Entries by Thomas Gabrielczyk

MSD Secures Option on EVX-B3

Danish Evaxion A/S hat optionally licenced its vaccine EVX-B3.developed with its AI-Immunology™ platform to Merck, Sharp & Dohme. MSD payed UIS$7.5m upfront and offers up to US$592m in milestone payments plus royalties on net sales.

UniQure’s stocks up after AMT-130 trial win

Amsterdam-based UniQure NV’s stocks made a 240% after-hours jump at Nasdaq after the company announced its Huntington gene therapy AMT-130 met the endpoints of a Phase II study and it will apply for marketing authorisation next year. In addition, UniQure entered into a US$175m non-dilutive senior secured term loan facility with Hercules Capital and commenced a US$200m underwritten public offering of its ordinary shares to prepare a BLA in Q1 2026.

Revyve scaling up production by €24m financing

Wageningen-based food-tech scale-up Revyve has raised €24m in a Series B financing, bringing its total capital raised to more than €40 million. The company will use the proceeds to scale up its yeast-based egg replacement to the 1,600 t/a scale.

Roche moves obesity asset CT-388 into Phase III

Swiss Roche AG will advance its injectable obesity lead CT-388 into Phase III studies starting in H1/2026. With combination therapies, the Swiss pharma major aims at becoming obesity company No. 3 by 2030, Roche Pharma CEO Teresa Graham said at Roche’s Pharma Day in London.

Genfit SA discontinues lead programme

Lille-based Genfit SA has discontinued Phase II development of its lead drug candidate VS-01, a liposomal ammonia scavenger designed to prevent organ failure in acute chronic liver failure (ACLF). The company will reprioritise its (preclinical) pipeline, including VS-01, which will be further developed in the area of urea cycle disorder (UCD).

Roche acquires 89bio for US$3.5bn

Roche has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire 89bio and its Phase III candidate pegozafermin, an FGF21 analogue for the treatment of moderate to severe metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). The deal is expected to close in Q4 2025.