France Archives

Cleara Biotech closes $2.5M round for senescence treatment

News and Trends 26 Sep 2022

Surge raises $2.6M in funding for technology and secures exclusive licensing agreement

Surge, a biotech and artificial intelligence innovator that produces technology to decode immune fingerprints, has received $2.6 million in funding. The technology accurately identifies patients at risk before surgery and enables physicians to quickly forecast the risk of postoperative complications. The funding round was co-led by HCVC, a global early-stage fund dedicated to high-potential […]

September 26, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Optics11 Life receives €5 million in funding for drug development

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 […]

September 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

glioblastoma oncolytic virus transgene 2

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

Collaboration to develop new glioblastoma combination therapy nets €1.06M

Dutch biotech CimCure B.V., French biotech company Covalab, Amsterdam UMC (The Netherlands) and the University of Zurich (Switzerland), have received a €1.06M ($1.08M) grant from EUREKA Eurostars. With a total budget of €2.24M ($2.28M), including investments from the partners, the project aims to develop a new treatment against glioblastoma. CimCure is the lead coordinator of […]

September 20, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

GENFIT to acquire Versantis to expand liver disease portfolio

GENFIT has entered into an exclusivity agreement with a view to acquire all the share capital and voting rights of Versantis, a private Swiss-based clinical stage biotechnology company focused on addressing the growing unmet medical needs in liver diseases. GENFIT said the acquisition fits its strategic vision of becoming a global leader in ACLF (acute-on-chronic […]

September 19, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

Biologics manufacturing facility launched by Evotec SE in Toulouse

Construction of a biologics manufacturing facility commenced on Friday (September 16). It is being built by Evotec at its Campus Curie in Toulouse, is the second facility of its kind, and the first in Europe. It will use Just – Evotec Biologics’ flexible J.POD technology to deliver clinical and commercial manufacturing capacity for biologics. Therapeutic […]

September 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 16 Sep 2022

CHMP recommends approval of Beyfortus for prevention of RSV disease in infants

Beyfortus, which is being developed jointly by Sanofi and AstraZeneca, is a step closer to preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease in newborns and infants. The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for Beyfortus (nirsevimab) for the prevention of RSV lower respiratory […]

September 16, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

PBC clinical trials: Gannex doses first patient

News and Trends 15 Sep 2022

Tridek-One brings in €16M to develop auto-immune diseases candidates

Tridek-One SAS, a French biotech startup specialized in the research and development of CD31 agonists to restore immune balance, has closed a €16 million ($16.1 million) new financing round. The financing was led by Swiss Pureos Bioventures with the participation of new investors Bpifrance and Bioqube Ventures, as well as historical investors AdBio partners and […]

September 15, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Sep 2022

SparingVision raises €75M for genomic medicines for ocular diseases

SparingVision, a genomic medicine company developing vision-saving treatments for ocular diseases, has raised €75 million ($75 million) in series B financing. The round was co-led by Jeito Capital and UPMC Enterprises, with additional participation from 4BIO Capital, Bpifrance, the RD fund, venture arm of Foundation Fighting Blindness, and Ysios Capital. Proceeds from the financing will […]

September 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Sep 2022

Collaboration to explore gene therapy products for neurodegenerative disorders

Coave Therapeutics is collaborating with the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases (IMN) of Bordeaux to develop gene therapy proteins targeting protein degradation in neurodegenerative disorders. The IMN is a joint research unit associating the University of Bordeaux and the French National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) developing gene therapy programs targeting protein degradation in neurodegenerative disorders. […]

September 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 13 Sep 2022

WhiteLab Genomics raises $10M for AI-powered genomic therapies platform

WhiteLab Genomics has announced the completion of a $10 million funding round. The round was led by French venture capital firm Omnes Capital, and Debiopharm, a Switzerland based biopharmaceutical company with a venture arm focused on digital health. WhiteLab Genomics said it aims to “revolutionize genomic therapy development” using public and private data and in-house […]

September 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

PDC*line Pharma presents results from phase I/II trial

PDC*line Pharma, a clinical stage biotech company developing a new class of potent and scalable active immunotherapies for cancers, has revealed the first results of its PDC-LUNG-101 phase I/II clinical trial with PDC*lung01. PDC*lung01 is the company’s therapeutic off-the shelf cancer vaccine candidate for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The preliminary data was presented at […]

September 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Enterome presents more data on therapeutic cancer treatment

Clinical stage biopharma company Enterome has presented new data from its two phase 1/2 clinical trials of its OncoMimics cancer immunotherapy EO2401. The trails are in combination with nivolumab (Opdivo) +/- bevacizumab (Avastin), in patients with first progression/recurrence of glioblastoma (ROSALIE trial), and in combination with nivolumab in patients with non-resectable adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC) and […]

September 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Knowledge hub

Categories

The top biotech deals of March 2025

The biggest biotech funding rounds in March 2025

Approaches

Therapeutic areas

Join the webinar: AI in antibody discovery - from in silico analysis to AI-enabled data management

Beyond amyloid: The search for the next big thing in Alzheimer’s treatment

R&D

BD

World biotech leaders

Connect with decision-makers and researchers worldwide for collaborative opportunities

Company

Join Us

Subscribe to our newsletter

Advertise with us

The top biotech deals of March 2025

The biggest biotech funding rounds in March 2025

Join the webinar: AI in antibody discovery - from in silico analysis to AI-enabled data management

Beyond amyloid: The search for the next big thing in Alzheimer’s treatment

Connect with decision-makers and researchers worldwide for collaborative opportunities

Subscribe to our newsletter

Advertise with us

France

Surge raises $2.6M in funding for technology and secures exclusive licensing agreement

Quinten Health closes financing round to advance disease modeling platforms

Collaboration to develop new glioblastoma combination therapy nets €1.06M

GENFIT to acquire Versantis to expand liver disease portfolio

Biologics manufacturing facility launched by Evotec SE in Toulouse

CHMP recommends approval of Beyfortus for prevention of RSV disease in infants

Tridek-One brings in €16M to develop auto-immune diseases candidates

SparingVision raises €75M for genomic medicines for ocular diseases

Collaboration to explore gene therapy products for neurodegenerative disorders

WhiteLab Genomics raises $10M for AI-powered genomic therapies platform

PDC*line Pharma presents results from phase I/II trial

Enterome presents more data on therapeutic cancer treatment

Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest biotech news!

The top biotech deals of March 2025

The biggest biotech funding rounds in March 2025

Join the webinar: AI in antibody discovery - from in silico analysis to AI-enabled data management

Beyond amyloid: The search for the next big thing in Alzheimer’s treatment

Connect with decision-makers and researchers worldwide for collaborative opportunities

Subscribe to our newsletter

Advertise with us

The top biotech deals of March 2025

The biggest biotech funding rounds in March 2025

Join the webinar: AI in antibody discovery - from in silico analysis to AI-enabled data management

Beyond amyloid: The search for the next big thing in Alzheimer’s treatment

Connect with decision-makers and researchers worldwide for collaborative opportunities

Subscribe to our newsletter

Advertise with us

Subscribe to our newsletter

Get the latest biotech news directly to your inbox!

Newsletter Signup - Footer

Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest biotech news!