Wilex AG is taking the unusual step of canceling a planned interim analysis of data from a pivotal Phase III trial of its clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) drug Rencarex (girentuximab) and seeking permission from European and U.S. drug regulators to complete a final data analysis based on an amended protocol.
CureVac GmbH entered a five-way, $33.1 million research collaboration to develop mRNA-based vaccines against undisclosed infectious disease pathogens, using its RNActive technology.
Affiris AG raised €25 million (US$34 million) in new equity funding and could land another €30 million from the same investors, to take forward its pipeline of clinical and preclinical peptide-based therapeutic vaccine candidates, which are in development for a range of neurodegenerative, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
DUBLIN, Ireland – Genable Technologies Ltd. raised €5 million (US$6.8) million in a Series B financing round to take forward a mutation-independent gene therapy approach for treating an autosomal-dominant form of retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
CureVac GmbH entered a five-way, $33.1 million research collaboration to develop mRNA-based vaccines against undisclosed infectious disease pathogens, using its RNActive technology.
DUBLIN, Ireland - Genable Technologies Ltd. raised €5 million (US$6.8) million in a Series B financing round to take forward a mutation-independent gene therapy approach for treating an autosomal-dominant form of retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
Affiris AG raised €25 million (US$34 million) in new equity funding and could land another €30 million from the same investors, to take forward its pipeline of clinical and preclinical peptide-based therapeutic vaccine candidates, which are in development for a range of neurodegenerative, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
DUSSELDORF, Germany – BIO-Europe Fall 2011 entered its final day as Europe's financial system teetered on the brink – yet again – following Greece's shock decision to put its recently agreed bailout package to a popular vote. Although the issues facing Europe's biotechnology industry seem pretty minor in comparison, a definite sense of gloom has pervaded many of the discussions here at BIO-Europe.
Transgene SA became the latest contender to jump on board the interferon-free bandwagon in hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy, as it unveiled interim data from a 153-patient Phase II trial of its therapeutic vaccine TG-4040, which indicated that the vaccine, when administered in combination with the standard therapy of pegylated interferon alpha plus ribavirin (PEG/Riba) was twice as effective in eliciting a complete early virologic response (cEVR) as standard therapy alone.Transgene is now seeking a series of nonexclusive partnerships to enable it to test TG-4040 in a variety of inte
Shares in Ablynx NV fell more than 18 percent Friday after Pfizer Inc. terminated an alliance on the development of nanobodies targeting tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha).
