Kurma Partners-founded Step Pharma has baged €35m in a Series B financing to advance its blood cancer lead STP938.

The future of AAV vector-based therapies holds great promise if manufacturers can cope with the demand. While in-house manufacturing may be an option for some companies, partnering with a CDMO can be the best choice for others. Teaming up with a One-Stop-Shop CDMO can make it easier to achieve the project goals. There are many reasons for this.

The threat caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is a global one. Therefore, we have to address the coronavirus pandemic globally, but at least on a European scale. To achieve this, we need not only a vaccination strategy but also a therapy strategy.

Exosome Diagnostics develops biofluid-based molecular diagnostic tests for use in personalized medicine and collaborates with pharmaceutical companies to develop companion diagnostics (CDx).

The German Patent System has been a very patentee-friendly system, in particular for smaller patentees. Enforcement of patents has been relatively easy, affordable and fast.

Following assemingly good results in a Phase III study AstraZeneca goes for Emergency Use Approval in the US.

On Tuesday, Emer Cooke had already hinted at it. Now the EMA’s PRAC committee confirmed: the benefits of AZ1222 by far outweigh the risks of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Three fast-spreading new variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus have emerged in recent months: the U.K. variant B.1.1.7, the Brazil variant P.1, and the South Africa variant B.1.351.

German CORAT Therapeutics GmbH got the greenlight for Phase Ib/II testing of COR-101, an antibody that reduced virus load in the lung by more than 99 % within three days.

Study start-up is a chaotic time. There are lots of moving parts. Lots of decisions to make and processes to establish. Lots of room for error. Mistakes can quickly derail a trial – and delays are endemic. That all represents a potential waste of time and resources – just at a moment when speed is of the essence. In many cases, the problem comes down to spreadsheets.