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News and Trends 20 Apr 2017

New French Biotech Seed Fund Raises €65M in its First Closing

Advent France Biotechnology has launched its first seed fund for Life Sciences with the support of Bpifrance and Advent Life Sciences. Advent France Biotechnology, founded in 2015, has exceeded its initial fundraising target at the first closing. Its Seed-Fund I now counts with €64.75M that will be invested predominantly in France. The funds will back entrepreneurs […]

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

News and Trends 19 Apr 2017

Researchers Unmask How a New Diet can help Cure Cancer

Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute found that cancer cells are dependent on specific amino acids. In a new study published today in Nature, researchers found that removing two non-essential amino acids – serine and glycine – from the diet of mice slowed the development of lymphoma and intestinal […]

April 19, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 19 Apr 2017

Galapagos Shoots Past its IPO in a New Public Round of €315M

After its record €277 IPO on Nasdaq in 2015, Galapagos announced the pricing of its new US public offering at a massive €315M ($338M). Galapagos is clinging to its position as one of the biggest biotechs in Europe. While the Belgian biotech is currently pushing its rheumatoid arthritis candidate filgotinib through Phase III, the new US public offering could give […]

April 19, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 19 Apr 2017

UPDATE: Novartis broadens CAR-T onslaught with FDA endorsement

UPDATE (19/04/2017): CTL019 has been granted Breakthrough Designation by the FDA for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Novartis and Kite have been in a tight race to bring the first CAR-T therapy to market: Novartis has staked out acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) while Kite has gone for DLBCL. With this “tacit endorsement,” Novartis is encroaching on […]

April 19, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 19 Apr 2017

UPDATE: Verona sets terms & dials back its IPO goal to a still-hefty €75M

UPDATE: Verona set the terms for its US IPO yesterday and knocked $10M (€9.3M) off its target, now shooting for $75M (€70M). The public shares are expected to hit the NASDAQ exchange next week. Original Publication 04/04/2017 British Verona Pharma has filed for an IPO on Nasdaq to raise up to €81M ($86M). The funds should be […]

April 19, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 18 Apr 2017

Two Big Pharma Players Team up to Take Over the NASH Space

Allergan has entered a clinical collaboration with Novartis to run a Phase IIb study combining its immunomodulator and Novartis’ FXR agonist for NASH. After Allergan snapped up Tobira’s cenicriviroc (CVC) last year in a €1.4B deal, the company is now taking the next step to advance its pipeline in the Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH) race. The pharma company is going […]

April 18, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 18 Apr 2017

Circassia Freezes its Allergy Portfolio after a Second Failed Clinical Trial

Circassia Pharmaceuticals will stop investing in its allergy programs due to two failed clinical trials in which the placebo beat its allergy immunotherapy. Circassia Pharmaceuticals has released the results from a Phase IIb trial for a house dust mite allergy immunotherapy. Although the treatment greatly reduced allergy symptoms in the patients, so did the placebo, making […]

April 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 18 Apr 2017

Patent Eligibility: How to Tell if your Life Science Invention is Patentable

So you have an invention, but can you protect it with a patent? This primer will teach you about the criteria, from non-obviousness to inventiveness. How do we define “patent eligibility“? Broadly, the term means that an invention falls within a category of inventions for which the patent laws provide patent protection in general. Inventions […]

April 18, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 13 Apr 2017

Next-Gen Cancer Antibody Technology from Germany enters the Clinic

Apogenix’ partner AbbVie has started the first clinical trial for an immuno-oncology candidate with the potential to outperform antibody therapy. The German biotech Apogenix has announced that its partner AbbVie has initiated a Phase I trial testing its next-generation immuno-oncology technology in patients suffering from solid tumors, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The candidate […]

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

Transgene Pexa Vec Oncolytic Virus Vaccine

News and Trends 13 Apr 2017

French Oncolytic Virus Vaccine for Breast Cancer enters Phase II

After positive results in Phase I, Transgene has started Phase II with Pexa-Vec in combination with chemotherapy to treat breast cancer and sarcoma. After years of financial instability, Transgene is stepping up its game in cancer immunotherapies. Last year, its first Phase III trial and a deal with Merck and Pfizer brought the hopes of investors […]

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

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News and Trends 13 Apr 2017

Belgian Research takes first steps to make Biofuel out of Grass

Researchers from the University of Ghent are using bacteria to turn grass into chemicals for bioplastics and biofuel. Could this process be scaled up to fuel planes? A grass bioconversion project is being developed at the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET) of the University of Ghent, and it has recently taken an important step forward. […]

April 13, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 13 Apr 2017

Coming from Behind: How Italy is Revamping its Biotech Industry

Italy’s biotech industry lags behind in Europe, but the situation is starting to change with coordinated efforts in research, finance and organization. While ‘European biotech’ brings to mind France, Germany and the UK, Italy is cultivating its own thriving ecosystem. It claims internationally renowned scientific research institutions, including the University of Perugia and the San Raffaele […]

April 13, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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New French Biotech Seed Fund Raises €65M in its First Closing

Researchers Unmask How a New Diet can help Cure Cancer

Galapagos Shoots Past its IPO in a New Public Round of €315M

UPDATE: Novartis broadens CAR-T onslaught with FDA endorsement

UPDATE: Verona sets terms & dials back its IPO goal to a still-hefty €75M

Two Big Pharma Players Team up to Take Over the NASH Space

Circassia Freezes its Allergy Portfolio after a Second Failed Clinical Trial

Patent Eligibility: How to Tell if your Life Science Invention is Patentable

Next-Gen Cancer Antibody Technology from Germany enters the Clinic

French Oncolytic Virus Vaccine for Breast Cancer enters Phase II

Belgian Research takes first steps to make Biofuel out of Grass

Coming from Behind: How Italy is Revamping its Biotech Industry

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