News and Trends 26 Sep 2022 Cuba to receive €46.7M to boost biopharma sector The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) has signed the first financing agreement with the Republic of Cuba for the execution of a project to strengthen the Cuban biopharmaceutical industry. On of the goals of the project is to combat COVID-19. The funding is for a total of €46.7 million ($45 million). The initiative, […] September 26, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Sep 2022 Grant awarded to help bring to market an innovative treatment for bone cancer A grant has been awarded to look into the feasibility of bringing to market a new therapy to treat osteosarcoma that aids bone regeneration with fewer side-effects. The European Research Council gave the Proof of Concept grant to professor Cristina Canal from the Technical University of Catalunya’s (UPC) department of materials science and engineering who […] September 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Sep 2022 Rivus Pharmaceuticals raises $132M for treatment of obesity and cardio-metabolic disorders Rivus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has completed a $132 million series B financing round. It was led by RA Capital Management with participation from Bain Capital Life Sciences, BB Biotech AG and existing investors Longitude Capital, Medicxi and RxCapital. The financing will further support clinical advancement of lead candidate HU6, a first-in-class controlled metabolic accelerator (CMA) designed […] September 22, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Sep 2022 National Hemophilia Foundation launches research fund The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) in the U.S. has announced the launch of Pathway to Cures (P2C), a new venture philanthropy investment fund focused on creating transformational impact across all inheritable blood disorders. Investing alongside and partnering with traditional private capital funds and other industry organizations, P2C hopes to spur the development of inheritable blood […] September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Sep 2022 Novo Nordisk Foundation investing $200M for first quantum computer for life sciences research The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of $200 million to establish the first full-scale quantum computer for the development of new medicines. The computer will also provide new insights into climate change and the green transition, which is not possible with classical computers today. The computer could be located in a data center, […] September 21, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Sep 2022 CytoReason and Pfizer agree deal worth up to $110M for AI drug discovery and development In a deal with a potential value of $110 million over the next five years, CytoReason has announced an extension of its multi-year partnership with Pfizer. Pfizer will make a $20 million equity investment under the terms of the agreement which will give the company the right to use CytoReason’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology and […] September 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Sep 2022 Dyania Health raises $5.3M to help speed up clinical trials Dyania Health was founded in 2019 to address a significant and unsolved problem for clinical trials. That is, the process of manual chart review to pre-screening patients for clinical research is cumbersome and time-consuming. The process to match patients on very specific and time-sensitive clinical trial criteria typically takes 18 to 24 months for most […] September 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Sep 2022 Kamari Pharma raises $8M in investment for development of drugs for skin diseases An $8 million investment has been raised by Kamari Pharma following investment from the Guangzhou-Israel Biotechnology Fund (GIBF) that creates added value for Israeli, European and American companies looking to expand in China. Kamari Pharma was established at the end of 2018 by the leading Israeli based biotechnology funds Pontifax and Arkin Bioholdings. Prior to […] September 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 Sep 2022 Novome Biotechnologies raises $43.5M for therapeutically engineered microbes pipeline U.S. biotech company Novome Biotechnologies, Inc., has closed a $43.5 million series B financing round. The financing was led by Tencent, and includes new investors University of Minnesota, Navian Investments, Colorcon Ventures and Touchdown Ventures. Existing investors DCVC Bio, 5AM Ventures, Alta Partners and Alexandria Venture Investments also participated. The proceeds will be used to […] September 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email