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CAR T cell therapy FDA approval cancer Novartis Kymriah CTL019

News and Trends 31 Aug 2017

The FDA Approves the First CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer

The FDA has approved Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah, opening the way for a new generation of cell therapy treatments against cancer. Novartis’ Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), formerly known as CTL019, has become the first gene-modified cell therapy approved in the US. The FDA has approved the therapy for relapsing B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children and young […]

August 31, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Apeiron biologics eib efsi funding neuroblastoma

News and Trends 28 Aug 2017

Austrian Biotech Gets €25M of EU Funding to Fight Rare Childhood Cancer

Apeiron Biologics has been granted financing of €25M from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the development of new treatments for cancer. Apeiron Biologics is a biotech based in Vienna focused on developing immuno-oncology treatments designed to make the immune system attack cancer cells. The EIB has decided to support the company’s research of a […]

August 28, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Aug 2017

Merck Ventures Joins Series A of Brisith Biotech Using Macrophages to Fight Cancer

Merck Ventures has joined the team of investors behind Macrophage Pharma, a biotech in Windsor, UK, using macrophages against cancer. Macrophage Pharma is a young biotech working on a new approach to boost the immune system’s ability to attack tumor cells. Its technology attracted £9M (€9.8M) in Series A earlier this year from the CRT Pioneer […]

August 24, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Immatics cancer personalized cell therapy

News and Trends 21 Aug 2017

German Biotech Starts Trials with a Personalized Cell Therapy for Multiple Cancers

Immatics will start a first clinical trial to test IMA101, a personalized cell therapy with the potential to treat multiple types of solid tumors. Based in Tübingen, Germany, Immatics has announced today the start of its first clinical trial testing its cell therapy technology aimed at providing personalized treatments for multiple types of solid tumors. The […]

August 21, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 11 Jul 2017

Novartis largely dodged deaths from its CAR-T therapy, but FDA still has safety concerns

Editor’s Note: Novartis did note a death from cerebral hemorrhage in its hearing with the FDA yesterday. With the application review hearing set for tomorrow, the FDA has shared its thoughts on Novartis’ CAR-T candidate. Up front are serious safety concerns. Novartis’ CTL019, or Tisagenlecleucel, wowed the audience at ASH last fall with a stellar 82% […]

July 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

Interview 3 Jul 2017

These Norwegian Biotech Execs are Bringing Back Cancer Vaccines & Oncolytic Viruses

We talked to CEO Øystein Soug and CMO Magnus Jäderberg of Targovax about why the company’s technologies may succeed where others have failed. In 2010, Targovax rose from the ashes of Norsk Hydro Pharma, the discontinued therapeutic development arm of the conglomerate. The Oslo-based biotech is taking a stand against tough-to-treat cancers like that of […]

July 3, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 30 Jun 2017

Belgian Biotech Starts Phase Ib with an off-the-shelf mRNA Therapy for Melanoma

eTheRNA has started a Phase Ib trial in patients with melanoma to test a cancer immunotherapy based on off-the-shelf mRNA technology. eTheRNA is one of the few companies working in mRNA therapies that are running clinical trials. The Belgian biotech has announced the start of a Phase Ib trial with its candidate TriMix-MEL, also called ECI-006, in patients […]

June 30, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Araclon Biotech Alzheimers Vaccine Spain Zaragoza

News and Trends 27 Jun 2017

A Spanish Vaccine to fight Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear enters Phase II

Araclon Biotech will advance to Phase II with an Alzheimer’s vaccine that could succeed where many others have failed before. Araclon Biotech, in Zaragoza, Spain, has announced today the approval from the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices to start a Phase II trial testing its Alzheimer’s vaccine in 120 patients in 22 centers across Europe. The […]

June 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 20 Jun 2017

“We’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy” – Experts discuss the Future of Oncology at Refresh

A panel of experts in immuno-oncology discussed the challenges and opportunities to develop therapies that can effectively fight cancer. “I think right now we’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy, which surprisingly is not necessarily driven by technology but perspective, and how we look at cancer,” said Masoud Tavazoie, CEO of Rgenix. His company, based in New York, […]

June 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 12 Jun 2017

Norwegian Biotech Hits €21M in Private Placement for its Immunotherapies

Targovax has raised €21M (NOK200M) in a private placement, which the biotech will use to fund data read-outs from clinical trials and CMC development. Targovax, based in Oslo, is developing a number of immunotherapies for treatment-resistant tumors. The biotech’s pipeline is based on its two platforms, ONCOS, an oncolytic virus, which is being developed to treat melanoma, […]

June 12, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

Interview 12 Jun 2017

This Italian Academic-turned-CEO also Launched 7 Cancer Drugs at GSK

Paolo Paoletti might have been forced to reconsider his career as a professor in medicine, but academia’s loss was biopharma’s gain! Before becoming CEO of one of London’s most exciting biotechs, GammaDelta Therapeutics, Paolo Paoletti had a long run through the corporate ranks of pharma. He was coaxed out of academic medicine to join Eli […]

June 12, 2017 - 9 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 6 Jun 2017

French Biotech Strikes Deal with Novo Nordisk for New Cancer Drug

Novo Nordisk has handed over its anti-cancer antibody to Innate Pharma in a new deal that could earn the diabetes specialist up to €370M in milestones. The immuno-oncology biotech Innate Pharma has in-licensed a new clinical-stage antibody candidate from Novo Nordisk to reinforce its position in the crowded space. In exchange for its anti-C5aR antibody, IPH5401, […]

June 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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The FDA Approves the First CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer

Austrian Biotech Gets €25M of EU Funding to Fight Rare Childhood Cancer

Merck Ventures Joins Series A of Brisith Biotech Using Macrophages to Fight Cancer

German Biotech Starts Trials with a Personalized Cell Therapy for Multiple Cancers

Novartis largely dodged deaths from its CAR-T therapy, but FDA still has safety concerns

These Norwegian Biotech Execs are Bringing Back Cancer Vaccines & Oncolytic Viruses

Belgian Biotech Starts Phase Ib with an off-the-shelf mRNA Therapy for Melanoma

A Spanish Vaccine to fight Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear enters Phase II

“We’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy” – Experts discuss the Future of Oncology at Refresh

Norwegian Biotech Hits €21M in Private Placement for its Immunotherapies

This Italian Academic-turned-CEO also Launched 7 Cancer Drugs at GSK

French Biotech Strikes Deal with Novo Nordisk for New Cancer Drug

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