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News and Trends 24 Jun 2022

Study reveals progress for those with hepatitis B

A clinical-stage biopharma company has announced its study of product VTP-300 for use in patients with hepatitis B has resulted in positive safety and efficacy data. Vaccitech plc deals with novel immunotherapeutics and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. The updated analysis includes 39 patients with at least […]

June 24, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 23 Jun 2022

Evaxion Biotech picks candidate for lung cancer trial

A clinical-stage biotech company that specializes in developing AI-driven immunotherapies has chosen its product candidate for an upcoming clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer. Evaxion Biotech selected EVX-03 within its DNA technology platform to target a new indication based on what it said are very encouraging results from pre-clinical studies. EVX-03 is optimized […]

June 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Jun 2022

Roquefort Therapeutics buys UK biotech in return for shares

Medical biotechnology company, Roquefort Therapeutics, has conditionally agreed to buy UK biotech Oncogeni Ltd in return for shares. Oncogeni develops novel patented cancer medicines, and will receive 50 million shares, worth just under £4 million ($4.9 million). Acquisition In light of the acquisition, Oncogeni co-founder Ajan Reginald will become chief executive of the group, and […]

June 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 21 Jun 2022

Drug to treat esophageal cancer approved in China

A new drug application for first-line treatment of unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has been approved in China. Biopharmaceutical company Innovent Biologics Inc together with Eli Lilly and Company were jointly granted the approval for the supplemental new drug application for TYVYT, a sintilimab injection, combined with cisplatin plus […]

June 21, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Jun 2022

ImCheck raises €96M in funding round

French biotech company ImCheck has announced funding of €96 million ($101.5 million) to investigate antibody drugs with the ability to activate the powerful immune cells called gamma delta T (gdT). The Marseille-based company hopes it will reach a wider range of cancer immunotherapy with the antibody drugs that include a lead candidate in the development […]

June 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Gene therapy: can CDMOs solve the manufacturing bottleneck?

The gene therapy market is booming. Viral vectors, the key delivery systems for gene therapies, are playing an increasing role in the development of biologics. But the growing need for viral vectors and their plasmid building blocks have resulted in a manufacturing bottleneck. Can contract manufacturing organizations cope with the rising demand? In 2019, Zolgensma, a […]

June 7, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Ute Boronowsky

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News and Trends 25 May 2022

Duke Street Bio enters stage with next-generation cancer therapies

The UK startup Duke Street Bio has exited stealth mode with funding to develop PARP enzyme inhibitors that treat cancer by blocking the repair of DNA in tumor cells. London-based Duke Street Bio said Tuesday that it has a portfolio of PARP1 and PARP7 enzyme inhibitors and has raised enough cash to fund its pipeline […]

May 25, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Susannah Rodgers

News and Trends 6 Apr 2022

Immunocore Approvals Open Door for TCR Cancer Drugs

The EU has followed the FDA in granting market approval to Kimmtrak, the first-ever bispecific drug based on a cancer-hunting protein called a T-cell receptor (TCR). These regulatory wins by the UK firm Immunocore pave the way for other treatments deploying TCRs. TCRs have become a hot topic in immuno-oncology. Many companies are developing cancer […]

April 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 26 Jan 2022

Norwegian Biotech Put on the Map with €18M Oncology Round

The immuno-oncology startup Cytovation has raised €17.7M (NOK 180M) in one of Norway’s biggest Series A rounds in life sciences. Historically, Norway’s biotech scene has not seen the kind of venture capital funding characteristic of health and biotech in the UK and US. However, Norwegian biotech is growing and has seen more successes than many […]

January 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Dan Samorodnitsky

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News and Trends 14 Dec 2021

ATP Blazes US Venture Capital Trail into European Biotech Startups

The US venture capital firm Apple Tree Partners (ATP) is making its first transatlantic foray by launching the UK immuno-oncology company Adrendra Therapeutics. This happens as US investors increasingly search for value-for-money opportunities in early-stage European biotech startups. Last week, the life science-focused investor ATP contributed €47M (£40M) to the Series A launch of immunotherapy […]

December 14, 2021 - 4 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty

In Depth 11 Oct 2021

A Cure for Cancer? How CAR-T Cell Therapy is Revolutionizing Oncology

CAR-T therapy has been hailed as a cure for cancer, but what really is this ‘miraculous technology’ and what can we actually expect from it? The field of immuno-oncology is booming with billions of euros in investment. The ability to rewire our own immune system to fight cancer has certainly created huge expectations. After the […]

October 11, 2021 - 10 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 28 Jul 2021

Microbiome Medicines Could Power Up CAR-T Cell Therapies

The microbiome could pave new cancer immunotherapy inroads for European biotechs, bolstered by preclinical findings that gut bacteria metabolites may help CAR-T cell therapies penetrate and kill solid tumors. A recent study conducted by researchers at Philipps-University Marburg, University Hospital Würzburg, and the Leeds-based company 4D Pharma showed that metabolites produced by the gut bacteria […]

July 28, 2021 - 5 minutesmins - By Mark Zipkin

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Study reveals progress for those with hepatitis B

Evaxion Biotech picks candidate for lung cancer trial

Roquefort Therapeutics buys UK biotech in return for shares

Drug to treat esophageal cancer approved in China

ImCheck raises €96M in funding round

Gene therapy: can CDMOs solve the manufacturing bottleneck?

Duke Street Bio enters stage with next-generation cancer therapies

Immunocore Approvals Open Door for TCR Cancer Drugs

Norwegian Biotech Put on the Map with €18M Oncology Round

ATP Blazes US Venture Capital Trail into European Biotech Startups

A Cure for Cancer? How CAR-T Cell Therapy is Revolutionizing Oncology

Microbiome Medicines Could Power Up CAR-T Cell Therapies

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