British drugmaker AstraZeneca (AZ) has missed another opportunity to secure a share in the lucrative immunoncology market: a Phase III trial combining durvalumab with tremelimumab missed the survival endpoint.
LSP and Sofinnova Ventures co-led the financing of the Amsterdam-based gene therapy specialist XyloCor Therapeutics.
For two days, Lille was the place to be for partnering in early stage innovation. On December 5th, Europe’s leading tech transfer event BioFIT wrapped up, recording a record number of participants.
Uncommon mutations in three genes in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer have a negative impact on disease prognosis reports a team of British and Australian researchers in Nature Communications.
GlaxoSmithKline said it will pay $75 per share in cash to take over US oncology player Tesaro, whose FDA-approved DNA repair blocker nirparib (Zejula) made only US$166m in sales in Q1-3/2018.
Janssen affiliate Cilag GmbH International has licenced argenx anti-CD70 antibody cusatuzumab (ARGX-110) for US$300m upfront.
Swiss, French and German researchers have unraveled a molecular pathway that might be useful to prevent Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD) in leukemic recipients of blood stem cell transplants.
UK-based biotech startup Fluidic Analytics has raised €27m for its proteomics platform. The financing round was led by Draper Esprit, with participation from Delin Ventures, BGF, IQ Capital, and Amadeus Capital Partners.
French Carbios SA has signed a letter of intent with PVC giant Kem One to implement a demonstration plant to provide proof of concept of Carbios groundbreaking enzymatic PET depolymerisation technology.
German Adrenomed AG has bagged €24m in equity financing from HBM Healthcare Investments and Wellington Partners.