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Genentech’s new partner Affimed NV has halted two blood cancer programmes with its tetravalent bispecific T cell engager AFM11 after a death and two cases of severe neurotoxicity occured in Phase I trails.
The Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI2) has launched a new Antimicrobial Resistance Accelerator Programme following on the heels of its outgoing NewDrugs4BadBugs programme.
Oxford-based immunoncology player Sitryx Therapeutics Ltd. (Oxford, U.K.) has bagged $30m in a Series A financing round led by SV Health Investors and new investor Sofinnova Partners. Longwood Fund and GlaxoSmithKline plc participated in this financing.
British gene therapy developer Orchard Therapeutics will go IPO on Nasdaq, according to SEC filings. The company plans to raise $172.5m as ADS in an IPO underwritten by J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Cowen and Wedbush PacGrow to balance its costs, which rose from US$13m to US$138m this year. Financial markets are expected to react positively.
Diagnostics company sphingotec GmbH successfully closed a €20m growth equity financing round led by international specialist investors HBM Healthcare Investments, HBM BioCapital II LP (HBM) and Wellington Partners.
Researchers at at VHIO in Barcelona, Spain, and Roche in Schlieren have presented a bi-specific antibody that prevents the side effects of HER2-targeting compounds.
Medigene is developing the next generation of effective TCR cell therapies aimed at establishing better control over cancer at reasonable production cost.
Roughly 150 life science professionals met at the 5th Biotech Days to discuss the latest progress in bioprocess intensification.
Life Sciences venture capitalist Forbion has closed its new flagship fund, Forbion IV, at €360m, €90m above its original target of €250m.