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News and Trends 4 Sep 2014

Art Levinson says goodbye to Roche and will focus on Calico’s development

Roche announced today that Arthur D. Levinson has resigned from the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Arthur D. Levinson made this decision so as to avoid any conflict of interest given his role as Chief Executive Officer at Calico. “I would like to thank Art for his many important contributions, both as a member […]

September 4, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 3 Sep 2014

Affimed secures almost $30M in Financing to continue its clinical development

Affimed Therapeutics today announced that it has closed a $15.7 million (€11.7 million) Series E equity funding led by Affimed’s current investors Aeris Capital, BioMedInvest, LSP Life Sciences Partners, Novo Nordisk A/S and Orbimed. In addition, the Company has signed a $14 million (€10.5 million) loan agreement with Perceptive Advisors, leading to a total of […]

September 3, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 3 Sep 2014

EMA give Orphan Drug Designation to the CER-001 of Cerenis

Cerenis Therapeutics, the biopharmaceutical company developing CER-001, an engineered human apoA-I-containing pre-beta HDL mimetic, for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, announced today that it has received two separate Orphan Drug Designations from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the use of CER-001 in the treatment of patients with rare genetic defects in HDL synthesis/maturation pathways, […]

September 3, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 1 Sep 2014

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

Men who eat over 10 portions a week of tomatoes have an 18 per cent lower risk of developing prostate cancer, new research suggests. With 35,000 new cases every year in the UK, and around 10,000 deaths, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. Rates are higher in developed countries, which […]

September 1, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 31 Aug 2014

Why should you drink tea instead of coffee?

Drinking tea reduces non-cardiovascular mortality by 24%, reveals a study in 131 000 people presented at ESC Congress today by Professor Nicolas Danchin from France. Professor Danchin said: “If you have to choose between tea or coffee it’s probably better to drink tea. Coffee and tea are important components of our way of life. Their […]

August 31, 2014 - 4 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 27 Aug 2014

Synpromics successfully use synthetic biology in plant science projects

Synpromics, a Scottish-based synthetic biology company today announced that it has successfully generated several highly effective synthetic promoters for use in plants. Dr Michael Roberts, Founder and CSO, said: “We have now shown that our highly disruptive technology platform can be extended from human life science into plant science. Whilst this was always expected, we […]

August 27, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 26 Aug 2014

Adocia launches a Phase III in India for its Diabetic Foot Ulcer treatment

Adocia announced today the initiation of a clinical Phase III study in India of BioChaperone PDGF-BB, the company’s innovative formulation of Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF-BB) for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. This follows the approval given by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on August 22nd, 2014. The dossier for this clinical […]

August 26, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 25 Aug 2014

KalVista start the clinical development of a new treatment for diabetic macular edema

KalVista Pharmaceuticals, an ophthalmology company with a focus on diabetic macular edema (DME), today announces that it has begun a Phase I, First in Human, trial of its novel plasma kallikrein inhibitor, KVD001, for the treatment of DME. The study’s principal investigator is Dr. Jennifer K Sun of the Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center. […]

August 25, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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

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Art Levinson says goodbye to Roche and will focus on Calico’s development

Affimed secures almost $30M in Financing to continue its clinical development

EMA give Orphan Drug Designation to the CER-001 of Cerenis

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

Why should you drink tea instead of coffee?

Synpromics successfully use synthetic biology in plant science projects

Adocia launches a Phase III in India for its Diabetic Foot Ulcer treatment

KalVista start the clinical development of a new treatment for diabetic macular edema

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

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