Hookipa Pharma files for US-$86m IPO
US-Austrian arenavirus-based cancer and infectious diseases specialist Hookipa has has filed a prospectus for an US$86M Nasdaq IPO.
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SPC manufacturing waivers: A blow to innovation?
The EU’s Big Pharma companies have sharply criticised the European Parliament’s Legal Committee JURI backing of an amended proposal of the European Commission (EC) to introduce a supplementary protection certificates (SPC) manufacturing waiver. Under the waiver, EU-based biosimilar and generics makers would be allowed to export copycat drugs during the SPC period that adds five years of additional IP protection to the 20 years of patent duration.
New approach to treat eye cancer
A research team from Germany and Mexico has successfully targeted uveal melanoma (UM), the most common type of eye cancer.
Pfizer buys stake in liver gene therapy player Vivet
Pfizer Inc has paid €45m upfront to French gene therapy specalist Vivet Therapeutics in a licence option deal for Vivet’s preclinical Wilson disease candidate VTX-801.
Sotio on track for 2nd Phase III trial
After positive preliminary results of Sotio’s SOV02 trial in ovarian cancer had been presented last year, the final analysis confirmed the survival benefits. The Czech biotech company now plans to initiate a global Phase III study with its autologous cell-based immunotherapy also in this indication.
AMR Conference in Berlin: Call for better incentives
More than 330 experts joined the 2-day AMR Conference 2019 in Berlin. They called for rapid capital investments and economic incentives in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Biomarker can exclude acute kidney injury
Researchers target neuroblastoma with ALK-ADC
Researchers at Celldex Therapeutics, Inc and Nerviano Medical Science Srl report elimination of the most common childhood cancer by an ADC in xenografted mice expressing either wild-type or mutated ALK.
AMR: Germany set to invest €39m into CARB-X
Global antibacterial innovation network CARB-X announced during an AMR business conference in Berlin that Germany has joined the CARB-X partnership.
Financing AMR innovation discussed globally
Financing of AMR innovation is shifting gears in early 2019. US AMR accelerator CARB-X has expanded its global reach, the Novo REPAIR impact fund reflects on their first and upcoming investments, and the British Government is underway to take first steps for a pull mechanism this year. During the Novel Antimicrobials and AMR Diagnostics conference in mid-March in Berlin, 300 international AMR experts will discuss the status quo.