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News and Trends 2 Jan 2017

An EU Project will tackle Multiple Sclerosis using Personalized Multi Omics

The MultipleMS Consortium has been granted €15M by the EU Horizon 2020 to improve the treatment of multiple sclerosis using personalized medicine. The EU Horizon 2020 has kicked off the year with a project to develop, validate, and exploit methods for the personalized treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). The 21 institutions from 12 European countries and […]

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

News and Trends 24 Oct 2016

Here comes the First-ever Combination Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

Actelion is overcoming the upcoming expiration of one of its most profitable patents and it’s using its strong position to make the leap into the crowded market of multiple sclerosis with the first-ever combination therapy. Actelion is one of the top billion-euro Biotechs in Europe and a leader in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Although the patent for […]

October 24, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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

News and Trends 20 Sep 2016

UPDATE: Novartis is Favoured to Win the Race for a New MS Drug

Novartis is poised to kick off the next generation of multiple sclerosis treatments after siponimod performs well in Phase III. The company’s primary competitor had been Biogen, but its drug’s failure in Phase II leaves siponimod the last man standing. Novartis reports that its multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, siponimod, has reached its primary endpoint in Phase III […]

September 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 15 Sep 2016

Roche’s New Antibody is besting the best MS Drug

Roche is poised to blow away the competition for the new multiple sclerosis drug with its leading candidate, Ocrevus (ocrelizumab). Phase III data shows it outperforming Merck’s Rebif, the standard therapy for MS. Competition for a new MS drug has been stiff, but new promising data from the Phase III trial of Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) suggests […]

September 15, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 16 Apr 2016

First Euronext Biotech IPO of 2016 is Swiss, and for Multiple Sclerosis!

We last wrote about GeNeuro in January, when they announced the launch of an IPO for their Multiple Sclerosis phase IIb trial. Now, as of yesterday they are listed on the Euronext Paris market. GeNeuro (in Geneva) is developing therapies and diagnostic tools for diseases associated with the expression of the human endogenous retrovirus MSRV, such […]

April 16, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 11 Apr 2016

French Biotech gets €34M to bring Multiple Sclerosis Drug to the US

MedDay (France) has raised €34M that should help pay a US phase III for its leading candidate for Multiple Sclerosis – as well as its commercial launch in Europe. Based in Paris, MedDay is a Biotech developing new drugs targeting brain metabolism to treat diseases of the nervous system. Its leading candidate, MD1003, has a mixed track record. […]

April 11, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 11 Feb 2016

Sanofi-Genzyme: Still successful 5 years after the acquisition?

Back in 2011, France’s biggest Pharmaceutical company Sanofi decided to purchase Genzyme Corp. for more than $20 billion, thus becoming the latest global drug giant to acquire a big biotech to foster its R&D pipeline. 5 years later, what’s the situation for Genzyme and Sanofi? So often when a large Pharma acquires a smaller Biotech, […]

February 11, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 30 Sep 2015

Apitope relocates to Wales after €12M series B financing round

Now, as we’ve recently discussed here at Labiotech, there doesn’t appear to be many Welsh biotechs…however, this is all about to change, with major Autoimmune disease focused Apitope relocating it’s HQ to Wales. This is following a €12M series B fundraiser led by the Wales Lifesciences Fund for its monoclonal antibody pipeline. Aptiope are currently […]

September 30, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 24 Aug 2015

Novartis signs $1Bn deal for GSK’s Multiple Sclerosis Antibody

Is this Novartis‘ next blockbuster? The Swiss company has acquired GlaxoSmithKline‘s (GSK) immunosuppressive antibody Ofatumumab for up to $1Bn. The new drug allows Novartis to enter the multiple sclerosis market for the third time. Earlier this year, Novartis purchased GSK’s oncology portfolio for $16 billion (€14Bn), including the fully human monoclonal anitbody Ofatumumab, which is […]

August 24, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 1 Jun 2015

After two failed IPOs, Mapi Pharma raised €9 Million from private investors

Private investors have finally backed Mapi Pharma’s project with €9.1M. Shavit Capital has led the Series A financing round to support the company’s clinical development plans. The cash raised is sufficient to advance the company’s lead product Glatiramer Acetate (GA) Depot to its Phase III. The Israeli company has a bitter record of failed NASDAQ […]

June 1, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 22 May 2015

Genzyme joins the never-ending list of Ablynx’ partners

Genzyme is joining Ablynx’ partner list, which already includes AbbVie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eddingpharm, Merck & Co, Merck Serono and Novartis. The Sanofi subsidiary now wants to try out the Nanobody technology of Ablynx against a target at the origin of multiple sclerosis. Genzyme wants to investigate nanobodies against a target that specifically aligns with Genzyme’s early-stage multiple […]

May 22, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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