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News and Trends 15 Oct 2015

Ablynx richly rewarded for MSD’s Nanobody Proof in Immuno-Oncology

Ablynx – the Belgian nanobody biotech (which uses monoclonal antibodies of Alpacas), has now achieved it’s first pre-clinical milestone in its immuno-oncology partnership with MSD (Merck & Co). Now Ablynx has achieved proof of concept for one of the 17 Nanobodies being studied. Ablynx has therefore received the first €3.5M in milestone payments from MSD […]

October 15, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 14 Oct 2015

Innate Pharma receives $5M from its Monster-deal with BMS

This milestone payment from Bristol-Myers Squibb is part of the lirilumab licensing agreement, the monster immuno-oncology deal of €408M ($465M) signed in July 2011. This payment was triggered by the dosing of the first patient in a phase II trial of the monoclonal antibody drug lirilumab, in combination with rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory or […]

October 14, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 2 Oct 2015

Merck relinquishes Rare Disease license to instead focus on Immuno-oncology

Merck has opted to return its Phenylketonuria (PKU) candidates Kuvan and Peg-Pal back to BioMarin from January 2016. Merck will instead focus on other R&D areas, and will receive €340M in compensation (5 times the annual sales of Kuvan) with €180M for future Peg-Pal milestones. This appears to support the back-peddling trend of major Biotechs […]

October 2, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 29 Sep 2015

Will Roche lose its Worldwide Leading position in Cancer treatments?

Roche is the worldwide leader in cancer treatments, but it’s threatened by the increasing competition of biosimilars and the development of next-generation cancer drugs. Is there a risk for the “biggest Biotechnology company worldwide” to lose its leading position on the lucrative anti-cancer business? The Swiss giant makes massive amount of cash with its cancer treatments, […]

September 29, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 26 Sep 2015

Replimune smashes Oncolytic viral €26.8M series A financing round

Replimune is an Oxford (UK) biotech baby, having only been founded in April this year a spin-off of former US BioVex. Nonetheless, this hasn’t stopped its Series A finance round reaching up to €26.8M. Replimune’s focal research is in developing new immuno-oncology therapies using oncolytic viruses, inspired by BioVex-Amgen’s T-VEC success. Replimune was founded by […]

September 26, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 17 Sep 2015

France’s leading Female Bio-entrepreneur joins board of Abivax

Dominique Costantini is one of France’s leading biotech figures, with over 20 years experience on boards, partnerships and business backing in some of the biotech industries leading brands. With a medical background specializing in immunology (from Paris V University), Costantini co-founded oncology focused Onxeo in 1997. Formerly known as BioAlliance Pharma, this biotech went public […]

September 17, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 14 Sep 2015

Leading Cause of blindness has new US & EU Orphan Drug Designation Immunotherapy

TxCell, from Nice (Fr), has been granted EU and US Orphan Drug Designation for its T-cell based therapy for autoimmune uveitis – an eye inflammatory disease responsible of 10-15% legal blindness in developed countries. TxCell is a spin-off from France’s National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm), with a pipeline including a phase II […]

September 14, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 9 Sep 2015

Encouraging results from Tedopi Phase II trials in patients with brain metastases

French Immuno-oncology Biotech OSE Pharma has announced its phase II results for Tedopi trials showing outcome for patients with brain metastases. Announced at the World Conference on Lung Cancer in Denver (US), OSE Pharma revealed how Tedopi had shown interesting results in patients diagnosed with brain metastases from advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Advanced non-small […]

September 9, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 7 Sep 2015

A Slice of Europe: MD Anderson looks to invest in EU Immuno-Oncology

MD Anderson is expanding its Immatics sharehold to spawn new Houston-based subsidiary Immatics US through investing into a $60M (€54M) pot. Also partnering up with French CAR-T pioneers Cellectis, and collaborating with German Merck, MD Anderson is seemingly wanting to immerse itself in the European immuno-oncology field. As a shareholder in the German cancer immunotherapy […]

September 7, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 3 Sep 2015

Adaptimmune Clinical Trials full-steam ahead with GSK investment!

Adaptimmune has had exciting results regarding the ongoing battle with Synovial Sarcoma. GSK looks to further invest in the expansion of the clinical trial to include two further cohorts. Adaptimmune, with a research base in Oxford (UK) and clinical base in Philadelphia (US), has overcome a milestone in their first cohort for clinical stage I/II T-cell therapy. They […]

September 3, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 31 Aug 2015

Review: The Future of Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology

Immuno-oncology is a Biotech field that is more than just hype – it could solve one of humanity’s biggest health challenges: Cancer. In order to bring more effective treatments with fewer side-effects, Biomarkers will play a key role. I wanted to get an expert view on the subject, so I called Bernhard Sixt, CEO of the […]

August 31, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 27 Aug 2015

Dutch Immuno-Oncology company raises Massive Series C Financing round

Sofinnova Ventures and Novo A/S step into one of the biggest European series C financing rounds, which is about €72.8 million. The money goes to the Dutch immuno-oncology company Merus and will advance its cancer-fighting bispecific antibodies. Back in April, Merus announced its intention to go public at the Nasdaq, with the goal of raising […]

August 27, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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Ablynx richly rewarded for MSD’s Nanobody Proof in Immuno-Oncology

Innate Pharma receives $5M from its Monster-deal with BMS

Merck relinquishes Rare Disease license to instead focus on Immuno-oncology

Will Roche lose its Worldwide Leading position in Cancer treatments?

Replimune smashes Oncolytic viral €26.8M series A financing round

France’s leading Female Bio-entrepreneur joins board of Abivax

Leading Cause of blindness has new US & EU Orphan Drug Designation Immunotherapy

Encouraging results from Tedopi Phase II trials in patients with brain metastases

A Slice of Europe: MD Anderson looks to invest in EU Immuno-Oncology

Adaptimmune Clinical Trials full-steam ahead with GSK investment!

Review: The Future of Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology

Dutch Immuno-Oncology company raises Massive Series C Financing round

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