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News and Trends 8 Nov 2016

Has Gender Diversity in Biotech changed? “No”, says Managing partner of Sofinnova #BIOEurope

In our second interview of BIO-Europe, we talked about gender diversity with Rafaèle Tordjman, one of the managing partners of Sofinnova Partners, a top Biotech VC in Europe. She has been very active in making biotech more open to women, and I wanted to know more about her analysis of the situation. I had met […]

November 8, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

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Best in Biotech 12 Apr 2016

18 of the Best European VCs for Biotech in 2016

As Genentech is celebrating its 40th Birthday, it is also the 40th birthday of Biotechnology and the 40th birthday of Biotech Venture Capitalists. These risk investors are deeply linked to any venture successes. And although Europe definitely has fewer than in the US, there’s still a significant amount of influence and wealth on this side […]

April 12, 2016 - 10 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 17 Mar 2016

Leading European VC believes this is the “Post-It of Surgery”

Gecko Biomedical (France) has raised €22.5M to get its innovate biopolymers to surgery rooms, and caught the eye of the biggest French Biotech investor, Sofinnova. Gecko has a hot piece of MedTech in its hands: a surgical glue that can stop bleeding from sutured tissues, and in the future could replace stitching altogether. This technology was […]

March 17, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 18 Nov 2015

Biotech ‘al dente’ – Italy Inaugurates its First Biotech Accelerator

Sofinnova Partners, one of the leading European venture capital firms has helped launch the country’s first ever Biotech accelerator – BiovelocITA. This brand new enterprise intends to boost the Italian biotech market to boom to the same degree it has in countries like Germany and France. Milan launches BiovelocITA, the first Italian accelerator dedicated to […]

November 18, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

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News and Trends 13 Oct 2015

The Top 15 European Biotech VCs

Biotech wouldn’t exist without Venture Capitalists. These investors bring the cash necessary to run clinical trials or conduct the scaling-up of processes, along with many years of experience. Though admittedly Europe definitely hasn’t got as much money floating around as the US, there are many major Biotech VCs in Europe … Here are 15 of […]

October 13, 2015 - 9 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 27 Aug 2015

Dutch Immuno-Oncology company raises Massive Series C Financing round

Sofinnova Ventures and Novo A/S step into one of the biggest European series C financing rounds, which is about €72.8 million. The money goes to the Dutch immuno-oncology company Merus and will advance its cancer-fighting bispecific antibodies. Back in April, Merus announced its intention to go public at the Nasdaq, with the goal of raising […]

August 27, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 26 Mar 2015

The Metamorphosis of Biopharmaceutical Innovation #BIO-Europe2015

Innovation can occur in many different ways, and biopharmaceutical innovation is no exception. The pipelines of big Pharmas have fewer candidates, R&D costs are skyrocketing, internal research programs tend to shrink and open innovation is raising. This metamorphosis is happening right now and the plenary session of Bio-Europe Spring 2015 focused on this subject. A great opportunity […]

March 26, 2015 - 6 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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