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News and Trends 21 Nov 2018

Leo Pharma Enters Partnership to Develop Topical Treatment for Rare Skin Cancer

The Danish company Leo Pharma and the US biotech PellePharm have joined forces to develop a topical treatment for rare forms of skin cancer. In the partnership, dermatology specialist Leo Pharma is paying PellePharm €61M. This is to fund a Phase III trial of PellePharm’s topical drug to treat the skin cancer Gorlin syndrome, which has no […]

November 21, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 20 Nov 2018

French Firm Gets Funding to Sell More Precise DNA Quantification System

Paris-based Stilla Technologies has raised €16M in a Series A round to sell and develop a high-precision PCR system for DNA quantification with promising applications in diagnostics. The substantial round was led by Illumina Ventures, the investor arm of the gene sequencing giant Illumina. With the funds, Stilla Technologies plans to accelerate sales of its […]

November 20, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 20 Nov 2018

Genentech and Immunocore Expand Partnership to Develop Cancer Immunotherapy

Immunocore and the US biotech giant Genentech are building on their existing partnership to boost the clinical development of Immunocore’s immunotherapy for treating solid tumors. In the agreement, Genentech, a member of the Roche group, will pay UK-based Immunocore €87.3M ($100M) in an upfront payment and further undisclosed milestone payments as the immunotherapy progresses towards […]

November 20, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 19 Nov 2018

Silk Biomaterial Could Regenerate the Brain After a Stroke

A group of researchers in Spain has developed a silk biomaterial that can increase the survival of transplanted stem cells into the brain, improving recovery after a stroke or brain injury. The nervous system has limited capacity to recover after an injury, such as those produced by a stroke or brain trauma. Stem cell transplants […]

November 19, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 14 Nov 2018

Parkinson’s Disease Vaccine Shows Preclinical Promise

The biotech company United Neuroscience has developed a candidate Parkinson’s disease vaccine that targets a protein linked to the condition. The vaccine teaches the immune system to attack aggregations of alpha-synuclein. When this protein aggregates in neurons, it can lead to several neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s. In United Neuroscience’s preclinical study, the vaccine was able to prevent the […]

November 14, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 14 Nov 2018

CAR-T Promise for Patients with Solid Tumors

A new CAR-T cancer therapy from the Belgian company Celyad has shown early positive results against solid tumors in two Phase I trials, including one trial that did not include add-on chemotherapy. In one ongoing Phase I trial, Celyad’s CAR-T therapy, combined with chemotherapy, successfully shrank tumors in three enrolled patients with aggressive colorectal cancer. One […]

November 14, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 13 Nov 2018

Are Recent IPO Delays Bad News for European Biotech?

Over the last two weeks, several biotech companies in Europe have decided to postpone IPOs on the stock markets — is this a sign that biotech stocks are underperforming? Since the end of October, several European biotech companies have delayed their IPOs — including Abacus Medicine on the Frankfurt stock exchange, Themis Bioscience on the […]

November 13, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 10 Nov 2018

Stelarc — Making Art out of the Human Body

From implanting a third ear on his arm to connecting his senses to the internet, Stelarc is an artist known for extreme performances that take the human body to the limit and blur the lines between technology and ourselves. On the inside of his left arm, Stelarc is in the process of ‘growing’ a third […]

November 10, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 8 Nov 2018

Epigenetics Test Can Distinguish Between Huntington’s Disease Stages

A study run by Oxford BioDynamics suggests that we could predict Huntington’s more easily by analyzing epigenetic changes in the patient’s DNA. Epigenetics describes the way that the expression of our genes is regulated, often influenced by environmental exposure, without changing the genetic code. Ways of modifying gene expression include attaching chemical groups to DNA […]

November 8, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 7 Nov 2018

Belgian Biotech to Abandon Phase III Cell Therapy Trial for Bone Disease

Bone Therapeutics is going to discontinue its cell therapy Phase III trial after finding little hope of success for patients with the bone disease osteonecrosis. If all had gone as planned, the full trial would have monitored 118 patients over 24 months. However, an interim analysis on 44 patients after 12 months found little evidence […]

November 7, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 7 Nov 2018

Solid Phase II Performance for French Autoimmune Liver Disease Drug

Genkyotex’s small molecule therapy had encouraging short-term effects on patients with the autoimmune liver disease primary biliary cholangitis in a Phase II trial. Over six weeks, the drug reduced the blood levels of a liver disease biomarker molecule by up to 23% in 92 participants. In patients with late-stage disease, who have few treatments available, […]

November 7, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 6 Nov 2018

First Potential Vaccine for Chikungunya Virus Flies Through Phase II

The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus may one day have a vaccine, as an Austrian biotech’s lead candidate gets positive results in Phase II. Themis Bioscience measured the blood levels of antibodies against the company’s vaccine in 263 healthy volunteers. Four weeks after injections of its lead candidate vaccine, the participants had produced antibodies to protect themselves […]

November 6, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Leo Pharma Enters Partnership to Develop Topical Treatment for Rare Skin Cancer

French Firm Gets Funding to Sell More Precise DNA Quantification System

Genentech and Immunocore Expand Partnership to Develop Cancer Immunotherapy

Silk Biomaterial Could Regenerate the Brain After a Stroke

Parkinson’s Disease Vaccine Shows Preclinical Promise

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Belgian Biotech to Abandon Phase III Cell Therapy Trial for Bone Disease

Solid Phase II Performance for French Autoimmune Liver Disease Drug

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