Entries by Michael Kuhrt

Matthew Call joins Iteos as COO

Iteos Therapeutics SA, a privately-held biotechnology company developing novel cancer immunotherapies, last week announced the appointment of Matthew Call as its Chief Operating Officer. Matthew will also be responsible for business development.

Immunic appoints Sanjay S. Patel as CFO

Immunic, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing potentially best-in-class, oral therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced the appointment of Sanjay S. Patel, CFA, as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 15, 2019. Mr. Patel replaces Tamara A. Seymour, who has served as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since April 26, 2019.

We need predictive safety biomarkers

Every year, drug developers lose billions of euros because of late-stage clinical or postmarking safety problems with drugs. A recently kicked-off IMI consortium now wants to qualify a set of safety biomarkers that allow for the prediction of drug-induced injury of kidney, liver, vasculature, CNS, and pancreas. European Biotechnology spoke with Dr Michael Merz, the coordinator of the TransBioLine Project, and consortium member Prof Dr Stefan Wnendt about the plans and impact of the project.

IP Flash: Patent Ineligibility

By Ute Kilger, Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trade Mark Attorney, Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB
The US Supreme Court has mutilated US Patent law with the law of nature doctrine created from the decisions Mayo v. Prometheus and AMP v. Myriad Genetics. Since then, the US-PTO has implemented guidelines, and the highest patent court in the US, the CAFC, has issued numerous decisions applying these Supreme Court decisions, making it hard or impossible to obtain useful patent protection and/or enforce it, in particular for inventions directed to diagnostic methods, or directed to naturally occurring substances.

Harpreet Singh becomes CEO of Immatics

Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical Company active in the discovery and development of T-cell redirecting cancer immunotherapies, today announced that Harpreet Singh has been appointed the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Jens-Peter Marschner joins Zelluna

Zelluna Immunotherapy, a biotechnology company specializing in T-cell receptor (TCR) immunotherapies, announced the appointment of Jens-Peter Marschner as chief medical officer (CMO) at the end of June.

Teckro Expands Leadership Team

Teckro today announced five significant appointments to its leadership team. The hires follow Teckro’s Series C funding announcement in February, featuring investment from major US venture capital firms. To date, Teckro has raised $43 million.