CatalYm Appoints Industry Leader Dr. Phil L’Huillier as Chief Executive Officer
Munich, Germany, May 4, 2021 – CatalYm GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel cancer immunotherapies, today announced the appointment of Dr. Phil L’Huillier as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective May 17, 2021. Dr. Phil L’Huillier brings over two...
BGV Announces New Investment with i2020 Accelerator and Orbimed in Neurology-focused Therapeutics
Naarden, The Netherlands, 22 April 2021. - BioGeneration Ventures (BGV), together with i2020, an accelerator program backed by the San Diego-based venture company Torrey Pines Investment, and OrbiMed have announced a new startup investment in Brenig Therapeutics, a...
Azafaros enters clinical stage with AZ-3102, an oral small molecule being developed for rare neurogenetic disorders
Phase 1 clinical study investigates safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic effects of first-in-class azasugar AZ-3102 in healthy subjects AZ-3102 is being initially developed for the treatment of patients suffering from GM1 and GM2...
How large pharma impacts biotechnology startup success – Nature Biotechnology
BGV's Daniela Couto and Gina Melcher von Dydiowa together with Sander van Deventer of Forbion published an article in Nature Biotechnology on pharma involvement in biotech startup success. Click on this link to read the whole article. Abstract: Many novel therapeutic...
Scenic Biotech Appoints Dr. Philippe Dro as Independent Chairman
Philippe Dro brings entrepreneurial expertise and biotech, medtech and pharma industry experience Successful serial entrepreneur with track record of growing companies, notably for Themis and Glycovaxyn Joins at a key juncture in Scenic Biotech’s strategic growth,...
CatalYm Starts First-in-Human Phase I Clinical Trial with GDF-15 Neutralizing Antibody CTL-002 to Treat Patients with Checkpoint-Inhibitor Refractory Cancer
Munich, Germany, January 28, 2021 — CatalYm GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel cancer immunotherapies, announced today the start of clinical development of CTL-002, its proprietary GDF-15 neutralizing antibody designed to enhance effector T cell entry...
VarmX appoints Dr. Gerard Short as Chief Medical Officer
Leiden, The Netherlands, 27 January 2021 - VarmX, a biotech company focusing on the development of innovative approaches for the reversal of anticoagulation, today announces the appointment of Dr. Gerard Short, MBBS, as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). As CMO, Dr. Short...
Positive Phase 2b ICONA interim results for icosabutate in NASH patients
Icosabutate demonstrates potent anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic and antioxidant properties, and shows improvement in cardio-metabolic risk profile Interim readout based on the first 90 patients treated for 16 weeksOnce-daily oral icosabutate showed dose-dependent,...
BioGeneration Ventures BGV IV fund closes at €140 million
BGV now one of the largest biotech investors in early stage ventures and company creation in Europe BGV IV includes new investors Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Holdings, joining existing investors Bristol Myers Squibb, European Investment Fund, Industriens Pension,...
Cristal Therapeutics and Intravacc Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Novel Vaccine Platforms
First joint CriVac® vaccine candidate to target receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 Evaluation of Cristal’s CliCr® and Intravacc’s OMV technology Bilthoven and Maastricht, The Netherlands, 6 January 2021 – Intravacc, one of the leading translational research and...