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News and Trends 24 Jan 2015

Important Bilateral Academic Agreement for the Future of iPS Cell Therapy

The UK Cell Therapy programme Catapult, which is focused on the development of the UK cell therapy industry to increase the nation’s health and wealth, has signed a patent licence agreement with iPS Academia Japan. It represents a pivotal step in the development of the UK’s GMP induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell bank. Under the […]

January 24, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 5 Dec 2014

Forbion Capital Partners: a Leading European Biotech VC is rising!

Forbion Capital Partners, the leading Dutch Venture Capital firm investing in world-class healthcare technologies, sold PneumRx of its portfolio, to BTG plc, the UK-based specialist healthcare company for an initial cash consideration of €186M and up to €199M in performance-related future milestone payments. PneumRx is a growing interventional pulmonology business which owns, manufactures and distributes the RePneu Coil […]

December 5, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 1 Dec 2014

The First Gene Therapy Drug Will Be Sold at Record €1,1M Price

What could you buy with €1,1M euros? A house? Or a single prescription for a new drug… The first gene therapy drug “Glybera” is set to go on sale in Germany with a €1.1 million price tag, a new record for a medicine to treat a rare disease. And this drug from UniQure is not the only one […]

December 1, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 26 Nov 2014

The Highest Ever Bioavailable Curcumin is Coming in Europe

Theravalues Corporation, Tokyo based company, will launch Theracurmin® Super for the European market at Hi Europe 2014, an event which will take place in Amsterdam at the beggining of December. Curcumin is a turmeric derivative, which is the pigment that gives its yellow-orange color to curry. It is a compound that has been the subject of many studies, […]

November 26, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 8 Nov 2014

First Anti-bacterial Enzyme Against MRSA for Use in Humans

Change the way we fight against bacterial infections: MICREOS launches its first anti-bacterial enzyme for use in humans against MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Micreos, a Dutch biotech company, has developed Staphefekt™, a bacteria-killing enzyme specific to Staphylococcus aureus, which is equally effective in killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). Emergence of […]

November 8, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Cédric Brock

News and Trends 13 Oct 2014

Future Organ-on-a-chip Global Leader MIMETAS raised 4 Million euros

Dutch biotech MIMETAS B.V. announces that it has raised 4 Million euros ($5.2M) to fund its expansion as a global leader in organ-on-a-chip technology. Venture capital investors Zeeuws Investerings Fonds (ZIF) and Participatiemaatschapij Oost Nederland (PPM Oost) have joined forces with national and regional partners, to fund development and sales of MIMETAS’ unique 3D disease- […]

October 13, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

LoneStar Heart Hydrogel advanced heart attacks

News and Trends 4 Oct 2014

A Hydrogel to treat Advanced Heart Failure in Europe

LoneStar Heart, Inc. announced that it received the CE Mark (European Conformity) for its Algisyl-LVR® hydrogel implant,a product for the treatment of advanced heart failure (HF). The CE Mark indicates a product’s compliance with European Union legislation and that it can be sold throughout the European Economic Area. Classified in Europe and in the U.S. as a medical device, Algisyl-LVR is […]

October 4, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 25 Sep 2014

A New Financial Hope for Start-ups Focused on Cancer

Aglaia is a new venture capital fund that will invest in about ten to fifteen biotechnology start-ups developing groundbreaking technologies to prevent and cure cancer. The Dutch venture has announced the launch of Aglaia Oncology Fund II. Investors contribute with $65M (EUR 51M) for the fund, to reach $80M (EUR 63M) to $100M (EUR 80M). Like […]

September 25, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 20 Aug 2014

uniQure acquires the gene therapy start-up InoCard

uniQure, a leader in human gene therapy, today announced the acquisition of InoCard GmbH, an innovative, early-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of gene therapy approaches for cardiac disease. InoCard has developed a novel gene therapy to preclinical proof of concept, for the one-time treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF), a rapidly progressing disease […]

August 20, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

ProQR Therapeutics files for a $75m IPO to compete with Vertex Pharmaceuticals

ProQR Therapeutics is a Netherlands-based biotech company focused on developments of drugs to treat genetic disorders. Daniel de Boer, Gerard Platenburg, Dinko Valerio and Henri Termeer (former Genzyme’s CEO) founded the company in May 2012 with the main goal of finding a treatment for cystic fibrosis. ProQR has now expanded to more than 50 employees who are working […]

August 19, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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