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News and Trends 20 Sep 2016

Genfit’s Non-Invasive Diagnostic could unlock the NASH Market

Genfit reinforced its leading place in the race to find a cure for NASH when it announced this morning the launch of a program to validate their new diagnostic tool. Genfit is already leading in the development of a cure for Non-Alcoholic Stato-Hepatitis (NASH) with its candidate, Elafibranor, which is in Phase III trials. Now, the French €600M biopharma has […]

September 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 6 Sep 2016

“This 30M Series A will help us bring RNA Therapeutics to Immuno-Oncology”

Rigontec is taking a totally new RNA-based approach to immuno-oncology via the RIG-I receptors. The company extended its Series A fundraising to a third round, and some of the top European VC’s doubled its cash pile to almost €30M. Since launching in early 2014, Munich-based Rigontec has broken with traditional immuno-oncology and pioneered a new RNA avenue […]

September 6, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 10 Jun 2016

Gates Foundation is funding EU Biotech to make Vaccines more affordable

Batavia Biosciences has won a €3.3M grant from the Gates Foundation, to fund new research in making cell culture cheaper – and drive down the price of some key vaccines. Within its goal of pushing science forward and bringing to developing countries, the Gates Foundation has outlined vaccine delivery as a key part of its strategy. […]

June 10, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 2 Jun 2016

RNA therapy starts first-of-a-kind trial to treat Liver Cancer

MiNA Therapeutics is launching the first saRNA human trial of its kind – OUTREACH for patients with severe liver cancer. MiNA Therapeutics is a London based RNA specialist, developing RNA activation therapeutics that restore normal function to patients’ cells with an initial focus on severe liver cancer. The study is the first-in-human trial of a small activating RNA […]

June 2, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 8 Mar 2016

Irish Gene Therapy for Blindness is Acquired by US Leader in the Field

Spark Therapeutics (US) has paid over €13.5M for Genable Technologies (Ireland) and its gene therapy for a degenerative eye disease which progresses to blindness. Spark Therapeutics is one of the players in the re-emerging field of Gene Therapy (which is already establishing records like the most expensive drug). It focuses on debilitating genetic diseases, like inherited […]

March 8, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 5 Feb 2016

German RNA Specialist Could Break French Biotech into the Cancer Ecosystem

Riboxx Life Sciences (Germany) has licensed out its drug development platform APOXXIM to a small biotech, Tollys SAS in Lyon (France) to investigate a specific type of cancer therapy. Riboxx develops customized and tailor-made molecular tools for gene silencing in vitro and in vivo through RNA interference via small interfering RNA (siRNA) and microRNA (miRNA). The company has two […]

February 5, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 24 Mar 2015

Rigontec and its revolutionary RNA-based immunotherapeutics raise €4.8 Million

Rigontec has raised €4.8M in the second closing of its Series A financing round from Forbion Capital Partners, a Dutch life-sciences venture capital firm, and Sunstone Capital, a Copenhagen based venture capital investor. The new investment brings the total Series A to €14.2M to the biopharmaceutical company that is developing RNA-based immunotherapeutics for the treatment of […]

March 24, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

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German RNA Specialist Could Break French Biotech into the Cancer Ecosystem

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