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News and Trends 15 Feb 2018

Startup Studio Raises €90M to Create and Develop Exciting Young Biotechs

iBionext has closed its Growth Fund, which has raised money from investors like Bpifrance to help young biotechs to reach their potential. iBionext is a French ‘startup studio’ that specializes in the creation and development of startups in the healthcare industry. It has closed its iBionext Growth Fund at €90M, which will be used to finance […]

February 15, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 13 Feb 2018

Erytech’s ‘Armed’ Red Blood Cells Will be Tested Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Erytech will test its Graspa technology for the treatment of a second solid tumor indication, breast cancer, following its success in pancreatic cancer. French biotech Erytech has developed an exciting platform for the treatment of cancer called Graspa, which encapsulates L-asparaginase in red blood cells. The company is now organizing a Phase II study for its next disease […]

February 13, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 12 Feb 2018

Healthcare-Biotech Partnership Pledges to Take its Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Worldwide

Swiss pharma Roivant has given French biotech Poxel €28M upfront to get involved with the development and commercialization of imeglimin, a new treatment for metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes. Poxel uses its expertise in metabolism to develop drugs for the treatment of disorders like type 2 diabetes. Its candidate imeglimin has caught the eye of […]

February 12, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 6 Feb 2018

Say Hello to a New Biotech Striving to Prevent Kidney Damage During Surgery

Balmes Transplantation has raised €700,000 in seed funding to run a proof-of-concept study to test its drug combination for kidney damage. Balmes Transplantation is a young biotech in Marseille, France, that develops combination therapies for a common complication associated with kidney transplants and heart surgery. The biotech has raised a €700,000 seed funding from top company executives and angel […]

February 6, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

Startup Scout 2 Feb 2018

This French Biotech’s Software Helps Drugs to Succeed in the Clinic

We’re in the French region of Alsace to visit BioNext, which develops software to help pharma and biotech companies to avoid pursuing flawed drug candidates. Mission: So far, BioNext has developed two tools that allow companies developing drugs to take a closer look at the target that they want to manipulate. Target Analysis identifies macromolecules that have specific interaction […]

February 2, 2018 - 1 minutemin - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 29 Jan 2018

Another One Gets Snapped Up: Ablynx has been Acquired by Sanofi for €3.9B

Sanofi will acquire Ablynx and get its hands on the biotech’s exciting Nanobody technology just months after the biotech joined Europe’s billion-euro biotech club. Despite rejecting the advances of Novo Nordisk earlier this month, a decision that led to a 60% jump in Ablynx’s stock, the biotech has voted unanimously in favor of being acquired Sanofi. Sanofi has […]

January 29, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 29 Jan 2018

London Tops Europe for Life Sciences Investment in 2017

Investment in London’s life sciences companies reached almost £1B in 2017, beating the likes of Berlin and Paris to top spot. A new study has found that London’s life sciences industry received the most investment out of any city in Europe in 2017. Over the last 5 years, companies in the capital have raised £2.8Bn (€3.2Bn), with £909M […]

January 29, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 26 Jan 2018

Update: Bionic Implant Restores Vision in a Human for the First Time

Update (26/01/2018): A first patient was implanted with Pixium Vision’s PRIMA bionic device. A month after implantation, the device was activated and the patient, who suffered from severe vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported “a first perception of light from the central zone where there was none previously,” according to principal investigator Dr. […]

January 26, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 23 Jan 2018

NASH Leader goes Pediatric with Clinical Trial Launch in US

The FDA has cleared Genfit to kick off clinical trials to see if its NASH drug, elafibranor, can also help children. Genfit develops diagnostic and therapeutic tools for metabolic and inflammatory diseases, particularly those affecting the liver. Its lead candidate, elafibranor, targets Non-Alcoholic Stato-Hepatitis (NASH), and the company’s plan to begin testing it in children has been supported […]

January 23, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 22 Jan 2018

New Triple Combination Therapy Boosts Colorectal Cancer Survival

Pierre Fabre and Array BioPharma’s combination therapy for colorectal cancer has improved progression-free survival in a Phase III trial. French pharma Pierre Fabre and American biopharma Array BioPharma, has carried out an initial safety lead-in study for a Phase 3 trial evaluating a triple combination therapy for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer patients. The therapy was […]

January 22, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 22 Jan 2018

No More Mosquito Bites? Targeting These Genes Could Prevent Future Outbreaks!

Researchers may have found a way to stop the female mosquitoes from biting you, which could help to prevent the spread of diseases like malaria. Scientists at the University of Birmingham in the UK and the University of Notre Dame in Paris, along with collaborators in the US, have identified 902 genes specific to blood-feeding mosquitoes […]

January 22, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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 to take its first cell therapy to clinical trials. The treatment, called HLA-A2 CAR-Treg, is intended for the prevention of chronic rejection after organ transplantation. […]

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

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Startup Studio Raises €90M to Create and Develop Exciting Young Biotechs

Erytech’s ‘Armed’ Red Blood Cells Will be Tested Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Healthcare-Biotech Partnership Pledges to Take its Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Worldwide

Say Hello to a New Biotech Striving to Prevent Kidney Damage During Surgery

This French Biotech’s Software Helps Drugs to Succeed in the Clinic

Another One Gets Snapped Up: Ablynx has been Acquired by Sanofi for €3.9B

London Tops Europe for Life Sciences Investment in 2017

Update: Bionic Implant Restores Vision in a Human for the First Time

NASH Leader goes Pediatric with Clinical Trial Launch in US

New Triple Combination Therapy Boosts Colorectal Cancer Survival

No More Mosquito Bites? Targeting These Genes Could Prevent Future Outbreaks!

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

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