Start-Ups & SMEs
While companies such as Eli Lilly and Roche have faced setbacks to their fibroblast activation protein-targeting oncology therapies, Actithera believes its radiopharmaceuticals platform will prove more successful.
Emerging Company Profile: Early-stage biotech Eolo will seek cash and deals for its novel obesity drug SANA after positive Phase I results for weight loss, lean muscle mass preservation and fat mass reduction.
The merger with a fellow Norwegian biotech comes a few months after its lead asset, bemcentinib, bit the dust.
Deal Snapshot: The French drugmaker has been shifting its investments away from cancer to focus on immunology and inflammation but it continues to seek out interesting early-stage oncology assets.
Evaluate’s five-year forecast sees steady growth for big pharma despite recent political turmoil but tougher times ahead for the ‘have nots’ of biotech.
The biotech had been looking at options to survive since May.
Deal Snapshot: The Paris-headquartered company has licensed gusacitinib, which was in development for chronic hand eczema, but Sanofi will pursue a new indication for the dual JAK/SYK inhibitor.
While some are calling for Syncona to be wound up, the UK-based company believes many existing and new investors will back the creation of new private fund.
Oral RNA splicing modulator has gone into a Phase II/III trial
BIO Notebook: MFN Pricing, Next-Gen Obesity R&D, FDA’s Rare Disease Hub & Reaction To Review Program
Highlights from Day 3 of the BIO International Convention include the realities of MFN pricing, AstraZeneca's R&D plans for obesity, the need for resources for FDA's rare disease hub and reactions to the Commissioner's National Priority Review Voucher program.
Wales-based group launches with $140m series A.
Highlights from Day Two of the BIO International Convention include BIO officials raising concerns about Trump Administration policies, the future of ACIP, an interview with BI's head of global business development, and FDA Commissioner Martin Makary's view of the FDA-industry relationship.
BIO Notebook: IPO Window Stays Shut, PRVs Need To Be A Priority, And Focusing On Gene Therapy Safety
Highlights from day one of the BIO convention include advice for firms hoping to go public, a call for companies to push the US Congress on rare disease priority review vouchers, and updates on next-generation gene therapies.
Series B cash will be used to advance its Stargardt disease gene therapy.
The company has moved quickly to wind down operations after its anti-TIGIT pact with GSK collapsed.
New CEO Renée Aguiar-Lucander is marking her mark.
The German biotech has discontinued the oral HDAC inhibitor for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
The German biotech has been forced into insolvency and NASDAQ suspension.
CEO Paul Stoffels exits early to be succeeded by Henry Gosebruch, who will now consider ‘all options’ for the Belgian firm as it tries to claw back investor confidence.
The therapy has been developed for GM1 and GM2 gangliosidoses and Niemann-Pick disease type C.