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News and Trends 14 Apr 2016

We met the Biotech with the First & Only US Approved Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the US, but Epigenomics could dramatically improve this sad figure. A problem Berlin-based Epigenomics want to solve and just got a significant milestone: an FDA approval for commercialisation. I met with Thomas Taapken, the CEO of the company, in his office in Berlin, a nice historical building with 4 meters ceiling […]

April 14, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 14 Apr 2016

Meet the CEO who wants to transform Pretty Corals into therapies for Cancer

The dream of Coral Biome in France is to use marine coral species to develop therapies against Cancer. We had the chance to meet Fréderic Gault, the co-founder and CEO. With an Education in biology followed by a specialism in aquaculture engineering, Fréderic immediately understood the importance of corals and their therapeutic potential in human health. […]

April 14, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Marie Godar

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News and Trends 12 Apr 2016

How CAR-T Cells Kill Cancer: Pictures start Moving

CAR-T is a groundbreaking personalized cancer therapy with tremendous potential to drive the patient’s own immune cells to specifically target and kill cancer cells. Because the development of this therapy is still in the early phase, new tools are needed to provide a quick potency assay to assess the cytotoxicity of the therapeutic T-cells prior […]

April 12, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Jerome Topsent

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News and Trends 7 Apr 2016

This Successful Phase III Cancer Drug comes from Sea Squirts

PharmaMar is closer to have another cancer drug on the market, after the success of phase III trials with Aplidin for Multiple Myeloma. Based in Madrid, PharmaMar is a Biopharma developing anti-cancer drugs, with an interesting strategy for drug discovery. It researches compounds present in marine organisms and assess if they have any biological action […]

April 7, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 5 Apr 2016

Israeli Cancer Startup catches Investment from 3 major Big Pharma

Metabomed is developing new highly-selective drugs that target cancer metabolism – and it has now raised €15.8M in a series A round and gotten a new CEO from Merck’s ranks. Metabomed was co-founded by MS Ventures (the VC arm of Merck KGaA) and leading researchers in the field of cancer metabolism and computational biology back in 2014. I must […]

April 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 1 Apr 2016

When Nanoparticles meet Virtual Tumours to build Oncology Platform

BioMoti is enhancing cancer treatments via drug delivery innovation and it was one of the companies we visited during Labiotech Tour UK. Its Oncojan platform has caught the eye of Physiomics, a computational system biology Biotech listed on the London Stock Exchange. Oxford-based Physiomics develops computational models of cancer, allowing to simulate the effect of […]

April 1, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 1 Apr 2016

Biotech of the Week: MolMed, Immuno-oncology made in ‘Milano’

From one fashion capital to the other, this week we leave Paris and head down to Milan. Home to some worldwide high-fashion brands, Da Vinci’s Last Supper mural and main city of the Lombardy region, Milan is also where MolMed, our Biotech of the Week, is based. City: Milan (Italy) Founded: 1996 Employees: (+/-) 120 (as of 12/2015) […]

April 1, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

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News and Trends 31 Mar 2016

The ‘Formative Year’ of Germany’s only NASDAQ-listed Biotech

Affimed from Heidelberg had a ‘formative year’ (hmm) in 2015. Major highlights include raising of €52.6M, expanding to the US and advances in the development of its next-generation antibodies for immuno-oncology. Affimed is a Biopharma focused on discovering and developing highly targeted cancer immunotherapies. It is also one of our trendiest NASDAQ-listed European Biotechs (and the only one […]

March 31, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 31 Mar 2016

Money Magnet Immunocore kicks off Trial for Eye Melanoma

Immunocore (UK) has enrolled its first patient for a phase I trial that will test its ImmTAC as a standalone therapy for uveal melanoma, the most common eye cancer. Immunocore is famous for having raised the biggest European Private round ever (€300M), and so it’s no wonder that if often makes our tops here at […]

March 31, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 30 Mar 2016

German Biotech targets China for Lung Cancer Liquid Biopsies

Epigenomics (Germany and US) has closed a deal to develop and commercialize a new blood-based lung cancer diagnostic in China, one of its highest performing markets. There are many biotech efforts to find treatments for cancer, but a separate strategy to lower cancer mortality is to improve diagnosis – so that people can be treated when […]

March 30, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 30 Mar 2016

Dutch Startup gets €7M for New Cancer Immunotherapy Platform

Gadeta has raised €7M in a series A round, which will fuel the clinical development of its novel TCR platform, starting with a leukemia cell therapy trial. Gadeta is a spin-out of immuno-oncology research at the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht). It was founded in 2015 by the researchers and Utrecht Holdings, the technology transfer […]

March 30, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 25 Mar 2016

Biotech of the Week: OSE Pharma, the ‘Significant’ Immunotherapy Player from Paris

This week, we head up full speed from Geneva with our eyes aiming towards Paris. Known for its beauty, bohemian lifestyle and, of course the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and le baguette, Paris is also the home of OSE Pharma, our Biotech of the Week. City: Paris (France) Founded: 2012 Employees: N/A Financial Data: €24.3M total raised (as of […]

March 25, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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We met the Biotech with the First & Only US Approved Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer

Meet the CEO who wants to transform Pretty Corals into therapies for Cancer

How CAR-T Cells Kill Cancer: Pictures start Moving

This Successful Phase III Cancer Drug comes from Sea Squirts

Israeli Cancer Startup catches Investment from 3 major Big Pharma

When Nanoparticles meet Virtual Tumours to build Oncology Platform

Biotech of the Week: MolMed, Immuno-oncology made in ‘Milano’

The ‘Formative Year’ of Germany’s only NASDAQ-listed Biotech

Money Magnet Immunocore kicks off Trial for Eye Melanoma

German Biotech targets China for Lung Cancer Liquid Biopsies

Dutch Startup gets €7M for New Cancer Immunotherapy Platform

Biotech of the Week: OSE Pharma, the ‘Significant’ Immunotherapy Player from Paris

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