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News and Trends 9 Jun 2022

Amaroq Therapeutics ‘hits early milestones’ in cancer treatment

New Zealand biotech company Amaroq Therapeutics said it is progressing towards clinical trials following a promising initial development phase. The company, a start-up spun out of the University of Otago, is focused on developing a new class of therapeutics that target long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) in cancer. Sarah Diermeier, chief scientific officer and founder of […]

June 9, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jun 2022

New Forbion life sciences fund hits €470M

European life sciences venture capital firm Forbion, has announced the first €470M ($500M) close of its Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund II. The fund will focus on investing in late-stage European life sciences companies. The new fund has attracted several new institutional investors, including pension funds PME and PMT, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Reggeborgh, […]

June 9, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jun 2022

Cocuus raises funds to upscale alt-protein 3D bioprinting technology

Spanish start-up Cocuus has raised €2.5M ($2.7M) in its pre-Series A funding round. The funds will be used to scale up its 3D bioprinting process for producing plant or cell-based animal protein food analogs. The company recently completed the Eatable Adventures acceleration program, one of the top three global accelerators for foodtech start-ups. Eatable Adventures […]

June 9, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Jun 2022

Neuroendocrine cancer under the spotlight as Ariceum Therapeutics launches

Ariceum Therapeutics, a private biotech company developing a radiopharmaceutical product for the diagnosis and systemic targeted radiation therapy of certain hard-to-treat cancers, has completed an oversubscribed €25M ($26.7M) Series A financing round. Ariceum was co-founded by EQT Life Sciences (formerly LSP) and HealthCap, which also co-led the financing that was joined by Pureos Bioventures. Ipsen […]

June 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Jun 2022

The top European biotech investments in May 2022

Biotech investments in Europe jumped in May 2022 with a large initial public offering from the US/UK firm PepGen. Meanwhile, oncology companies Tubulis, Domain Therapeutics, and EngImmune Therapeutics topped the private biotech investment rounds. Public stock markets remain in a volatile state for biotech companies, with a lot of uncertainty remaining over widespread inflation. Against […]

June 8, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 8 Jun 2022

New COVID antibody cocktail developed

French biotech contract research organization ProteoGenix, Aseem Healthcare, and life sciences consultancy agency Trident Biopharm Solutions have combined on a new antibody cocktail effective against major variants of SARS-CoV-2. The cocktail of four human neutralizing antibodies (AH-5-COV) was generated by screening the plasma of a COVID-19 survivor using ProteoGenix’s phage display platform. The new treatment […]

June 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Jun 2022

Synklino raises €29.8M to trial cytomegalovirus drug

Danish biotech Synklino has completed a Series A fundraising round that netted €29.8M ($31.8M). The company is developing drugs for the treatment of chronic viral infections, and the funding will be used for its drug candidate, SYN002, for the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV). This will involve both ex vivo and in vivo Phase 1 clinical […]

June 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Jun 2022

United Therapeutics creates 3D printed lung scaffold

United Therapeutics Corporation said it has – in partnership with 3D Systems Corporation – produced the world’s most complex 3D-printed object, a human lung scaffold. The human lung scaffold was demonstrated at the LIFE ITSELF Conference, held recently in San Diego, Cal. Martine Rothblatt, United Therapeutics’ chairperson and CEO, and Chuck Hull, 3D Systems’ co-founder, […]

June 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Jun 2022

Cancer vaccine biotech CimCure raises €5M

Dutch biotech company CimCure, which is focusing on the development of vaccine-based cancer immunotherapy, has raised more than €5M ($5.3M) in a financing seed round led by Dutch company Positron Ventures. CimCure, a spin-off of the Amsterdam UMC medical center, is set to use the funds to advance its vaccine up to phase 1-2 clinical […]

June 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Jun 2022

Yumanity selling neurology assets and merging with Kineta

U.S. biopharma company Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc. is selling off its lead clinical-stage neurodegenerative product candidate YTX-7739 to Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, and also entering a merger with Kineta, Inc. YTX-7739, as well as Yumanity’s discovery-stage neuroscience product candidates and targets are being sold to Janssen, part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, for […]

June 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Jun 2022

Athersys to restructure – 70% of workforce to go

U.S. biotech company Athersys, Inc. has announced a corporate restructuring plan to reduce costs and prioritize its lead clinical programs. In connection with the restructuring, the company is reducing its workforce up to 70%, with most of the reduction expected to be completed by the end of June 2022. The company said this initial step […]

June 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Jun 2022

ImmunOs Therapeutics raises $74M

ImmunOs Therapeutics AG, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, has announced the closing of an oversubscribed Series B financing round totaling $74M. The round was led by new investors Samsara BioCapital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Gimv, and joined by other new investors Mission BioCapital, GL Capital, PEAK6 Strategic […]

June 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Amaroq Therapeutics ‘hits early milestones’ in cancer treatment

New Forbion life sciences fund hits €470M

Cocuus raises funds to upscale alt-protein 3D bioprinting technology

Neuroendocrine cancer under the spotlight as Ariceum Therapeutics launches

The top European biotech investments in May 2022

New COVID antibody cocktail developed

Synklino raises €29.8M to trial cytomegalovirus drug

United Therapeutics creates 3D printed lung scaffold

Cancer vaccine biotech CimCure raises €5M

Yumanity selling neurology assets and merging with Kineta

Athersys to restructure – 70% of workforce to go

ImmunOs Therapeutics raises $74M

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