Entries by Maren Kühr

Abivax appoints new CMO

France-based Abivax SA announced the appointment of Sheldon Sloan, M.D., M. Bioethics, as its new Chief Medical Officer. He will assume the new role in the beginning of March.

BioSenic strengthens scientific team with new CSO

Dr Carole Nicco took up her position as CSO of Belgium-based BioSenic in mid-January. Nicco will oversee the development of BioSenic’s cell therapy and autoimmune disease platform pipeline and be responsible for R&D programmes.

Have biotech stocks bottomed out?

Biotechnology was dramatically rewarded in the financial markets through much of 2020 and the first half of 2021, widely credited for providing the COVID-19 vaccines. This followed four already exceptional years in the financial markets, with the Nasdaq Biotech Index (NBI) hitting its all-time high of 5449.32 on 30 August 2021.

Why we need the switch from oil to biotech now

Our species – modern humans, or homo sapiens sapiens – has ever striven for progress. And progress was greatly enabled by fire, a fundamental chemical phenomenon that allows the fast release of large amounts of energy.

AMR joint venture Aurobac appoints CEO

Aurobac Therapeutics has appointed Florence Séjourné as CEO. The French company is a joint venture, founded by Boehringer Ingelheim, Evotec and bioMérieux and focuses on combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Bioxodes with management changes

Bioxodes SA,based in Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium, has appointed Marc Dechamps as its new CEO. Company founder, Edmond Godfroid, will take up the post of Chief Operations Officer (COO) alongside his existing responsibilities as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).