Joachim Eeckhout, Author at Labiotech.eu

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Founder & Managing Director at Labiotech.eu. While I was studying biotechnology in Paris, I got frustrated by the lack of digital media available for the industry and decided to fix it! I launched Labiotech.eu in 2014 and grew it to the largest community for biotech professionals in Europe! Other than biotech news, I’m also a heavy reader of Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

Articles by Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 4 Aug 2015

A 100% Successful Ebola Vaccine Available in a Record Time

It’s a really good news in the fight against Ebola. A vaccine has shown 100% success to prevent the disease during the outbreak in Guinea! The vaccine, which has been tested in a record time, can be the key to end the west African epidemics. In an interim analysis published by The Lancet, the new vaccine has […]

August 4, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 3 Aug 2015

Sanofi’s CEO, Olivier Brandicourt takes stock of its Biotech pipeline

Olivier Brandicourt, new CEO of Sanofi since last April, has been interviewed by EuroBusiness Media on the company’s last results. The successor of Chris Viehbacher took the opportunity to show the good results made by its Biotech pipeline. Genzyme, the rare diseases arm of Sanofi, was an important growth driver again this quarter. Total sales of the Rare […]

August 3, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 31 Jul 2015

MorphoSys Tackles the Technical Challenge of GPCR-targeted Drugs

Germany-based MorphoSys AG announced today that its partner Heptares Therapeutics, has initiated a therapeutic antibody program arising from the alliance the companies entered into in February 2013. Heptares will use MorphoSys’s antibody library to generate a new candidate targeting a GPCR, one of the largest class of pharmaceutical target currently on the market. In February 2013, MorphoSys and Heptares […]

July 31, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 29 Jul 2015

How to create a late-stage Biotech company in record time? Ask Novartis!

Mereo BioPharma. This name doesn’t ring a bell? From now on, you should keep it in mind as it could rapidly become a rising star on the European Biotech scene. Launched five months ago, the company has already three candidates in phase II and just raised $119m (approximately €108m) from private investors! Mereo has everything […]

July 29, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 29 Jul 2015

Erytech follows the path of DBV and Cellectis into the US stock exchange

Erytech Pharma, developer of an innovative ‘tumor starvation’ treatment, today announced that it plans to conduct a registered initial public offering in the United States and thus, plays in the major league with its French fellows DBV and Cellectis. It’s definitely the last trend in Biotech! European companies are queuing up to enter the US stock market. In […]

July 29, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 23 Jul 2015

Biotech investors are back in Germany

Things are looking good for German Biotechs! At least, this is what the general mood at the international congress organized by the IZB on July 16th and 17th 2015 in Martinsried, near Munich, reflected. A bunch of international investors and decision makers gathered to show that the sector is picking up momentum again in Germany! The Innovation and Startup […]

July 23, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 22 Jul 2015

Adaptimmune’s TCR Therapy Proves its Superiority over its Immuno-oncology Competitors

Adaptimmune Therapeutics, an oxford-based company focusing on the use of T-cell therapies to treat cancer, announced today that data from its Phase I/II study in patients with multiple myeloma has been published in Nature Medicine. This is the first report on TCR engineered T-cell therapy that shows durable persistence in patients! After its successful intoduction on […]

July 22, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 20 Jul 2015

Theravectys’ HIV Cure on the Road to Success

Theravectys just announced positive results of its HIV drug candidate in a phase I/II study. The therapeutic vaccine using lentivirus could be the first cure available for the 35 million people currently suffering from this worldwide epidemic. Paris-based Theravectys presented detailed results from its phase I/II study at the 2015 Towards an HIV Cure Symposium in Vancouver, Canada. The trial currently enrolled 38 HIV-positive patients […]

July 20, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 20 Jul 2015

European Biotechs Outperform, Here is the Proof

We underwent great Biotech stories in 2014. However, was 2014 really a good year for the Biotech industry? EY released Beyond borders 2015, its 29th Biotechnology Industry Report. We summed up the most important details for you concerning the European Biotech sector. So, let’s go over a few statistics. First impression, the Biotech industry is definitely […]

July 20, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 16 Jul 2015

Immunocore Skyrocketed by Europe’s Largest Private Biotech Financing Ever

Immunocore Limited, just announced that it has secured a £205 million financing (€293 m) from private investors to push forward its T cell receptor (TCR) based biological drugs to treat cancer, viral infections and autoimmune diseases. This substantial amount of cash not only embodies the largest private investment ever made in Europe by a biotech company, but also the second […]

July 16, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 7 Jul 2015

Microalgae on Your Plate Thanks to Algama

Nine billion people will have to be fed by 2050! Amongst the considered solutions, microalgae could be a real game-changer. Algama, a young French startup is in the starting-block, with already two products just about to go on the market. Behind Algama there is a friendship story, shared by the three co-founders, Alvyn, Gaëtan and Mathieu. […]

July 7, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 6 Jul 2015

Sartorius Stedim Strengthens its Leadership in Biologics Manufacturing with Cellca’s Acquisition

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international supplier for the pharma and biotech industries, acquired the German-based Cellca last Wednesday. With this acquisition, Sartorius is strengthening its leading position as a biologics manufacturer. Last year, we visited Cellca during our first biotech Tour in Germany. The company is offering cell line and process development for large-scale protein production […]

July 6, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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Articles by Joachim Eeckhout

A 100% Successful Ebola Vaccine Available in a Record Time

Sanofi’s CEO, Olivier Brandicourt takes stock of its Biotech pipeline

MorphoSys Tackles the Technical Challenge of GPCR-targeted Drugs

How to create a late-stage Biotech company in record time? Ask Novartis!

Erytech follows the path of DBV and Cellectis into the US stock exchange

Biotech investors are back in Germany

Adaptimmune’s TCR Therapy Proves its Superiority over its Immuno-oncology Competitors

Theravectys’ HIV Cure on the Road to Success

European Biotechs Outperform, Here is the Proof

Immunocore Skyrocketed by Europe’s Largest Private Biotech Financing Ever

Microalgae on Your Plate Thanks to Algama

Sartorius Stedim Strengthens its Leadership in Biologics Manufacturing with Cellca’s Acquisition

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