Entries by Uta Mommert

New CEO for Valo Therapeutics

Valo Therapeutics Limited, a cancer immunotherapy company developing neoantigen-coated oncolytic viruses as therapeutic vaccines has appointed Michael Stein to Chief Executive Officer. Stein already served as part-time co-Chairman since the […]

Double win for Novartis

It was a good day for Novartis: A second drug with huge selling potential has been approved for the US market. The FDA gave the go ahead for breast cancer […]

Healthy figures from Spain

At BioEquity 2019, Spanish Bioindustry Association ASEBIO has given a sneak peek into its 2018 Annual Report, that each year describes the news and trends from the Spanish Biotech Sector.

Oxford Nanopore wins over Amgen

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has impressed Amgen with its genetic sequencing technology. The US biopharma major has invested £50m in the Oxford-based company.

French Acticor Biotech raises €15.3m

In a Series B financing round, INSERM spin-off Acticor Biotech has raised €15.3m from European and Asian investors. The new financing will go towards the launch off the first Phase II […]

HiFiBiO bags immuno-oncology specialist H-Immune

Multinational biotherapeutics company HiFiBiO Therapeutics announced that it has taken over early stage biotech H-Immune Therapeutics. With the acquisition of the French Atomic Energy Commission spin-out, HiFiBiO aims to strengthen […]

Getting ready for Brexit

As UK’s departure from the EU is fast approaching, stakeholders are preparing for the disruption a hard Brexit might cause. While EMA is scaling back activities, pharma companies are stockpiling […]

ReViral raises US$55m

Antiviral drug discovery company ReViral announced the successful completion of a of a US$55m Series B financing. The funding will go toward clinical studies for its respiratory tract infection treatment.