Philip Hemme, Author at Labiotech.eu

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News and Trends 2 Aug 2015

Green light for Ascendis’ Phase III in Growth Hormone Deficiency

It seems like the €48M Series D financing and the public introduction on the NASDAQ have paid off. Danish Ascendis Pharma announced positive top-line results from a Phase II study that evaluated the once-weekly TransCon Growth Hormone in children with growth hormone deficiency. After Zosano, Ascendis was the second European company that went public at […]

August 2, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 30 Jul 2015

UCB’s Lupus treatment breaks down in Phase III

Big disappointment for Belgian UCB. After 9 years of research, its lead candidate in Immunology, designed to treat Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, failed in Phase III. The drug was acquired from Immunomedics in 2006 and costed at least $38M. Epratuzumab is a monoclonal antibody for the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, developed by Immunomedics. For the […]

July 30, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 30 Jul 2015

NASDAQ-listed Sprint Bioscience sells early-stage Cancer Treatment to Bayer

Just as Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer HealthCare expands its cancer portfolio this week. The German company is inclined to shell out €190M for a drug that interacts with the peculiar metabolism of cancer cells. Its developer, Sprint Bioscience AB, is a Swedish company founded in 2009, from former members of AstraZeneca, Biovitrum, and Pharmacia. Sprint Bioscience is a […]

July 30, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 30 Jul 2015

Boehringer Ingelheim signs €661M deal for New Lung Cancer Treatment

Boehringer Ingelheim puts a new pillar in its oncology pipeline. The German giant acquired a Phase II compound for the treatment of lung cancer from the Korean pharma company Hamni. Non-small cell lung cancer makes up about 90% of all lung cancers. A targeted therapy includes the inhibition of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), […]

July 30, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 29 Jul 2015

Effective Antibody from a Patient recovering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Two months after the outbreak of the coronavirus in South Korea, researchers are presenting first results of an effective treatment for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The Swiss biotech Humabs BioMed has been able to isolate an effective antibody from a cured patient that should now be further developed under a non-profit base. In 2012, […]

July 29, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 28 Jul 2015

Struggling AstraZeneca sells Rare Disease drug to Genzyme-Sanofi for €300M

The Pharma giant AstraZeneca is still struggling even if in better shape. It just sold one of his rare disease drug already on the market to THE rare disease Biotech Genzyme, now part of Sanofi. AstraZeneca is under pressure. Last April 2015, the company reported a fall in revenues and profits (7% lower than previous […]

July 28, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 28 Jul 2015

Allergan Continues its Serial Acquisitions to be a Giant Drugmaker

With Allergan’s absorption by Actavis last year, we ask ourselves, will the newly formed company enter the World’s Top Ten drugmaker companies worldwide? And it has been very active indeed, expanding its portfolio with several acquisitions. Allergan’s buyout fever is not finished as the company just announced the acquisition of Naurex! It was in mars 2015, when Actavis completed […]

July 28, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 27 Jul 2015

Ablynx and MSD upgrade their €1.7Bn deal to gigantic €5.7Bn

Using camel antibodies as drugs, sounds crazy? Belgian Ablynx is exactly doing that and has been very successful so far. It’s now moving to the next step. It already signed a €1.7Bn deal with Merck & Co. in February 2014 and now upgrades it to a gigantic €5.7Bn! Ablynx is a biotech company developing Nanobodies for immune-oncology […]

July 27, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 27 Jul 2015

Roche exits €940M discovery alliance with Molecular Partners

Roche left the collaboration with Molecular Partners, walking away from a potential cancer treatment using the DARPin technology. The collaboration, entered in 2013, was worth up to €940M. Molecular Partners is a Swiss company focusing on immuno-oncology. The company has developed a platform generating small proteins called DARPins (Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins). These can target […]

July 27, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 27 Jul 2015

Hunt for Hypercholesterolemia Drug Approval: Sanofi vs Amgen vs Pfizer

Cardiovascular diseases kill around 2.6 million people each year and embody one of the biggest healthcare markets in the World. Not surprising to see Big Pharmas/Biotechs overactive in this field. What are their plans? Today, Sanofi‘s hypercholesterolemia therapy Praluent was recommended to the European market. It is a fully human monoclonal antibody developed in collaboration with the American Big Biotech Regeneron. But Amgen announced […]

July 27, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 26 Jul 2015

Roche’s Deal pushes Vifor’s split from Galenica

Switzerland’s biggest pharmacy network, Galenica, wants to split off the specialty pharma company Vifor Pharma. This could be done earlier than expected, thanks to a lucrative Roche deal. Galenica has made large investments in the pharma business over the recent years. Vifor Pharma is already a world leader when it comes to iron deficiency treatments. In […]

July 26, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 24 Jul 2015

MGB puts a new spin on fighting multi-resistant bacteria

MGB Biopharma wants to tackle multi-resistant bacteria with their newly developed anti-infectives. Its lead candidate, MGB-BP-3 is now entering Phase I. Biotech companies use several approaches when it comes to killing bacteria, especially when these are resistant against antibiotics. In our last news, we have seen, Ferring betting on bacteriophages or ELIGO using CRISPR on this purpose. The Scottish […]

July 24, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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Green light for Ascendis’ Phase III in Growth Hormone Deficiency

UCB’s Lupus treatment breaks down in Phase III

NASDAQ-listed Sprint Bioscience sells early-stage Cancer Treatment to Bayer

Boehringer Ingelheim signs €661M deal for New Lung Cancer Treatment

Effective Antibody from a Patient recovering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Struggling AstraZeneca sells Rare Disease drug to Genzyme-Sanofi for €300M

Allergan Continues its Serial Acquisitions to be a Giant Drugmaker

Ablynx and MSD upgrade their €1.7Bn deal to gigantic €5.7Bn

Roche exits €940M discovery alliance with Molecular Partners

Hunt for Hypercholesterolemia Drug Approval: Sanofi vs Amgen vs Pfizer

Roche’s Deal pushes Vifor’s split from Galenica

MGB puts a new spin on fighting multi-resistant bacteria

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