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News and Trends 20 Jun 2016

GMO Tobacco could Produce cheaper Medicine for Malaria

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam have altered tobacco to produce large yields of artemisinin – the most effective treatment for malaria but still without a cheap and reliable source. Artemisinin is used in the most effective treatments against malaria, the discovery of which was worth a Nobel Prize. […]

June 20, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 20 Jun 2016

This Sepsis Detection Test saves 24h for Faster Treatment

Curetis has received great results for its diagnostic kit. This new technology to detect sepsis is delivering the same results as standard tests, but it’s faster by 24 hours – critical time to deal with life-threatening infections. Based in Stuttgart (Germany), Curetis was the only German biotech to do an IPO in 2015. It did so with a bang, […]

June 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 20 Jun 2016

Meet the Biotech successfully using Bacteria for Immuno-Oncology

Yes, the title may have surprised you, but it’s true. Vaximm is one of the few biotechs worldwide using bacteria to activate the immune system against cancer. I was really surprised about how elegant the technology is when I had a chat with the Executive Chairman Klaus Breiner at BioEquity in Copenhagen. Vaximm is based in Basel […]

June 20, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 17 Jun 2016

Apogenix’s lead Candidate has more than one Trick up its Sleeve

Apogenix‘s lead candidate APG101, which has shown great results in a phase II study to treat Glioblastoma, has a new target in line. But this time, it’s not against cancer… Apogenix is a Germany-based company developing innovative immuno-oncology therapeutics for cancer and other malignant diseases. It was founded in 2005 and has raised over €90M […]

June 17, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Jerome Topsent

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News and Trends 16 Jun 2016

Novel Antibiotic for Resistant Bacteria gets a €22M Push from Key Investors

Allecra Therapeutics has raised €22M in its Series B round from some key investors. The money will back the Phase II trials for a new broad-spectrum antibiotic for resistant bacteria. The development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria has been one of the key concerns of healthcare authorities for quite some time. The World Health Organisation estimates […]

June 16, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 16 Jun 2016

This German Diagnostic company was sold for €50M to the World leading Molecular Diagnostic company

Sividon was a spin-off from Siemens, founded in July 2011 – and it was just sold to the American Myriad Genetics ($2.2Bn market cap) for €50M, even though the company raised only €5M over its lifetime. A clear success story that I discussed with Karlheinz Schmelig, partner of Sividon’s Lead investor Creathor Venture. Sividon worked in […]

June 16, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 9 Jun 2016

How was it inside the ‘World Most Important Cancer Meeting’ of the Year?

Every year by the end of May/beginning of June, up to 30,000 of healthcare professionals head to Chicago to discuss the most recent advancements in Cancer treatments. Here, the MorphoSys team, which included Claudia Gutjahr-Löser and Jochen Orlowski, give you a sneak-insiders look into one of the most essential Cancer conferences of the year… You can also […]

June 9, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 9 Jun 2016

German Biotech launches Phase II in a hot Target for Inflammation

InflaRx has treated the first patient in a new Phase II trial, which is studying the potential of its anti-complement antibody in avoiding immunological complications after complex cardiac surgery – a big unmet need. It is competing with world most expensive drug Soliris from Alexion (US). Based in Jena (Germany), InflaRx specializes in developing new […]

June 9, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 9 Jun 2016

Biotech, France and L’Oréal Team up for World First Biofuel Plant using Beets

The Investissements d’Avenir programme (a French government initiative) is providing €9M to both Global Bioenergies and IBN-One, as part of an project involving Cristal Union (the agro-business for Beet production) and L’Oréal (the cosmetics Giant). Together, they will develop the first commercial plant producing bio-sourced isobutene worldwide. Broken down into €5.7M for Global Bioenergies; €3.3M for IBN-One, the […]

June 9, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 7 Jun 2016

New Massive €250M Investment Fund Closed for European Biotech

Life Sciences Partners (LSP) has closed its new life sciences fund, ‘LSP5’. The fund surpassed its €152M target and reached the ‘hard cap’ of €250M, making it one of the largest life sciences funds in the EU. LSP is one of the oldest and most successful Biotech investors in Europe. It claims over 25% return […]

June 7, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 7 Jun 2016

German Biotech partners up in the US for scalable viral vector production in Gene Therapy

Cevec is joining forces with US-based Paragon. The objective is to make Cevec’s scalable CAP expression technology the industry standard for glycoproteins and viral vectors in gene therapies. Based in Cologne (Germany), Cevec tackles with its human cell-based expression systems (CAP-GT and CAP-Go) two big challenges in Biotech manufacturing – industrial scale production of viral vectors […]

June 7, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 2 Jun 2016

First All-Cancer mRNA Vaccine that Works Published in Nature

Update (05/07/2017): BioNTech has published new results in Nature revealing a strong immune response in all 13 patients treated with its personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, strengthening its potential to become a universal cancer vaccine. Originally published on 02/06/2016 BioNTech and its academic partners have published in the well-known publication Nature, describing the first clinically applicable and systemic […]

June 2, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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GMO Tobacco could Produce cheaper Medicine for Malaria

This Sepsis Detection Test saves 24h for Faster Treatment

Meet the Biotech successfully using Bacteria for Immuno-Oncology

Apogenix’s lead Candidate has more than one Trick up its Sleeve

Novel Antibiotic for Resistant Bacteria gets a €22M Push from Key Investors

This German Diagnostic company was sold for €50M to the World leading Molecular Diagnostic company

How was it inside the ‘World Most Important Cancer Meeting’ of the Year?

German Biotech launches Phase II in a hot Target for Inflammation

Biotech, France and L’Oréal Team up for World First Biofuel Plant using Beets

New Massive €250M Investment Fund Closed for European Biotech

German Biotech partners up in the US for scalable viral vector production in Gene Therapy

First All-Cancer mRNA Vaccine that Works Published in Nature

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