance disease modeling platforms
A financing round to advance disease modeling platforms and virtual twins in real world has been closed by Quinten Health. The company that works in real-world data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for precision care, made the announcement today (September 21). The round is part of the Quinten Group’s €14 million ($13.9 […]
News and Trends 12 Sep 2022
Sensorion receives positive opinion from EMA for treatment of hearing loss
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) through its Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) has adopted a positive opinion for a treatment for otoferlin gene mediated hearing loss. Clinical-stage biotech, Sensorion, announced the news today (September 12) that its application for an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for its lead therapy gene candidate, OTOF-GT will now be […]
News and Trends 8 Sep 2022
CRISPR/CAS9 strategic alliance between Sigma-Aldrich and genOway expanded
Sigma-Aldrich Co LLC, along with genOway, a preclinical research model space company, announced today (September 8) they have a new structure to their 2018 strategic alliance in the CRISPR/Cas9 field. In 2018, science and technology company Merck, of which Sigma-Aldrich is a subsidiary, announced a strategic alliance in the CRISPR/Cas9 rodent model market with France-based […]
News and Trends 10 Aug 2022
Bone Therapeutics and Medsenic set to combine in share for share deal
Subject to the outcome of a shareholders’ meeting, Bone Therapeutics and Medsenic are set to combine their operations reducing risks and broadening portfolios. The companies announced they have signed a share for share binding contribution today (August 10) which will create new enterprise BioSenic. Brussels and Paris-based Bone Therapeutics is a cell therapy company that […]
Interview 24 May 2018
Sugar-Munching Microbes Put the ‘Eco’ into the Dyeing Industry
The commercial dyeing industry is not known for being eco-friendly, which is something that PILI – a synbio startup based in France – is hoping to address with their color producing microbes. Philip chatted with its CEO, Jeremie Blache, to find out more about the company, its recent successful fundraising round and how its technology […]
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In Depth 17 Jan 2018
An Update on What’s New in the French Biotech Industry
Here’s a closer look at the French biotech ecosystem in 2017, which remains one the leading industries in Europe along with Germany and the UK. France’s biotech ecosystem is relatively dynamic and well-developed. Young companies harboring exciting technology are encouraged into the industry by support from Bpifrance, i-LAB, and iBionext. Once a company gets off the ground, France is […]
News and Trends 14 Feb 2017
Which European Country is Winning the Race in Clinical Development?
A report from the French Association of Biotechnology, France Biotech, could be alerting the French health-care sector this week. The report lists the top European countries leading in clinical development – with France clearly dragging behind other Western European countries. Based on data from the EU Clinical Trials Register, the data compiled by France Biotech reveals which countries are on […]
News and Trends 11 Jan 2016
A French Biotech is Monopolising Immuno-Oncology with Big Euro Deals
Marseille’s Innate Pharma is building an Immuno-Oncology Monopoly, deal by deal. Selling to the French Pharma Giant, Sanofi, this 112 employee biotech has used their Sanofi-income to buy up Lyon-based Orega Biotech‘s checkpoint inhibitor program. Sanofi and Innate Pharma will work together on the generation and evaluation of up to two bispecific NK cell engagers, […]
News and Trends 7 Oct 2015
French Government launches a €100M Biotech Fund, Political Nonsense or Wise Investment?
French Health Minister Marisol Touraine visited Eligo Biosciences on Monday, one of the most promising French Biotechs start-ups. Co-founded by young bio-entrepreneurs Xavier Duportet, they inaugurated their brand new office space at Paris’ Institut Pasteur (See our exclusive interview with Duportet here: ‘Meet Eligo’, the Startup which Raised €2M to Redefine Antibiotics using CRISPR’). For the opening, […]
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