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Interview 10 Jul 2017

Meet the CEO of Minoryx, the Spanish Biotech Fighting Rare Disease

I spoke with Marc Martinell, CEO of Minoryx, to learn first-hand how his company in Barcelona is bringing new hope for patients suffering from rare diseases. Having previously worked in Crystax Pharmaceuticals and Oryzon Genomics, Marc Martinell is now CEO of one of Spain’s most successful biotechs. Minoryx Therapeutics is developing what could be the first […]

July 10, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 27 Jun 2017

A Spanish Vaccine to fight Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear enters Phase II

Araclon Biotech will advance to Phase II with an Alzheimer’s vaccine that could succeed where many others have failed before. Araclon Biotech, in Zaragoza, Spain, has announced today the approval from the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices to start a Phase II trial testing its Alzheimer’s vaccine in 120 patients in 22 centers across Europe. The […]

June 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 May 2017

Curious about Who is Living in Your Gut? This Kit Can Tell You

Personalized and democratized medicine is coming to the microbiome via a new initiative, FeelGut, from Biopolis. The FeelGut kit lets you explore your gut! FeelGut is a new kit for those of us who want to explore their microbiota. It’s developed by Biopolis, a Spanish biotech committed to empowering people through improved understanding and control of […]

May 24, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 18 May 2017

Spanish Biotech Clears €2.7M Funding Round for its New Stroke Drug

AptaTargets has closed a €2.7M funding round, allowing the biotech to move into the clinic with its first drug candidate for acute ischemic stroke. AptaTargets, located in Madrid, is developing new therapeutic applications based on aptamers. The company is currently focussing on a single lead candidate for the treatment of the acute phase of ischemic […]

May 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 17 May 2017

A Spanish Biosimilar of Amgen’s Blockbuster gets Ready for EU Approval

Cinfa Biotech announced trial results for a biosimilar of Amgen’s Neulasta, a multi-billion blockbuster to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Cinfa Biotech is a Spanish company specialized in developing biosimilars. The biotech has announced positive results from the second clinical trial evaluating a biosimilar version of Neulasta (pegfilgrastim), Amgen’s second top-selling drug. It brought the big pharma €4.2Bn in […]

May 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 12 May 2017

Resurrected Proteins could be New Weapon against Crop Viruses

Researchers from Spain have succeeded in expressing a 4 billion year-old enzyme in a present-day E. coli. It’s similar enough to the modern version to work, but different enough to dupe viruses. A new way to create virus resistance in crops? In a lab at the University of Granada, Spain, that specializes in reconstructing ancient gene sequences, researchers have […]

May 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

In Depth 27 Apr 2017

Spain: An Emerging Star in the European Biotech Community

Take note, Spain is becoming a new hotspot for biotech in Europe. More than €400M of venture capital, counting recent fundraising and anticipated closings, is forecasted to be available this year to fund the creation and growth of start-ups in the life sciences sector. Behind the growing interest among investors are novel opportunities with breakthrough potential […]

April 27, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Interview 23 Mar 2017

Meet the CEO of this Intrepid Spanish Biotech exploring Epigenetics

Located right here in Barcelona, Oryzon is one of the world’s few epigenetics biotechs. I sat down with CEO Carlos Buesa to talk about its approach. Since its foundation in 2000, Oryzon has gone on to become the leader in epigenetic medicine and focuses on oncology. Most recently, the company announced the success of its lead […]

March 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

Interview 22 Mar 2017

Watch a Partner at Spain’s Largest VC talk Investment Strategy

At BIO Europe Spring, we met Karen Wagner, a General Partner at Ysios, the VC dominating Spain’s investment scene. She told us what’s on the firm’s radar. Spain’s largest VC has positioned itself in Barcelona, having identified the city’s potential to be the next biotech hub in Europe. It has funded key biotechs in Spain, including Sanifit, which claimed the […]

March 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 21 Mar 2017

A Potential First Treatment for a Rare Genetic Disease clears Phase I

Minoryx Therapeutics has successfully completed a Phase I trial for its lead compound MIN-102 targeting X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). The Spanish biotech Minoryx is specialized on orphan diseases and its lead program is a PPAR-gamma agonist, MIN-102, which is in development for X-ALD. The company now announced the successful results of its Phase I trial with MIN-102 revealing the […]

March 21, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 16 Mar 2017

Researchers Develop New Virus to Selectively Attack Tumor Cells

Researchers from Barcelona have developed a new genetically engineered oncolytic virus, which can selectively infect and kill tumor cells. Eneko Villanueva and colleagues from the IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have engineered a virus that infects tumor cells without affecting healthy tissues. Their new cancer therapy approach is based […]

March 16, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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Interview 14 Mar 2017

Spain’s Biotech Ecosystem is Starting to Rise! Meet the Revolution’s Leaders

I interviewed three of the leaders of Spain’s biotech ecosystem: they all agree that the country is at an inflection point for growth and international recognition. This all started when I realized there’s usually far less biotech news coming our way from my home country, Spain, than from the UK, France or Germany. I decided to […]

March 14, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Meet the CEO of Minoryx, the Spanish Biotech Fighting Rare Disease

A Spanish Vaccine to fight Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear enters Phase II

Curious about Who is Living in Your Gut? This Kit Can Tell You

Spanish Biotech Clears €2.7M Funding Round for its New Stroke Drug

A Spanish Biosimilar of Amgen’s Blockbuster gets Ready for EU Approval

Resurrected Proteins could be New Weapon against Crop Viruses

Spain: An Emerging Star in the European Biotech Community

Meet the CEO of this Intrepid Spanish Biotech exploring Epigenetics

Watch a Partner at Spain’s Largest VC talk Investment Strategy

A Potential First Treatment for a Rare Genetic Disease clears Phase I

Researchers Develop New Virus to Selectively Attack Tumor Cells

Spain’s Biotech Ecosystem is Starting to Rise! Meet the Revolution’s Leaders

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