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News and Trends 10 Aug 2015

Evotec enters Immuno-Oncology and Diabetes Therapy with Help from Sanofi

Evotec had to announce a setback recently when its Alzheimer’s treatment in collaboration with Roche failed in Phase IIb. However, another strong partner on its side, Sanofi, never lost trust in the German biotech’s value. In the last three days, the French giant entered into two new projects with Evotec, which target diabetes and immuno-oncology. […]

August 10, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 7 Aug 2015

Bill & Melinda Gates’ Faith in CureVac is Leading to a New Program

CureVac, a pioneer in the field of mRNA-based technology, today announced that the company has initiated its third target product development program in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program will leverage CureVac’s RNActive technology platform in the development of a prophylactic vaccine to protect against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adding to […]

August 7, 2015 - 2 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 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 23 Jul 2015

MorphoSys’ blood disorder antibody reaches Phase I

MorphoSys AG seems to be sitting on a goldmine with its Human Combinatorial Antibody Library (HuCAL). The German giant snatched the second milestone payment from Novartis this year. The latter will now initiate a Phase I test for a HuCAL antibody designed to treat blood disorders. MorphoSys landed some big accounts in the past. Pfizer, Bayer, […]

July 23, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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 15 Jul 2015

Personalized Cancer medicines are becoming reality thanks to AstraZeneca and Qiagen’s newly approved combo

A new success for personalized medicines against cancer! AstraZeneca and Qiagen’s collaboration has achieved a major milestone after receiving the FDA’s approval of Iressa, a first-line treatment for a common form of lung cancer. The drug candidate is paired with Qiagen’s therascreen EGRF test as a companion diagnostic test. There is no doubt: the future […]

July 15, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 14 Jul 2015

Probiodrug bets on basic research with Harvard’s collaboration

Probiodrug will provide research funding to the laboratory of Cynthia Ann Lemere in the Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lemere is pioneering immunotherapy approaches to eliminate pyroglutamated (pGlu) Abeta, a highly toxic peptide that has been linked to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. […]

July 14, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 10 Jul 2015

Greenovation: Using Moss as a Drug Production Factory

Factor H, a key component of the immune system that is missing in patients suffering from atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) was effectively produced in the moss Physcomitrella patens. In collaboration with the University of Freiburg, Greenovation now aims to humanize the protein to suit it for clinical use. The complement system is part of […]

July 10, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 8 Jul 2015

CureVac’s mRNA Therapy is Working Against Prostate Cancer

mRNA based immunotherapies are no pipe dream anymore. Germany’s CureVac just presented encouraging results of its Phase IIa clinical study. The firm’s lead mRNA candidate CV9103 is well tolerated and immunogenic in patients with prostate cancer. Based on the favorable data, CureVac initiated a Phase IIb study with a follower prostate cancer vaccine. Just recently, […]

July 8, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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

News and Trends 5 Jul 2015

CEVEC and Biotest to ease hemophilia patients’ lifes

A German collaboration seeks to treat the symptoms of hemophilia in patients suffering from the later. CEVEC and Biotest will join forces to produce and commercialize molecules using CEVEC’s expression platform. Biotest develops immunoglobulins, coagulation factors and albumins, based on human blood plasma, used for diseases of the immune and hematopoietic system. This makes it […]

July 5, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Lourdes Riquelme

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Evotec enters Immuno-Oncology and Diabetes Therapy with Help from Sanofi

Bill & Melinda Gates’ Faith in CureVac is Leading to a New Program

MorphoSys Tackles the Technical Challenge of GPCR-targeted Drugs

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

MorphoSys’ blood disorder antibody reaches Phase I

Biotech investors are back in Germany

Personalized Cancer medicines are becoming reality thanks to AstraZeneca and Qiagen’s newly approved combo

Probiodrug bets on basic research with Harvard’s collaboration

Greenovation: Using Moss as a Drug Production Factory

CureVac’s mRNA Therapy is Working Against Prostate Cancer

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

CEVEC and Biotest to ease hemophilia patients’ lifes

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