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Eight biotechnology companies leading the charge in Poland

Discover eight biotech companies at the forefront of Poland’s emerging biotech sector, which is becoming a hotspot for startups.

April 23, 2024 - 7 minutesmins - By Jules Adam

News and Trends 25 Jul 2023

Molecure raises $12M and gets FDA clearance for pulmonary sarcoidosis trial

Molecure S.A. has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to conduct phase II clinical testing of OATD-01. The announcement follows the company closing a secondary public offering and entering into subscription agreements for all 2,776,000 H-shares offered by way of private placement, within the […]

July 25, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Podcast 14 Apr 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 41: Sarcoidosis

This week, to coincide with World Sarcoidosis Day, we talk about sarcoidosis with Marcin Szumowski, CEO and president of the management board of Molecure. World Sarcoidosis Day As part of Sarcoidosis Awareness Month, which is observed each April, World Sarcoidosis Day is held on April 13. But what is sarcoidosis? The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research […]

April 14, 2023

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

ExPLoRNA Therapeutics receives mRNA technology funding

ExPLoRNA Therapeutics, a Polish biotech company working on mRNA vaccines and therapeutics, has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop its mRNA technology. ExPLoRNA specializes in novel cap analogs, the starting part of mRNA crucial for enabling successful production of the encoded protein. ExPLoRNA’s technology increases protein production beyond the […]

December 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 28 Nov 2022

Molecure to conduct cancer treatment trial in Poland

Molecure S.A. says the President of the Polish Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products has given the company permission to conduct the first clinical trial of OATD-02. The planned phase I trial will be an open-label, multi-center, dose escalation study to evaluate safety, tolerability, anti-cancer activity and to establish the […]

November 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

Cyxone receives approval for phase 2b rheumatoid arthritis study

Swedish biotech company Cyxone has received approval from the Medical Product Agency (Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical devices and Biocides) and the Central Ethics Committee in Poland to start a clinical phase 2b study with its drug candidate Rabeximod, which is being developed as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). “The approval is […]

September 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 7 Sep 2022

The biggest private biotech investments in August 2022

The healthcare-focused companies Orna Therapeutics, F2G and Sironax bagged the biggest biotech investments in August 2022, with mRNA vaccines, genomics and fermentation technology attracting big funding rounds. As many took a well-deserved vacation in the month of August 2022, the world of biotech remained busy with fundraising. Sit back and browse our lists of the […]

September 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Ryvu Therapeutics bags €22M from EIB to work on new cancer treatments

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €22 million ($22.4 million) in financing to Ryvu Therapeutics, a Polish clinical-stage drug discovery and development company focusing on novel small molecule therapies that address unmet medical needs in oncology. The funding is being provided under the EIB’s venture debt instrument, which is tailored to the specific financing […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 3 Aug 2022

The biggest European biotech investments in July 2022

The mRNA firm Normax Biomed snagged Europe’s biggest private biotech investment in July 2022, with runners-up including AgomAb and Tropic Biosciences. Life sciences manufacturing companies saw a big windfall in Europe in July 2022 as the Cork-based Normax Biomed bagged around $301 million. The firm is establishing modular manufacturing facilities that could provide mRNA vaccines […]

August 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Startup Scout 19 Jul 2019

This Biotech Breaks Down ‘Undruggable’ Proteins to Treat Cancer

In the Polish city of Wrocław, Captor Therapeutics is developing cancer treatments that destroy disease-causing proteins. Mission: To develop cancer treatments able to degrade proteins that are normally outside the reach of traditional drugs, called the ‘undruggable proteome’. Small molecule drugs are able to target a small minority of proteins in the cell, such as […]

July 19, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Startup Scout 31 May 2019

This Biotech Treats a Neurological Autoimmune Disorder Using DNA

We’re jumping into Poland this week. Pure Biologics is a biotech based in Wrocław developing DNA molecules that could treat the incurable neurological condition Devic’s disease with fewer side effects than existing treatments. Mission: To develop a treatment that makes an existing treatment for Devic’s disease, plasmapheresis, more targeted and with fewer side effects than […]

May 31, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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In Depth 22 May 2018

Poland’s Emerging Biotech Sector: The Time Is Right for Startups

Poland might not be the first place you associate with biotech, but the country is becoming an emerging hotspot for pharmaceutical companies and biotech startups. Although Poland has a very strong scientific base in life sciences and medicine, it has not developed a vibrant biotech or medtech sectors. Until recently, no truly innovative products from […]

May 22, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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Molecure raises $12M and gets FDA clearance for pulmonary sarcoidosis trial

Beyond Biotech podcast 41: Sarcoidosis

ExPLoRNA Therapeutics receives mRNA technology funding

Molecure to conduct cancer treatment trial in Poland

Cyxone receives approval for phase 2b rheumatoid arthritis study

The biggest private biotech investments in August 2022

Ryvu Therapeutics bags €22M from EIB to work on new cancer treatments

The biggest European biotech investments in July 2022

This Biotech Breaks Down ‘Undruggable’ Proteins to Treat Cancer

This Biotech Treats a Neurological Autoimmune Disorder Using DNA

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