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Startup Scout 27 Jan 2017

Needle-free Treatments for Autoimmune Disorders from Switzerland

It’s back to go back to the mainland. This week’s stop is in Hergiswill, a city by one of the many beautiful seas that can be found in Switzerland. There, the young biotech BioLingus is developing needle-free therapies for chronic diseases. City: Hergiswill, Switzerland Founded: 2014 Employees: 1-10 Financial data: N/A Mission: BioLingus develops non-invasive treatments for autoimmune and inflammatory […]

January 27, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 25 Jan 2017

Update: From Lupus to a Vaccine for Diabetes Type I? Dates Announced

Update (25/01/2016): NeoVacs has announced plans to obtain preclinical proof of concept in 2017 for its type 1 diabetes program and to initiate clinical development in the first half of 2018 with the recommendation of its Scientific Advisory Board. Published on 13/10/2016 Neovacs has announced a research collaboration that could lead to the development of […]

January 25, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 12 Dec 2016

French Biotech Puts a New Lyme Disease Vaccine on the Horizon

There is currently no vaccine for the fast-growing disease in the US, & treatments cost over $1Bn every year. Valneva might have a vaccine to stem the tide. Valneva, a commercial-stage biotech based in Lyon, France, has just received clearance from the FDA and its European counterpart to begin clinical trials for its experimental Lyme Disease […]

December 12, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 1 Dec 2016

7 European Institutions in the Largest Cancer Bioinformatics Collaboration

Europe’s best companies using bioinformatics to tackle cancer will take part in a huge collaboration aimed at developing personalized cancer vaccines. Three biotech companies and four research institutions from Europe are taking part in the Tumor Neoantigen Selection Alliance (TESLA). This is one of the biggest oncology collaborations ever, consisting of 30 organizations and led by […]

December 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 30 Nov 2016

UPDATE: GSK is staging a comeback with a new Shingles Vaccine

GSK is banishing concerns about its health with a BLA submission for Shingrix, which has outperformed Merck’s standard and could bring GSK close to €1Bn. London-based GSK has just submitted a Biologics License Application to the FDA for its shingles vaccine candidate, Shingrix. Though it is still experimental, the vaccine is proving itself superior to the […]

November 30, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 28 Nov 2016

Finally a Cure for the Common Cold? And it’s Needle-free!

Mucosis is starting Phase I trials for SynGEM, a needle-free vaccine against RSV, which causes 200k deaths per year and has a huge cost for both healthcare and the economy. Mucosis is a biotech from the Netherlands developing needle-free vaccines. The company has now initiated the first human trial for SynGEM, a nasal spray vaccine against […]

November 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 25 Nov 2016

Stories We Didn’t Cover: Malaria Vaccine Money, Diabetes FDA Approvals

Try as we might, we can’t cover all the biotech news out there. During the week, we only pick the top stories to keep you informed but not waste your time. Here’s a roundup of news that didn’t make the cut this week. WHO has injected €14M into GSK to advance its malaria vaccine. Umecrine Cognition, a […]

November 25, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 9 Nov 2016

Up, up and away! CureVac’s money pile now Totals €325M

CureVac has raised an additional €27M ($29.5M) that will help the company keep on its track to be the first one to launch a mRNA therapy, a technology that can revolutionize how drugs are designed. CureVac is a German company in the billion-euro biotech club at the forefront of messenger RNA (mRNA) therapies, a technology that […]

November 9, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 3 Nov 2016

CEVEC is Revolutionizing Industrial Protein & Viral Vector Production

CEVEC just filed a Biologics Master File (BB-MF) to the FDA for its CAP technology, which outperforms all current standards in the production of gene therapy vectors and glycosylated human proteins. CEVEC is a Biotech with the mission of raising the industrial standard for the large-scale production of glycosylated proteins, viral vaccines and gene therapy […]

November 3, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 18 Oct 2016

€4M Grant for a Cancer Vaccine that could Bench its Competitors

Hookipa just secured a huge grant from the Austrian government. The plan is to develop the strongest HPV vaccine ever and claim its place in the €2B head and neck cancer market. Hookipa, one of the hottest Biotechs in Vienna, develops vaccines based on a new class of viral vectors. Its platform has impressed the public sector and secured €4.16M from the Austrian […]

October 18, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 14 Oct 2016

This Biotech makes DNA Vaccines and Gene Therapy Possible in Lapland

After Grenoble, we fly north to Finland to meet Santa’s reindeer and earn his good graces before Christmas. After a trip to the sauna and down time with Angry Birds, whose creator hails from the country, we moseyed over to visit FIT Biotech, our biotech of the week. City: Tampere, Finland Founded: 1995 Employees: 12 + […]

October 14, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 12 Oct 2016

Transgene teams up with big Players against HPV Head and Neck Cancer

Transgene is partnering with Merck and Pfizer to develop a combined therapy for head and neck cancer squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) caused by human papiloma virus (HPV) infections. A successful outcome will let the team access a €2B market niche. Transgene has been struggling for a while: last year it had to fire 40% of its workforce […]

October 12, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Needle-free Treatments for Autoimmune Disorders from Switzerland

Update: From Lupus to a Vaccine for Diabetes Type I? Dates Announced

French Biotech Puts a New Lyme Disease Vaccine on the Horizon

7 European Institutions in the Largest Cancer Bioinformatics Collaboration

UPDATE: GSK is staging a comeback with a new Shingles Vaccine

Finally a Cure for the Common Cold? And it’s Needle-free!

Stories We Didn’t Cover: Malaria Vaccine Money, Diabetes FDA Approvals

Up, up and away! CureVac’s money pile now Totals €325M

CEVEC is Revolutionizing Industrial Protein & Viral Vector Production

€4M Grant for a Cancer Vaccine that could Bench its Competitors

This Biotech makes DNA Vaccines and Gene Therapy Possible in Lapland

Transgene teams up with big Players against HPV Head and Neck Cancer

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