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AMAL Therapeutics Cancer Vaccine Series B

News and Trends 5 Sep 2017

Swiss Biotech Raises €8M in First Closing of Series B to Develop Cancer Vaccines

AMAL Therapeutics has raised €8M to push its colorectal cancer vaccine ATP128 into clinical trials and keep developing its tumor vaccine pipeline. AMAL Therapeutics, a young biotech based in Geneva, is getting a boost for its pipeline of cancer vaccines thanks to a new funding round. The first tranche of its Series B fundraising has gathered €8M (CHF 8.8M) […]

September 5, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Sep 2017

UPDATE: Austrian Biotech receives €3.3M boost for its Chikungunya Vaccine

UPDATE (05/09/2017): Innovate UK has granted Themis £3M (€3.3M) to push its Chikungunya Vaccine towards Phase III. Originally Published 06/06/2017 Themis Bioscience will test its vaccine candidate against Chikungunya fever in a new Phase I/II trial sponsored by the NIH. Based in Vienna, Themis Bioscience develops new vaccine candidates for emerging diseases like Zika and Chikungunya with its virus […]

September 5, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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News and Trends 5 Jul 2017

Results are in from the First Human Trial of an Universal Cancer Vaccine

BioNTech has published results from the first clinical trial for an mRNA-based individualized vaccine with the potential to target all cancer types. Published in Nature, the results from the first trial in humans with a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine hint that BioNTech is on a promising track towards the development of a universal cancer vaccine. All […]

July 5, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 3 Jul 2017

These Norwegian Biotech Execs are Bringing Back Cancer Vaccines & Oncolytic Viruses

We talked to CEO Øystein Soug and CMO Magnus Jäderberg of Targovax about why the company’s technologies may succeed where others have failed. In 2010, Targovax rose from the ashes of Norsk Hydro Pharma, the discontinued therapeutic development arm of the conglomerate. The Oslo-based biotech is taking a stand against tough-to-treat cancers like that of […]

July 3, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 28 Jun 2017

Danish Biotech Reports Positive Phase II data for a Common Cold Vaccine

Bavarian Nordic has announced positive Phase II results for its universal vaccine against the common cold virus, RSV, which can be deadly for the elderly. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the perpetrators behind the common cold. For most, the virus just leads to a few uncomfortable days or weeks. But for children […]

June 28, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 27 Jun 2017

A Spanish Vaccine to fight Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear enters Phase II

Araclon Biotech will advance to Phase II with an Alzheimer’s vaccine that could succeed where many others have failed before. Araclon Biotech, in Zaragoza, Spain, has announced today the approval from the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices to start a Phase II trial testing its Alzheimer’s vaccine in 120 patients in 22 centers across Europe. The […]

June 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Startup Scout 23 Jun 2017

This Newly Founded French Biotech is All About Vaccines

This week we visited the biotech hub Lyon, where one of our top biotechs Imaxio has recently founded Osivax to advance the development of its innovative vaccine candidates. Mission: Osivax was formed as a spin-off of Imaxio’s R&D department and develops a number of clinical and preclinical vaccine candidates based on its OligoDOM technology. This approach fuses specific immunogenic domains to […]

June 23, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Melanie De Almeida

Interview 5 Jun 2017

What Lies Ahead in Biotech for the UK’s Top Academic Entrepreneur?

Despite remaining firmly in academia, Greg Winter is a biotech legend. What’s ahead for the serial entrepreneur, and where does he see biotech going? Sir Greg Winter is one of the biggest names in European biotech. As a Professor of Biochemistry at Cambridge University, he developed phage display technology that became the foundation of his first […]

June 5, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

Startup Scout 2 Jun 2017

This French Biotech Wants to Reinvent DC-based Immunotherapies

This week we had the chance to visit both Grenoble and Liège, where the French-Belgian biotech hybrid PDC*line Pharma has its two headquarters. The company is progressing new types of immunotherapies based on dendritic cells (DCs). Mission: PDC*line Pharma emerged from an R&D program of the French Blood Bank (EFS, Etablissement Français du Sang), where […]

June 2, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 4 May 2017

Solid First-in-Human Results from Vaccine against Birth Defects

Hookipa has presented positive data from its first Phase I trial testing its vaccine technology against human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) infections. Hookipa, one of the top 10 biotechs we’re closely following this year, is developing a viral vaccine platform that has attracted big investments from both the private and the public sector. The company just announced […]

May 4, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Startup Scout 21 Apr 2017

No more Needles – This UK Biotech is Developing Innovative Oral Vaccines

The small village of Keele is probably best known for its university, but it also hosts the Keele Science Park, where the biotech company Prokarium is developing new oral vaccine solutions based on synthetic biology. Mission: Prokarium has the vision that all protein vaccines can be delivered orally. Founded in 2012, the company has developed an oral […]

April 21, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 20 Apr 2017

Norway Brings Another Cancer Vaccine to the Clinic

Targovax has recruited its first patient in a Phase Ib trial for its new cancer vaccine TG02 targeting mutations of the RAS gene. Mutations of the RAS gene disrupt normal cell division and are a key driver of cancer progression and treatment resistance. The Norwegian biotech Targovax is developing peptide-based anti-cancer vaccines targeting these mutations found […]

April 20, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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Swiss Biotech Raises €8M in First Closing of Series B to Develop Cancer Vaccines

UPDATE: Austrian Biotech receives €3.3M boost for its Chikungunya Vaccine

Results are in from the First Human Trial of an Universal Cancer Vaccine

These Norwegian Biotech Execs are Bringing Back Cancer Vaccines & Oncolytic Viruses

Danish Biotech Reports Positive Phase II data for a Common Cold Vaccine

A Spanish Vaccine to fight Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear enters Phase II

This Newly Founded French Biotech is All About Vaccines

What Lies Ahead in Biotech for the UK’s Top Academic Entrepreneur?

This French Biotech Wants to Reinvent DC-based Immunotherapies

Solid First-in-Human Results from Vaccine against Birth Defects

No more Needles – This UK Biotech is Developing Innovative Oral Vaccines

Norway Brings Another Cancer Vaccine to the Clinic

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