Swiss oncolytic virus and vaccine specialist NousCom has closed a €42m Series B financing round led by new investor Abingworth. Co-investors include new 5AM Ventures, and existing investors LSP and Versant Ventures.
Aseptic Sample Transfer out of a Closed, Sterile System: due to the Sterisart® Septum Technology.
Researchers at Belgian UCB SA have clinically demonstrated that an antibody targeting a normal cellular recycling process can remove autoantibodies from the blood of people with autoimmune diseases.
Following the death of a patient with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), the FDA put a hold on two clinical Phase I trials with UCART123, French Cellectis SAs allogenic CAR-T therapies. Preliminary results from two trials in CD19+ relapsed or refractory B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients dosed with UCART19 suggest that cytokine release syndrome (CRS) associated with allogenic CAR-Ts must be managed very carefully.
Dutch venture capital company BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) has closed its third fund, BGV III, at €82m exceeding the original target by €32m.