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News and Trends 18 May 2017

Spanish Biotech Clears €2.7M Funding Round for its New Stroke Drug

AptaTargets has closed a €2.7M funding round, allowing the biotech to move into the clinic with its first drug candidate for acute ischemic stroke. AptaTargets, located in Madrid, is developing new therapeutic applications based on aptamers. The company is currently focussing on a single lead candidate for the treatment of the acute phase of ischemic […]

May 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 18 May 2017

Heptares receives €4.5M Milestone for New Migraine Drug Candidate

The UK biotech attacking notoriously evasive GPCRs has discovered a small molecule that could be used to treat migraine headaches. Heptares, owned by Sosei and based just outside London, will take home €4.5M ($5M) from Teva for discovering a drug candidate for migraine treatment. The small molecule is an calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) agonist that could relieve patients […]

May 18, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 18 May 2017

Italy is Getting its First-Ever Early Stage Biotech Fund for Tech Transfer

AurorA-TT is making plans to raise €50M for what will be the first fund dedicated to investing in tech transfer within the Italian biotech ecosystem. AurorA-TT is a newborn company in Milan with the goal of promoting technology transfer in Italy. To do so, the plan is to raise a €50M fund dedicated to biotech. “There’s […]

May 18, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 17 May 2017

Danish Biotech Targeting Ion Channels Completes Private Placement

The biotech company Saniona has announced the issue of new shares to Swedish and international investors, raising a total of €3.6M. Saniona, a Danish biotech listed on the Nasdaq First North Premier, just completed a private placement that raised €3.6M (SEK 35M) before issue costs. The funds are intended to provide the company with more flexibility […]

May 17, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 17 May 2017

A Spanish Biosimilar of Amgen’s Blockbuster gets Ready for EU Approval

Cinfa Biotech announced trial results for a biosimilar of Amgen’s Neulasta, a multi-billion blockbuster to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Cinfa Biotech is a Spanish company specialized in developing biosimilars. The biotech has announced positive results from the second clinical trial evaluating a biosimilar version of Neulasta (pegfilgrastim), Amgen’s second top-selling drug. It brought the big pharma €4.2Bn in […]

May 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 17 May 2017

Way to Success: What Role does Company Culture Play in Biotech?

You’ve surely heard how great company culture is the key to the success of tech giants Google and Facebook. Does it also apply to biotech companies? Company culture is what drives employees to give their best every day for a cause they believe in. It’s what makes the best stay loyal to a firm over […]

May 17, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 16 May 2017

Berlin Biotech Advances its Cancer Drug in a New Trial with Keytruda

Noxxon Pharma has teamed up with the NCT in Heidelberg to conduct a Phase I/II trial combining its lead NOX-A12 with checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda. Based in Berlin, Noxxon is yet another biotech looking to bolster the success of checkpoint inhibitors by combining them with its ‘next-generation’ immuno-oncology candidates. The company partnered up with Merck & Co. […]

May 16, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 15 May 2017

German Biotech Clears Phase I with New Gene Therapy for Glaucoma

Isarna Therapeutics showed off positive Phase I data for its lead compound ISTH0036 in patients with Glaucoma at the ARVO meeting last week. Isarna Therapeutics from Munich is developing TGF-β specific antisense RNA therapeutics to treat ophthalmic and fibrotic diseases and cancer. Now the company has cleared its first Phase I trial for its lead candidate ISTH0036 in […]

May 15, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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News and Trends 15 May 2017

How to Save Time and Money when Recruiting in the Life Sciences

The right hiring choice can bring huge benefits to the growth of a life sciences company. How can you make the best decision while saving time and money? In Europe, a bad hire costs employers an average of almost €60,000, starting with a minimum of €6,000 that rapidly escalates with the seniority of the role […]

May 15, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Rebecca Harris Symbiosis Invisible You Microbiome

News and Trends 13 May 2017

Visualizing the Microbiome through Handmade Embroidery

Rebecca Harris is a British artist that uses handmade embroidery to visually communicate the huge diversity of microbes that form part of our bodies. Trillions of microbes live on us and inside us. “Microbes are essential for our well-being and development. The microbes stimulate and develop the immune response, and they detoxify harmful carcinogenic compounds in our […]

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

News and Trends 12 May 2017

German Biotech Raises €15M to Treat Heart Failure with Non-coding RNA

Cardior Pharmaceuticals will use the funds to develop an innovative technology based on non-coding RNAs involved in cardiac remodeling. Founded less than a year ago, Cardior Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to developing a novel technology to predict and treat heart failure. In such a short timeframe, the German biotech has managed to attract some of the best […]

May 12, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 12 May 2017

Resurrected Proteins could be New Weapon against Crop Viruses

Researchers from Spain have succeeded in expressing a 4 billion year-old enzyme in a present-day E. coli. It’s similar enough to the modern version to work, but different enough to dupe viruses. A new way to create virus resistance in crops? In a lab at the University of Granada, Spain, that specializes in reconstructing ancient gene sequences, researchers have […]

May 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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Spanish Biotech Clears €2.7M Funding Round for its New Stroke Drug

Heptares receives €4.5M Milestone for New Migraine Drug Candidate

Italy is Getting its First-Ever Early Stage Biotech Fund for Tech Transfer

Danish Biotech Targeting Ion Channels Completes Private Placement

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Berlin Biotech Advances its Cancer Drug in a New Trial with Keytruda

German Biotech Clears Phase I with New Gene Therapy for Glaucoma

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German Biotech Raises €15M to Treat Heart Failure with Non-coding RNA

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