Tag Archive for: immuno-oncology

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UK biotech Mestag Therapeutics has raised $40 million and appointed veteran drug developers Lindsey Rolfe as chief medical officer and Pascal Merchiers as chief development officer, as the company prepares to start its first clinical trial in cancer in mid-2026. The new financing brings total capital committed to the Cambridge-based company to more than $95 million, following its $11 million launch round in April 2021 and a seed extension that took total seed financing to $45 million in August 2021.

Lyon-based Ventuno Biotech secures fresh backing to accelerate its preclinical pipeline of first-in-class immuno-oncology assets.

Swedish immunoncology specialist Anocca AB has raised SEK440m (€38.36m) ahead of enrolling pancreatic cancer patients in a Phase I umbrella trial evaluating the safety of its T-cell receptor-engineered T cell (TCR-T) programmes ANOC-001, ANOC-002 and ANOC-003.

The Strasbourg-based biotech company Transgene and the Berlin-based CDMO ProBioGen have entered into a licensing agreement to collaboratively advance the development of individualised cancer vaccines.

Peter Llewellyn-Davies, CEO of Apeiron Biologics and co-founder of the Austrian Biotech Association (right) with Dr Romana Gugenberger as Chief Medical & Scientific Officer (CMSO) and Dr Andreas Gerber,, Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2021. @ Apeiron Biologics AG

Austrian Apeiron Biologics goes to Ligand Pharmaceuticals for US$100m.