Minoryx bags €21.3m Series B financing
Barcelona-based Minoryx Therapeutics announced during BIOSPAIN 2018 it has raised another €21.3m in a Series B financing bringing its assets to a total of €50M.
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PD-1+ T cells trigger pulmonary fibrosis
A team of researchers from the US and the UK have found that CD4-positive T cells harboring the PD-1 immune checkpoint protein can promote excessive connective tissue formation in lung cells.
Roche’s Tecentriq prolongs OS in SCLC
Cancer immunotherapy has been heralded as paradigm change in cancer treatment. Now, Roche’s US arm Genentech announced that the company’s anti-PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq) improved survival by only two months as first-line treatment for patients with the rare lung cancer SCLC.
CRISPR-gene drive safely kills mosquitos
A new gene drive can cause the complete collapse of caged malaria-carrying mosquito populations, researchers from Imperial College report in Nature Biotechnology.
ROBOX makes storable CYPs
CYPs have a number of disadvantages, including low stability or inactivity. The Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib), together with an consortium within the EU-project ROBOX, created lyophilised CYP biocatalysts that have proven to be very promising for a variety of industrial applications for the pharma, flavour and fragrance, and material science industries.
Managing complexity to bring drugs to clinic faster
Integrating the disparate stages of drug development is the most time and cost-efficient way of turning a promising candidate compound into a pharmaceutical product. A CDMO that offers coordinated end-to-end services simplifies oversight.
CHMP with new Chair – 13 meds recommended
The CHMP elected Harald Enzmann as its new Chair on Friday, and recommended thirteen medicines for approval, three thereof orphan medicines.
European biotech companies enter IPO prep course
European stock exchange operator Euronext kicked off its fourth annual capital markets training programme for non-listed companies – this time also including companies from Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland.
Novo Nordisk reveals details about its R&D transformation
Novo Nordisk A/S (NOVOB:DC) said it plans to restructure its entire Research & Development (R&D) organization. Consequently, the company will lay off 400 employees from R&D roles in Denmark and China.
Pharming receives complete response letter from FDA
The FDA has requested additional clincal data demonstrating that Pharming Group’s recombinant C1 esterase blocker Ruconest can prevent hereditary angioedema attacks (HAE).