News and Trends 26 Dec 2016 The Largest Deals, Fundraising and Exits of 2016 in European Biotech Curious about which technologies have attracted the most cash in biotech finance this year? Here’s a list of the most impressive cash movements of 2016 in Europe. Believe it or not, 2016 has been the worst year for biotech finance in a decade. The political scene has become unfavorable for British biotech after Brexit, and the uncertainty raised by […] December 26, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 Dec 2016 UPDATE: European Stem Cell Therapy Pioneer goes for €34M IPO TiGenix is entering the Nasdaq with an IPO aimed at funding clinical trials. Will this move allow the company to make it through clinical trials? TiGenix is a Belgian company behind ChondroCellect, the first cell therapy approved on the European market. The biotech has now announced a Nasdaq IPO that aims to raise €39.8M in order to fund […] December 15, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Oct 2016 CRISPR Thx’ surprisingly low IPO… why are Investors Discouraged? Troubled waters in the CRISPR field: CRISPR Therapeutics’ IPO hits an unexpectedly low price. It seems that the investors are starting to switch from hype to uncertainty, but why now? CRISPR Therapeutics has just announced the results of a surprisingly low IPO: €51M ($56M), way lower than its €80M target. Its competitors in the therapeutics CRISPR field, Editas […] October 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Sep 2016 Interview: GeNeuro’s CFO explains its Unique Multiple Sclerosis Treatment GeNeuro is developing a unique treatment for multiple sclerosis. We interviewed Miguel Payro, the company’s CFO, who explained its advantageous position against big pharma. GeNeuro raised €33M in its Euronext IPO in April and is currently competing against giants like Novartis and Biogen. Despite 2016’s dubious honor as “the worst year for IPO in 20 years”, this Switzerland-based company has managed to go […] September 30, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Sep 2016 UPDATE: AC Immune rakes in €52.5M IPO for assault on Alzheimers It’s not the $700M headlines imply, but AC Immune is winding up to make a splashy IPO of €52.5M to establish itself in the Alzheimer’s Disease space. You might have read about AC Immune‘s ‘$700M IPO’ and thought, “gee, that can’t be right – that sum is roughly half of the total from all European companies […] September 26, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email