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Best in Biotech 22 Dec 2016

The 10 Biggest Clinical Success Stories of 2016 in European Biotech

What are the most impressive advances in medical biotechnology this year? From cancer to peanut allergy, here’s a list of the best success stories of 2016. Biotech is becoming a powerful driving force in medicine, providing innovative therapies that could end some of the most severe diseases. To celebrate the advances in the area of […]

December 22, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Dec 2016

These are our 10 Most Read Biotech Articles of 2016

From the hottest research areas to the most popular city for biotech, which biotech articles have managed to hook our readers the most this year? After an exciting journey of 2 years, Labiotech.eu is now the leading biotech media in Europe, with over 50k monthly readers. To celebrate the end of another amazing year, we wanted […]

December 20, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 16 Dec 2016

Young Immuno-Oncology Biotechs attract Funding to Cure Metastasis

Amcure and TILT Biotherapeutics announced yesterday new financing rounds supporting the development of unique strategies to cure cancer metastasis. Amcure, in Germany, is fighting highly metastatic forms of cancer by targeting angiogenesis. The company just closed a Series B round with a total of €6M from already existing investors. With the funds, Amcure plans to accelerate […]

December 16, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 15 Dec 2016

Curing Cancer with Safer Transplants: UK Approval to start Clinical Trials

Kiadis Pharma has received approval to test in the UK an immune therapy to address the big challenges of bone marrow transplants, currently the only cure for blood cancers. Kiadis Pharma, based in Amsterdam, is working on therapies to improve the outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), a common treatment for multiple types of […]

December 15, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 14 Dec 2016

Swedish Therapy targeting All Solid Tumors enrolls First Patient

Immunicum just received FDA approval to start clinical trials in the US for a therapy that could overcome the challenges of T-cell therapies and target virtually any injectable solid tumor. Immunicum is a biotech from Gothenburg, Sweden, that focuses on immuno-oncology with a different approach from most companies. Instead of T-cells, the company engineers dendritic […]

December 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 6 Dec 2016

How is European Immuno-Oncology fighting Blood Cancer?

From leukemia to multiple myeloma, biotech is working hard to cure blood cancer. This year’s edition of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting features immuno-oncology therapies developed by the best European biotechs, with Novartis taking the lead in the CAR-T field. The 58th ASH annual meeting is wrapping up today, after the best companies […]

December 6, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Dec 2016

Video: Chatting with Immunocore about the Potential of Immuno-oncology

At Refresh in Paris, I had the opportunity to ask Eva-Lotta Allan,CBO of one of Europe’s hottest companies, Immunocore, some pointed questions. Immunocore is famous as one of the biggest biotech successes in Europe: the company raised the largest round ever on the continent (€300M!), built a solid technological platform and recruited top talents to manage […]

December 5, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 30 Nov 2016

Drugging the Undruggable: New Acquisition to Boost GPCR Drugs

Heptares Therapeutics has acquired G7 Therapeutics to take control over its GPCR technology, boost its pipeline and keep competitors in this profitable field at bay. Heptares Therapeutics develops therapies directed to G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a large family of hot but elusive targets for biopharma. The British company, owned by the Japanese Sosei, just announced it […]

November 30, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

In Depth 29 Nov 2016

The ABCs of ADCs: A Review of Antibody Drug Conjugates

Antibody therapies have a little sister who is catching up in funding – and hype? In light of now five deaths from Juno’s CAR-T therapy, antibody drug conjugates are attracting a lot of interest in a resurgence after their debut 10 years ago. To feel out the field, we talked to two CEOs competing directly […]

November 29, 2016 - 8 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 21 Nov 2016

Celyad’s Autologous CAR-T Therapy enters Phase Ib

Celyad has received approval to start Phase Ib trials in Belgium with its autologous CAR-T therapy, which can target 80% of tumors. After a successful Phase I in leukemia and myeloma, Celyad is ready to start a Phase Ib trial for its autologous NKR-2 in 7 cancer indications, now including solid tumors. The new trial, aimed to examine different […]

November 21, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 18 Nov 2016

Can Oncolytic Viruses be the key to Treat Resistant Tumors?

This week, we leave Belgium and keep traveling north to Oslo, where snow is starting to pack for the joy of skiers. Meanwhile, Targovax is there working hard to treat cancer with its immunotherapy pipeline. City: Oslo, Norway Founded: 2010 Employees: 20 – 30 Financial data: €12M raised in a private placement in July Mission: Targovax develops immuno-oncology […]

November 18, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 16 Nov 2016

Microbiomics recruited for Immuno-Oncology in a Huge New Partnership

What if the bacteria in your gut could help fight cancer? Enterome is partnering with Bristol-Myers Squibb to explore this possibility and develop microbiome-related therapeutics and diagnostics for immuno-oncology. Enterome, one of the coolest biotechs in Paris, specializes in the isolation of bacteria and microbial targets linked to immune modulation and inflammation. With an impressive […]

November 16, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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The 10 Biggest Clinical Success Stories of 2016 in European Biotech

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Young Immuno-Oncology Biotechs attract Funding to Cure Metastasis

Curing Cancer with Safer Transplants: UK Approval to start Clinical Trials

Swedish Therapy targeting All Solid Tumors enrolls First Patient

How is European Immuno-Oncology fighting Blood Cancer?

Video: Chatting with Immunocore about the Potential of Immuno-oncology

Drugging the Undruggable: New Acquisition to Boost GPCR Drugs

The ABCs of ADCs: A Review of Antibody Drug Conjugates

Celyad’s Autologous CAR-T Therapy enters Phase Ib

Can Oncolytic Viruses be the key to Treat Resistant Tumors?

Microbiomics recruited for Immuno-Oncology in a Huge New Partnership

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