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News and Trends 25 Aug 2014

When swimming supports science: Scienion contributes to the “Rheines Wasser” project with micro-array testing

Scienion today announced that the company supports the unique research project ‘Rheines Wasser’ involving a 1,231 km long Rhine marathon swim. SCIENIONs contribution includes water quality testing with a novel multi-parameter microarray, financing all microarrays, sample preparation, experimental work and providing equipment. In the ambitious project ‘Rheines Wasser’, Andreas Fath, a Furtwangen University professor of […]

August 25, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 25 Aug 2014

The new strategy of Novartis to acquire Gamida Cell

The deal for the sale of Gamida Cell to Novartis is back on. Instead of a huge exit in hundreds of millions of dollars, this time the deal is in multiple stages, starting with an injection of several dozen millions of dollars into the company. Gamida Cell, developer of a stem-cell treatment for blood cancer, announced today that it […]

August 25, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 21 Aug 2014

Stemedica International succeed in a pre-clinical trial to treat Alzheimer’s disease with stem cells

Stemedica International, a Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc. subsidiary developing stem cell therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, revealed the first results of an intravenous administration of allogeneic, human, ischemia-tolerant mesenchymal stem cells (itMSCs) in a pre-clinical animal model of Alzheimer’s disease. The results demonstrated a greater than 30% decrease in amyloid beta (Abeta) plaques in […]

August 21, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 20 Aug 2014

Danish biotech Forward Pharma files for $200m IPO

Forward Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on a proprietary formulation of dimethyl fumarate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares. The number of shares to […]

August 20, 2014 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 20 Aug 2014

uniQure acquires the gene therapy start-up InoCard

uniQure, a leader in human gene therapy, today announced the acquisition of InoCard GmbH, an innovative, early-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of gene therapy approaches for cardiac disease. InoCard has developed a novel gene therapy to preclinical proof of concept, for the one-time treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF), a rapidly progressing disease […]

August 20, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

Ablynx gain €2.1m to develop a novel Nanobodies for Ocular applications

Ablynx is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of Nanobodies, a novel class of therapeutic proteins based on single-domain antibody fragments, for a range of serious human diseases, including inflammation, haematology, oncology and pulmonary disease. Ablynx today announced that it has been awarded a €2.1 million grant by the Flemish Agency for […]

August 19, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

GSK abandon its joint drug project with Galapagos

According to Reuters, Galapagos, a Belgian biotech group announced that GlaxoSmithKline has stopped a joint drug development project over concerns about adverse effects. In June 2006, Galapagos signed a broad alliance with GSK to discover and develop breakthrough medicines. This multi-target, multi-year alliance runs from target discovery through to delivery of a clinical Proof of Concept. […]

August 19, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

Sanofi buy Mannkind’s inhaled insulin for $925m

Sanofi and MannKind Corporation announced today that they have entered into a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement for development and commercialization of Afrezza (insulin human) Inhalation Powder, a new rapid-acting inhaled insulin therapy for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The companies plan to launch Afrezza in the United States in the first quarter […]

August 19, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

ProQR Therapeutics files for a $75m IPO to compete with Vertex Pharmaceuticals

ProQR Therapeutics is a Netherlands-based biotech company focused on developments of drugs to treat genetic disorders. Daniel de Boer, Gerard Platenburg, Dinko Valerio and Henri Termeer (former Genzyme’s CEO) founded the company in May 2012 with the main goal of finding a treatment for cystic fibrosis. ProQR has now expanded to more than 50 employees who are working […]

August 19, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 15 Aug 2014

Active Biotech and Teva together in a Phase II clinical trial against Huntington’s disease

Active Biotech announced today that its partner Teva Pharmaceutical will initiate a phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral laquinimod for the treatment of Huntington’s disease. Laquinimod is a once-daily oral, investigational, CNS-active immunomodulator with a novel mechanism of action being developed primarily for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis […]

August 15, 2014 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 15 Jul 2014

Relive BIO 2014, the World’s Biggest Biotech Convention

Relive BIO 2014 exhibition was held from the June 23rd to June 26th in San Diego, California and I was lucky to go there. 15667 other people, including 2,500 CEOs from more than 50 different countries came too. Why this event fascinates? Why major biotech actors in the world are meeting there every year? I will try to answer these […]

July 15, 2014 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 19 May 2014

Discover Hello Tomorrow Challenge, European largest technological start-up challenge

I was lucky to be invited as a media partner for the first edition of Hello Tomorrow Challenge (HTC) on April 18 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Paris. Technological innovations of the future were highlighted and rewarded by over 400k€. The event gathered over 1,200 attendees and focused on five major areas that […]

May 19, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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When swimming supports science: Scienion contributes to the “Rheines Wasser” project with micro-array testing

The new strategy of Novartis to acquire Gamida Cell

Stemedica International succeed in a pre-clinical trial to treat Alzheimer’s disease with stem cells

Danish biotech Forward Pharma files for $200m IPO

uniQure acquires the gene therapy start-up InoCard

Ablynx gain €2.1m to develop a novel Nanobodies for Ocular applications

GSK abandon its joint drug project with Galapagos

Sanofi buy Mannkind’s inhaled insulin for $925m

ProQR Therapeutics files for a $75m IPO to compete with Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Active Biotech and Teva together in a Phase II clinical trial against Huntington’s disease

Relive BIO 2014, the World’s Biggest Biotech Convention

Discover Hello Tomorrow Challenge, European largest technological start-up challenge

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