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Interview 26 Apr 2017

Infographic: Who’s who in the mRNA Therapeutics Field in Europe?

The young field of mRNA therapeutics is booming and generating huge expectations. Which are the main players in Europe turning them into a reality? Therapies based on mRNA promise better vaccines and therapeutics by instructing the body to produce its own just by reading the instructions written in the RNA sequence. Thought for a long time to […]

April 26, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Jan 2017

Shire sells its RNA platform to a US-based Biotech

Shire has sold its RNA therapy program to a smaller biotech that wants to accelerate the development of products from the platform. The Irish drug giant Shire is giving its MRT program, which includes two mRNA platforms and 12 employees, to US-based RaNA Therapeutics. In exchange, Shire will receive an undisclosed share of equity in the biotech as well […]

January 5, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Best in Biotech 3 Jan 2017

10 Hot European Biotechs to Observe in 2017 🚀

New year, new list: here are the 10 hottest Biotech companies I will watch closely in 2017 and why. This list is not meant to be comprehensive and is in no particular order. Super-pumped mRNA Therapy BioNTech is Europe’s largest private Biotech with over 500 employees and is one of the three leading mRNA therapy […]

January 3, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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

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 9 Nov 2016

Up, up and away! CureVac’s money pile now Totals €325M

CureVac has raised an additional €27M ($29.5M) that will help the company keep on its track to be the first one to launch a mRNA therapy, a technology that can revolutionize how drugs are designed. CureVac is a German company in the billion-euro biotech club at the forefront of messenger RNA (mRNA) therapies, a technology that […]

November 9, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 21 Sep 2016

German Biotech allies with Genentech in battle for Cancer Vaccine

BioNTech has turned up the heat in the race to bring an mRNA immunotherapy for cancer to the clinic. The German biotech has partnered with American giant Genentech in a massive deal with almost €300M upfront. Europe’s largest private biotech, BioNTech, has partnered up with Genentech to produce individualized mRNA-based cancer therapies. The collaboration aims […]

September 21, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 12 Aug 2016

mRNA Money-magnet increases its Pile of Cash to over €1.3Bn

Moderna is taking Biotech investing to new heights, as it has now increased total fundraising&partnership cash to an unbelievable €1.34Bn ($1.5Bn). It can thank AstraZeneca, which is now adding €126M more to its investment. Amid dropping revenues and pipeline cuts, AstraZeneca remains steadily focused on innovation and Biotech. After all, this was the strategy CEO Pascal […]

August 12, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 27 Jul 2016

AstraZeneca plans Phase I trial with mRNA therapy for Cardiovascular Disease

The collaboration between AstraZeneca and the money-magnet Moderna is giving its first steps. AstraZeneca is filing for authorization of a German Phase I trial, to assess an mRNA therapy for cardiometabolic diseases. Therapies using mRNA have a lot of potential as biologics. Leading Biotechs in the field include CureVac (interview with its CCO here) and […]

July 27, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 2 Jun 2016

First All-Cancer mRNA Vaccine that Works Published in Nature

Update (05/07/2017): BioNTech has published new results in Nature revealing a strong immune response in all 13 patients treated with its personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, strengthening its potential to become a universal cancer vaccine. Originally published on 02/06/2016 BioNTech and its academic partners have published in the well-known publication Nature, describing the first clinically applicable and systemic […]

June 2, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 11 May 2016

German mRNA specialist moves into Animal Health in collaboration with Bayer

BioNTech is joining its mRNA technology with Bayer’s expertise in veterinary applications in a new collaboration – to develop first-in-class vaccines for animals. Based in Mainz (Germany), BioNTech is the largest private Biotech in Europe. Along with its CAR-T and TCR programmes, BioNTech is developing mRNA therapies – a promising field in medicine. These include immunotherapies for […]

May 11, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

In Depth 5 Jan 2016

Ultimate Review: How Could mRNA Overtake all other Biologicals in Medicine?

What if we could send the body an instruction to produce its own drug? That’s what messenger RNA (mRNA) could achieve. A whole new area of therapeutics could be opened. Let’s try to get an overview of how… So for those who don’t know what a mRNA is, here are some basics. This diagram below […]

January 5, 2016 - 7 minutesmins - By Jerome Topsent

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