XyloCor Therapeutics bags US$17m in Series...LSP and Sofinnova Ventures co-led the financing of the Amsterdam-based gene therapy specialist XyloCor Therapeutics. more ➔
BioFIT: innovation and investorsFor 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. more ➔
Uncommon mutations affect breast cancer pr...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 Communic … more ➔
GSK swallows Tesaro in US$5.1bn dealGlaxoSmithKline 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. more ➔
Argenx in US$1.6bn deal with J&J affi...Janssen affiliate Cilag GmbH International has licenced argenx anti-CD70 antibody cusatuzumab (ARGX-110) for US$300m upfront. more ➔
Driver of GVHD after blood stem cell trans...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. more ➔
Investors pool €27m for new Proteomics t...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 … more ➔
Carbios set to build closed-loop PET plantFrench 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 techn … more ➔
Adrenomed bags €24m in growth financingGerman Adrenomed AG has bagged €24m in equity financing from HBM Healthcare Investments and Wellington Partners. more ➔
Roche targets asthma with inhalable JAK1 b...Researchers at Genentech have locally blocked lung inflammation in a mouse model for asthma by administration of an inhalable JAK1 inhibitor. more ➔
