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News and Trends 5 Oct 2015

Medicine Nobel Prize for Parasite Drug Discoveries which saved Billions

The Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology has been jointly awarded to Youyou Tu (the first ever Chinese recipient of a Nobel Prize in this category) for discovering the malarial medicine Artemisinin, and to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura, for their pioneering work in developing a major parasitic round worm disease drug, Ivermectin. These […]

October 5, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 11 Sep 2015

Breast-milk therapy for Microbiome disease makes BioGaia smile

BioGaia is a leading microbiome biotech from Stockholm (Sweden) who use the beneficial bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri to produce probiotic consumables. The biotech is currently investing millions in another Stockholm biotech, Infant Bacterial Therapeutics (IBT). IBT is developing a therapy for Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) derived from L.reuteri, which is found in human breast-milk. BioGaia is a […]

September 11, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 4 Sep 2015

Sweden, Vegan and GMO-Free? Check out Simris Alg for your Omega-3

By running an innovative microalgae farm in Hammenhög, Sweden, Simris Alg produces a vegan and GMO-free Omega-3 fatty acid alternative to oily fish derivatives for industry. This Swedish start-up is winning all kinds of awards for their almost too-good-to-be-true approach to dietary Omega-3 oils. The Swedish entrepreneur Fredrika Gullfot (CEO) has improved upon a sustainable alternative to producing Omega-3 oils through a pioneering […]

September 4, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 1 Sep 2015

Genentech’s Sean Bohen defects to AstraZeneca as CMO

AstraZeneca‘s Senior management team gets reinforced by Sean Bohen, a top executive from Roche‘s subsidiary Genentech. Starting in two weeks, he will push late-stage treatments to the market. It’s been two months since two senior manager left the struggling AstraZeneca. Among them, Briggs Morrison, who left to become new CEO of Syndax. To replace him, […]

September 1, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 19 Aug 2015

Sobi gets a long-lasting grip on a rare type of Hemophilia

In the 19th century, Queen Victoria passed the Hemophilia B to diverse royal houses of Europe. Today, its characteristic heavy bleedings can be treated quite well, as Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) and its partner Biogen showed in the results of an ongoing long-term study. Sobi was formed in 2001 through a fusion of several units […]

August 19, 2015 - 3 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 9 Jul 2015

Oasmia anticipates an Oncology market growth and seeks €23M on NASDAQ

Human and veterinary oncologist Oasmia files for a €23M IPO on the American NASDAQ. The Swedish company, anticipating an increase in the oncology field, seeks to increase its visibility and to establish itself in the US. The papers have been sent, Oasmia Pharmaceutical will go to NASDAQ under the symbol OAX. The Swedish company was […]

July 9, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 3 Jun 2015

Poor topline results for NeuroVive’s CicloMulsion Phase III

Phase III is a critical step in a drug development process. NeuroVive Pharmaceutical has learned this the hard way. The Swedish company reported unsatisfactory results of CicloMulsion’s phase III clinical trial in patients having gone through a specific type of heart attack known as STEMI (ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction). The disappointing topline results are expected to […]

June 3, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 2 Jun 2015

After Failing Phase III, Active Biotech is back to square one

Unfortunately, the Biotech world is not only composed of success stories. Active Biotech, a Swedish company focused on developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. The company, engaged with Ipsen, discontinued a Phase III study and is currently discovering the consequences of this failure the hard way. Active Biotech’s business model, like many small red biotechs, is based on partnering with […]

June 2, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 18 May 2015

Allergist Circassia grabs a couple of Asthma-Specialist companies

The allergy specialist Circassia will acquire two asthma-expert companies: Aerocrine and Prosonix. The British company, which performed the biggest of the fifteen European biotech IPOs in 2014, intends to become a self-sustaining biopharma by focusing on allergies and asthma. The purchases will optimize the launch of CAT-Spire, which represents Circassia’s first drug of a new […]

May 18, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 4 May 2015

Karolinska Development took a Step Back in its Biotech portfolio

The finances of Karolinska Development remain in a dangerous downward spiral as the company dropped to €136.9M (SEK 1,277 million), an unsatisfactory record for the company, the lowest valuation since 2011. For this purpose, the company decided to totally abandon investing in Pergamum, Umecrine and NeoDynamics AB, three biotech companies. Karolinska’s reaction is well-defined: the […]

May 4, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 16 Apr 2015

Wilson Therapeutics on its way to cure Wilson disease

Wilson Therapeutics has closed a €37.4M Series B financing to advance its late-stage development program for Wilson’s disease. The company will present its ongoing Phase II trial of WTX101-201, the company’s treatment for this disease, at the upcoming 50th International Liver Congress 2015. Approximately 1 in 15000 people worldwide have Wilson Disease, a rare genetic disorder that prevents the […]

April 16, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

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Medicine Nobel Prize for Parasite Drug Discoveries which saved Billions

Breast-milk therapy for Microbiome disease makes BioGaia smile

Sweden, Vegan and GMO-Free? Check out Simris Alg for your Omega-3

Genentech’s Sean Bohen defects to AstraZeneca as CMO

Sobi gets a long-lasting grip on a rare type of Hemophilia

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

Oasmia anticipates an Oncology market growth and seeks €23M on NASDAQ

Poor topline results for NeuroVive’s CicloMulsion Phase III

After Failing Phase III, Active Biotech is back to square one

Allergist Circassia grabs a couple of Asthma-Specialist companies

Karolinska Development took a Step Back in its Biotech portfolio

Wilson Therapeutics on its way to cure Wilson disease

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