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News and Trends 29 Mar 2017

Get Ready for One of the Biggest New Drug Approvals of the Year

After Praluent, Sanofi and Regeneron have now scored their next drug approval with dupilumab, an antibody for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. With three placebo-controlled clinical trials enrolling a total of 2119 adult participants, Sanofi and its partner Regeneron were able to convince the FDA of their new biological for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. The product of this expansive effort comes […]

March 29, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

Best in Biotech 22 Dec 2016

The 10 Biggest Clinical Success Stories of 2016 in European Biotech

What are the most impressive advances in medical biotechnology this year? From cancer to peanut allergy, here’s a list of the best success stories of 2016. Biotech is becoming a powerful driving force in medicine, providing innovative therapies that could end some of the most severe diseases. To celebrate the advances in the area of […]

December 22, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 2 Nov 2016

Antibody Therapies are here to Revolutionize Dermatology

Leo Pharma is offering MorphoSys no less than €111.5M per antibody treatment with applications in dermatology, a very profitable field with big unmet needs. New cancer therapies might also arise from this exciting partnership! MorphoSys is a leader in the development of therapeutic antibodies with top-level partners like Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, Bayer, GSK, Galapagos […]

November 2, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Oct 2016

New Psoriasis Antibody Therapy puts pressure on Best-Seller drug Humira

New results from a Phase III trial show that guselkumab, an antibody therapy for the autoimmune disease plaque psoriasis, is performing better than the number one best-seller drug Humira (adalimumab) from AbbVie. The new drug is expected to be commercially available as early as 2018. Since MorphoSys licensed guselkumab to Janssen Biotech, in 2007, the drug has been performing […]

October 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 4 Jul 2016

Danish Pharma enters in the Biologics arena with Antibody Buy-out

Leo Pharma is acquiring rights to two of AstraZeneca‘s candidates. The targeted indications are atopic dermatitis and psoriasis – autoimmune conditions getting more and more attention. Based near Copenhagen (Denmark), Leo Pharma specializes in dermatological therapies – particularly topical treatments. The company is not shy about its acquisitions, having entered a €675M deal to buy Japanese […]

July 4, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 14 Jun 2016

British Biotech startup shows 50% improvement in Atopic Dermatitis

Ziarco has received positive results from a Phase II trial with its leading candidate, which has shown to improve symptoms of atopic dermatitis by 50%, giving it the potential to fill the current need for a safe oral treatment for this inflammatory skin disease. Ziarco is a private biotech with a clinical-stage pipeline for inflammatory skin […]

June 14, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 9 Mar 2016

Boehringer Ingelheim Gets €540M upfront for the next Potential Antibody Blockbuster

Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) has entered a new collaboration with AbbVie (US) to develop two new candidates for immune diseases, including psoriasis and Crohn’s disease. Therapies for immune diseases continue to attract Pharma’s attention (and money). This time, two of 25 leading Big Pharma worldwide, AbbVie and Boehringer Ingelheim, have partnered to develop 2 different immunological candidates. […]

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

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News and Trends 4 Mar 2016

The Best Selling Biologic of All Time now chased by New Phase III Biosimilar

Merck (Germany) has initiated a phase III trial for a biosimilar of AbbVie’s Humira, to treat Chronic plaque psoriasis. This is a big deal as Humira is the best selling biologics of all time (over €10Bn in annual revenues). Merck is developing a candidate (MSB11022) as a biosimilar of adalimumab, a human monoclonal antibody sold under the brand Humira – a key […]

March 4, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 3 Feb 2016

When the Llama met the Lion: Antibodies Unlock Milestone Payment for Skin Disease

ArGEN-X in Ghent (Belgium) combines the diversity of the llama immune system with a clinical antibody pipeline which Leo Pharma (Denmark), is developing to treat inflammatory skin conditions. These llama mAb platforms allow arGEN-X to unlock novel and complex targets and develop antibody-based drugs designed for longer duration of effect and greater efficacy. This is a similar approach to which Ablynx […]

February 3, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 3 Feb 2016

France’s 3rd Largest Pharma Company Finally Opens up to Biotech Innovation

Open Innovation is now everywhere, even Pharma. So, just today in France, the opening of the Pierre Fabre Fund for Innovation for biotech startups has been announced. Most Big Pharma have their own program. Boehringer-Ingelheim for example is partnering with BioMedX to run a new program with researchers from Heidelberg. Now the 3rd largest Pharma company in France, […]

February 3, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 4 Dec 2015

Black Friday Ruin as TWO Biotechs Fail in Phase III Trials

A shocking Black Friday for these two Biotechs: Both CytoTools (Germany) and MedDay (France) phase III trials in chronic disease flopped massively, and stocks dropped as much as 85% in one day… Multiple Sclerosis Headliner, MedDay’s MD1003, has flopped in its phase III trial after failing to meet its primary endpoint. This is a disastrous […]

December 4, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 4 Dec 2015

Delenex Therapeutics, the Swiss Biotech developing new types of Therapeutic Antibodies

This week we leave the old city of Oxford and travel South East across the channel, through France and arrive at our destination, Zurich, Switzerland. This wonderful city is famous for its many churches (including the Minster), the largest church clock in Europe, found on St Peter’s and is the home of many celebrities including […]

December 4, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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Get Ready for One of the Biggest New Drug Approvals of the Year

The 10 Biggest Clinical Success Stories of 2016 in European Biotech

Antibody Therapies are here to Revolutionize Dermatology

New Psoriasis Antibody Therapy puts pressure on Best-Seller drug Humira

Danish Pharma enters in the Biologics arena with Antibody Buy-out

British Biotech startup shows 50% improvement in Atopic Dermatitis

Boehringer Ingelheim Gets €540M upfront for the next Potential Antibody Blockbuster

The Best Selling Biologic of All Time now chased by New Phase III Biosimilar

When the Llama met the Lion: Antibodies Unlock Milestone Payment for Skin Disease

France’s 3rd Largest Pharma Company Finally Opens up to Biotech Innovation

Black Friday Ruin as TWO Biotechs Fail in Phase III Trials

Delenex Therapeutics, the Swiss Biotech developing new types of Therapeutic Antibodies

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