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News and Trends 23 Jan 2018

Swedish Biotech Can Now Fast-Track its Metabolic Disorder Drug

Sobi will enter the clinic after the Investigational New Drug application for its rare metabolic disorder candidate was accepted by the FDA. The Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) will begin clinical trials for SOBI003, its candidate for the rare metabolic disorder, Sanfilippo syndrome type A. This was made possible as the FDA’s accepted the company’s Investigational New Drug […]

January 23, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 12 Jan 2018

This Collaboration Will Develop a New Epilepsy Gene Therapy for In-Need Patients

CombiGene and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult have struck a deal that will move the biotech’s epilepsy therapy towards the clinic. Swedish biotech CombiGene has combined neuroscience and advances in gene delivery to pioneer and new therapy for epilepsy that has brought down the number of seizures in preclinical studies. The company has joined forces […]

January 12, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 14 Dec 2017

The FDA Fast Tracks Therapy for Rare Disease Causing Copper Accumulation

The FDA is speeding up the process for regulatory approval of WTX101, a therapy for Wilson’s disease that could significantly improve the standard of care. Wilson Therapeutics, in Stockholm, has convinced the FDA to include its drug WTX101 (bis-choline tetrathiomolybdate) in its Fast Track program. This move will speed up the approval of the drug, […]

December 14, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 8 Dec 2017

Wilson’s Disease Treatment Gets a €24.4M Equity Boost in Sweden

Wilson Therapeutics has issued new shares on Nasdaq Stockholm, raising a total of SEK 244M (€24.4M) to help bring its Wilson’s disease treatment to the market. Stockholm-based biotech Wilson Therapeutics has closed a share issue that seems to have generated quite a high demand. The company’s main shareholders, Abingworth and MVM, had to sell SEK 156.75M […]

December 8, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 8 Nov 2017

Phase I Results are in for Swedish Biotech’s Cancer Antibody

Alligator Bioscience has reported promising results from a Phase I study, where its candidate has been well tolerated in patients with late-stage solid tumors. Alligator Bioscience, located in Lund, Sweden, develops antibody-based immunotherapies to fight cancer. Its pipeline includes clinical and pre-clinical drug candidates, including ADC-1013 and ATOR-1015, as well as novel research candidates. The company […]

November 8, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 2 Nov 2017

Swedish Biotech Team Steps Up in the Fight Against Type 2 Diabetes

Two Swedish biotechs, Betagenon and Baltic Bio, have announced promising preliminary Phase IIa results for their Type 2 Diabetes candidate. Betagenon develops therapies for chronic energy balance disorders and has received funding from the EU’s program for research and innovation, Horizon 2020. Privately funded Betagenon has partnered up with Baltic Bio to share the profits from a type […]

November 2, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 17 Oct 2017

Swedish Human Cell Atlas gets the Support of Chan & Zuckerberg

The Human Cell Atlas will map all of the cells in the body, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has given a grant to Swedish researchers to join the project. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to provide resources for projects, including biomedical research. The Initiative supports the Human Cell Atlas, an exciting […]

October 17, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

More News! 2 Oct 2017

New Swedish Pharma Bids for Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Without Side Effects

Swedish Gesynta Pharma has signed an agreement with Orexo to acquire a drug candidate to treat inflammatory diseases with fewer side effects. Based in Uppsala, Orexo has built a solid pipeline since its foundation in 1995, including three products currently in the market. The company has now struck a deal for one of its early-stage programs, OX-MPI, focused on inflammation. BI1029539, the […]

October 2, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 13 Sep 2017

A Swedish-Spanish Team Takes on a New Immuno-Oncology Target

Alligator Bioscience will collaborate with the University of Navarra, Spain, to study the potential of CD137 as a target for new cancer immunotherapies. Alligator Bioscience, based in Lund, Sweden, has teamed up with Prof. Ignacio Melero at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) at the University of Navarra to study the biological effects of activating […]

September 13, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 18 Aug 2017

Swedish Scientists Launch Online Pathology Atlas of All Known Cancer Genes

A team of Swedish researchers has published today an interactive map for the visualization of the effects of individual cancer genes that supports personalized medicine. The new Pathology Atlas is an open access online resource containing genomic data from over 8,000 patients across 17 major cancer types. By typing in the name of any gene […]

August 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 23 Jun 2017

Diabetic Patients that Still Produce Insulin might be the Key to a New Therapy

A study from Uppsala University has identified higher levels of interleukin-35 in type 1 diabetics that still produce insulin years after their diagnosis. Researchers at Uppsala University have published the first study in humans that shows the potential of interleukin-35 (IL-35) as a promising new target to treat type 1 diabetes. The results, published in […]

June 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 21 Jun 2017

Swedish IPO raises €51M for Biomaterials to Repair Bone

Bonesupport has gone public in the Swedish stock market to push its pipeline and increase sales of biomaterials to regenerate bone tissue. Bonesupport is a company based in Lund, Sweden, that develops biomaterials to improve and speed up the repair of bones. The firm IPO’d today on the Nasdaq Stockholm, raising an impressive €51M with the participation […]

June 21, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Swedish Biotech Can Now Fast-Track its Metabolic Disorder Drug

This Collaboration Will Develop a New Epilepsy Gene Therapy for In-Need Patients

The FDA Fast Tracks Therapy for Rare Disease Causing Copper Accumulation

Wilson’s Disease Treatment Gets a €24.4M Equity Boost in Sweden

Phase I Results are in for Swedish Biotech’s Cancer Antibody

Swedish Biotech Team Steps Up in the Fight Against Type 2 Diabetes

Swedish Human Cell Atlas gets the Support of Chan & Zuckerberg

New Swedish Pharma Bids for Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Without Side Effects

A Swedish-Spanish Team Takes on a New Immuno-Oncology Target

Swedish Scientists Launch Online Pathology Atlas of All Known Cancer Genes

Diabetic Patients that Still Produce Insulin might be the Key to a New Therapy

Swedish IPO raises €51M for Biomaterials to Repair Bone

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