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News and Trends 26 Sep 2017

Belgian Biotech Teams Up With Lundbeck to Collaborate on Drug Discovery

Confo and Lundbeck have joined forces to push through drug discovery against a tough-to-target protein using Confo’s special technology. Confo Therapeutics develops small antibody fragments, ‘Confobodies’, that stabilize G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Although Lundbeck has the exclusive license to commercialize compounds from the collaboration, Confo would receive up to €5M in technology fees, plus milestone payments and royalties depending on […]

September 26, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 26 Sep 2017

French Biotech Gets $20M to Treat the Microbiome with CRISPR Nanobots

Eligo Bioscience has announced its first fundraising round, amassing $20M (€18.5M) that will be put towards bringing it CRISPR nanobots to a first clinical trial in humans. The French startup Eligo Bioscience has grown rapidly since its foundation in 2014. The company has announced today its Series A round, which, led by Khosla Ventures and […]

September 26, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 25 Sep 2017

Belgian Biotech Gets €1M Grant to Boost its mRNA Cancer Immunotherapies

Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship has given eTheRNA a €1M grant to further improve its TriMix mRNA cancer therapies. eTheRNA has been awarded the €1M industrial R&D projects grant by Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The company’s technology uses mRNA that stimulates the immune system to effectively treat cancer, giving rise to long-lasting remission in patients. It will […]

September 25, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 25 Sep 2017

Sanofi ‘Super-Antibody’ HIV Treatment Kills the Majority of Virus Strains

Sanofi, in collaboration with the US National Institute of Health, is developing an antibody HIV treatment that can kill 99% of strains. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is notoriously difficult to treat as it mutates so quickly. Some patients develop ‘broadly neutralizing antibodies’ that attack fundamental parts of the virus, and are therefore very powerful tools. Researchers […]

September 25, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 23 Sep 2017

BioArt and Bacteria Exhibition is Coming to Oxford

A new exhibition in Oxford features the beautiful art of Anna Dumitriu, exploring the complex world of microbes and how we interact with them. Anna Dumitriu, prolific bioartist that works with bacteria, will show some of her best work at the solo exhibition BioArt and Bacteria that will be hosted at the Museum of the […]

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

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News and Trends 22 Sep 2017

EU gives French Biotech €20M to Continue the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

Da Volterra has been boosted by a €20M loan to speed up the development of solutions for the antibiotic resistance crisis. The French biopharma concentrates on the prevention and treatment of serious infections. This is a big area of interest due to rapidly rising antibiotic resistance. The company has been boosted by a €20M loan from the […]

September 22, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 21 Sep 2017

Novozymes Launches HelloScience to Encourage Global Collaboration on Big Issues

The HelloScience platform will provide an online network where solutions for the world’s biggest challenges can be developed. First up, water scarcity. Novozyme’s new online network, HelloScience, will provide a space for innovators, start-ups, companies, and others to come together and work on developing solutions for some of the world’s biggest challenges. One of the […]

September 21, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 21 Sep 2017

European Commission Approves Merck’s PD-L1 Inhibitor for Aggressive Skin Cancer

Merck and Pfizer’s new immunotherapy, avelumab, has been approved by the European Commission to treat metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer. The approval is based on data from a Phase II study, JAVELIN Merkel 200, where subjects responded well to treatment for a sustained period of time. Earlier this year, Avelumab was […]

September 21, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 20 Sep 2017

Dutch Biotech Gets Special Designation for Reduced Risk Blood Cancer Treatment

The FDA has backed Kiadis Pharma’s lead blood cancer product by granting it the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation. Kiadis Pharma, based in Amsterdam, develops products to make bone marrow transplants for the treatment of blood cancer and inherited blood disorders safer and more effective. Their lead T cell immunotherapy candidate, ATIR101, reduces the risk of complications, and […]

September 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 20 Sep 2017

Biotech in Portugal gets a Boost with New Investment Fund

Vesalius Biocapital and the Portuguese National Promotional Bank have announced a new joint venture that will invest in late-stage healthcare companies. The Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento (IFD), or Portuguese National Promotional Bank, is launching its first joint investment with an international VC, Vesalius Biocapital. Though its size hasn’t been revealed yet, the new fund is a 50/50 venture […]

September 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 20 Sep 2017

Once-a-Day Inhaler Approved for Treatment of Deadly Lung Disease in the US

A British-American collaboration’s once-daily triple therapy inhaler has been approved for use by appropriate COPD patients in the US. A new triple therapy inhaler for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Trelegy Ellipta, has been developed by British giant GSK in collaboration with Innoviva in the US. The inhaler is targeted at patients who are struggling with airflow […]

September 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 18 Sep 2017

British Unicorn Gets $40M Boost from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have injected $40M (€33M) into Immunocore to accelerate the development of its immunotherapies for infectious diseases. Investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support the development of Immunocore’s ImmTAV and ImmTAB TCR-based technologies, which help the immune system to target virally and bacterially infected cells, respectively. In particular, […]

September 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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