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News and Trends 23 Aug 2022

Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research awarded $6.9M to work on hepatitis C vaccine

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) has awarded a $6.9 million grant to researchers at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) to design a vaccine to combat the virus that causes hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is an illness that affects an estimated 71 million people worldwide. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) […]

August 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Aug 2022

BioInnovation Institute supports three start-ups

The BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international commercial non-profit foundation incubating and accelerating life science research, has invested in three international start-up companies in the U.K., Germany, and Finland. The three new ventures are strategically aligned with the BII’s focus, developing ground-breaking scientific initiatives across the therapeutics and health tech space. Each company will be funded […]

August 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Aug 2022

Emtora to use $16.9M grant to develop treatment for rare genetic disease

Emtora Biosciences, a Texas-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has been awarded a $16.9 million non-dilutive grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The funding will be used to advance the clinical and product development of its lead program, eRapa, an encapsulated form of rapamycin, for the treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). […]

August 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

ADC Therapeutics announces $175M loan from Owl Rock

News and Trends 16 Aug 2022

ADC Therapeutics announces series of financial moves including $175M loan from Owl Rock

ADC Therapeutics has announced a series of major strategic transactions involving hundreds of millions of dollars allowing it to advance its lead candidate and pipeline drugs. The Swiss company has entered into a new $175 million senior secured loan with certain funds of Owl Rock – a division of Blue Owl Capital, Inc. and funds […]

August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 20 Jul 2022

BigHat Biosciences raises $75M to design safer, more effective antibodies

A company developing safer, more effective antibody therapies for patients using machine learning and synthetic biology, today (July 20) announced it has raised $75 million in funding. BigHat Biosciences’ series B funding round was led by Section 32 with participation from new investors Amgen Ventures, Bristol Myers Squibb, Quadrille Capital, Gaingels, GRIDS Capital and others. […]

July 20, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Optics11 Life receives €5 million in funding for drug development

News and Trends 18 Jul 2022

FORTY51 Ventures closes $43M biotech fund and announces first investment

FORTY51 Ventures has announced the closing of FORTY51 Ventures I, raising $43 million in its first close. FORTY51’s core strategy focuses on company formation and early-stage investments in biotech with geographic emphasis on Switzerland, France and Germany. FORTY51 Ventures will lead or co-lead early rounds (seed and series A) of its growing portfolio, which will […]

July 18, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jul 2022

Financing round of $21M completed for drug to treat autoimmune diseases

The first-round of financing to the tune of $21 million (€20.6 million), for a drug to treat autoimmune disease, has been completed between Precision Autoimmune Therapeutics (PAT) and CASI Pharmaceuticals. PAT will pay CASI a $5 million (€4.9 million) equivalent as the first instalment of the upfront payment of the sub-license agreement. In May this […]

July 11, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 8 Jul 2022

Biosyntia closes a €11.5M round to launch world’s first bio-based vitamin B7

A bio-based vitamin B7 is the first product to be commercialized as biotech company, Biosyntia, secures funding from a strong syndicate of capital investors. Biosyntia, manufactures sustainable and natural ingredients using precision fermentation and has a strong pipeline of active ingredients for use in beauty and nutrition products such as vitamins and antioxidants. A funding […]

July 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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News and Trends 7 Jul 2022

French Juvisé buys gastro product in €400M finance deal

French pharmaceutical company, Juvisé has just bought worldwide commercial rights to Pylera from US biopharmaceutical company Abbvie. Juvisé negotiated financing of €400 million ($408 million) with Société Générale as part of the deal and also the refinancing of its existing debt. Pylera is an antimicrobial tri-therapy that helps gastro-intestinal Helicobacter pylori infections. Lazard and Latham […]

July 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 30 Jun 2022

Funding doubled for company working on breakthrough auto-immune disease therapeutics

A Paris-based biotech company developing products for auto-immune diseases, announced today (June 30) that it has almost doubled its initial funding from two companies. The initial funding for Ermium Therapeutics of €6.3 million ($6.57 million) now stands at €12.3 million ($12.83 million) and has been supplied by Kurma Partners and Fountain Healthcare Partners. Ermium discovers […]

June 30, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 23 Jun 2022

Osivax gets €10M influenza vaccine grant

A grant of €10 million ($10.5 million) has been secured by pharmaceutical company Osivax to support a vaccine against influenza. The biopharma company develops vaccines to provide broad-spectrum protection against highly mutating infectious viruses and diseases. It announced today (June 23) that it has secured the funds from Bpifrance to support the further clinical development […]

June 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 23 Jun 2022

Shanghai biotech secures $80 million to advance products

A bio-manufacturing company based in Shanghai has bagged $80 million in funding to advance its bio-based supplies. Mojia Biotech said it would use the funds to commercialize its Viridimin brand of animal-feed additives, scale up manufacturing capacity for Aliphane series of bio-based materials, advance its product pipeline and expand its global research and development capabilities. […]

June 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research awarded $6.9M to work on hepatitis C vaccine

BioInnovation Institute supports three start-ups

Emtora to use $16.9M grant to develop treatment for rare genetic disease

ADC Therapeutics announces series of financial moves including $175M loan from Owl Rock

BigHat Biosciences raises $75M to design safer, more effective antibodies

FORTY51 Ventures closes $43M biotech fund and announces first investment

Financing round of $21M completed for drug to treat autoimmune diseases

Biosyntia closes a €11.5M round to launch world’s first bio-based vitamin B7

French Juvisé buys gastro product in €400M finance deal

Funding doubled for company working on breakthrough auto-immune disease therapeutics

Osivax gets €10M influenza vaccine grant

Shanghai biotech secures $80 million to advance products

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