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Univercells announces fast-track development of a COVID-19 vaccine with ReiThera and Leukocare

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ReiThera, LEUKOCARE and Univercells announce pan-European consortium for the fast-track development of a single-dose adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccine. Italian ReiThera Srl. (Rome), German LEUKOCARE AG (Munich), and Belgian Univercells S.A. (Brussels), today announced a strategic collaboration for the development and large-scale manufacturing of a novel adenoviral vector-based vaccine against COVID-19. The vaccine candidate is expected to enter[…]

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Univercells in the race for the coronavirus vaccine

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With the novel coronavirus continuing its global spread, drugmakers are pouring massive resources into developing targeted therapies and vaccines. Now, a new CDMO from Belgium’s Univercells is hoping its expertise can help drugmakers scale up their manufacturing for a successful shot. Univercells has launched Exothera, a viral vector CDMO targeting cell and gene therapy and vaccine developers, in a refurbished 15,000-square-meter[…]

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PDC*line Pharma announces the administration of a first patient with its therapeutic cancer vaccine candidate targeting non-small cell lung cancer

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Liège, Belgium and Grenoble, France, March 3, 2020 – PDC*line Pharma, a clinical stage biotech company developing a new class of potent and scalable active immunotherapies for cancers, announces today that the first patient was dosed with its innovative medicinal product candidate PDC*lung01 in a phase I/II trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This patient is under[…]

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Univercells secures up to €50M investment from KKR platform

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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – FEBRUARY 18,2020 — Univercells, an innovative bioprocessing provider focused on increasing the availability of affordable biologics to address global health challenges, has announced up to EUR 50M financing from Gamma Biosciences, a new investment platform supported by leading global investment firm KKR, that is focused on next-generation bioprocessing technologies for the production of advanced[…]

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MaSTherCell is acquired by Catalent for $315 Million

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GOSSELIES, BELGIUM – February 3, 2020 — MaSTherCell S.A., a subsidiary of MaSTherCell Global, Inc., a subsidiary of Orgenesis Inc. (NASDQ: ORGS) a technology-focused cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing partner to leading cell therapy innovators, today announced an agreement to acquire MaSTherCell Global that has been reached between the owners of MaSTherCell Global and Catalent Pharma[…]

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PDC*line Pharma’s recent fund raising is described in the latest issue of Biotech Finances

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Check the latest issue of Biotech Finances to read an interview of PDC*line Pharma’s President & CEO Eric Halioua describing the recent fund raising completed and the perspectives of the company.   Read the full article: https://www.biotech-finances.com/126504-2/ Contact us to get more information:

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Our client PDC*line Pharma raises $22.2M in series B financing round

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Liège, Belgium and Grenoble, France, January 22, 2020 – PDC*line Pharma, a clinical stage biotech company developing a new class of potent and scalable active immunotherapies for cancers, announces today the completion of its Series B round of financing. The company has raised a total of €20 million ($22.2M). Two and a half years after its last round of[…]

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We gave a lecture about clinical trials funding at “Anchoring Clinical Research in Belgium”

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We took part in the event “Anchoring Clinical Research in Belgium” jointly organized by BioWin and flanders.bio in Brussels where we had an interesting debate on funding opportunities for biomedical research and clinical trials development in a sector where Belgium is leading globally. Thank you to Bone Therapeutics, icometrix and Ayming Belgium for sharing the stage.              […]

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Imcyse secures total of €35M in Series B financing round and additional grants

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Proud to have helped Imcyse to fundraise 35M€ to carry out clinical trials of treatments for type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. Please read the article in L’Echo: https://www.lecho.be/entreprises/pharma-biotechnologie/imcyse-se-profile-comme-la-future-pepite-wallonne-de-la-biotech/10137301.html Imcyse secures total of €35M in Series B financing round and additional grants

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Kick-off of the Human Brain Project’s National Hub for Innovation in Belgium: B.R.A.I.N. hub

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B.R.A.I.N. hub (Belgian Research And Innovation in Neurosciences), the second European Human Brain Project’s National Hub for Innovation (HBP-NHI-be), was successfully launched in Belgium thanks to the initiative of Abaxys Therapeutics and our startupstudio.be. Press release: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/86270bb6b0c29cba9301c4907/files/d77b9722-7fd0-4679-9ef4-18cd08f24a6f/BRAINhub_kick_off_press_release_HBP_NHI_be_Mar_2019.pdf?mc_cid=27e3a48b74&mc_eid=6d7be67224

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PDC*line Pharma enters into a licensing agreement with leading Korean pharmaceutical company LG Chem

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New success story for our customer PDC*line Pharma which enters into a licensing agreement with leading Korean pharmaceutical company LG Chem to develop PDC*lung cancer vaccine in Asia. PDC*line Pharma enters into licensing agreement with LG Chem to develop PDC*lung cancer vaccine in Asia

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Univercells receives $12 Million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Our customer Univercells has been awarded a $12 Million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a breakthrough vaccine manufacturing platform. Its aim is to drastically reduce the cost of vaccines whilst increasing their availability and affordability in developing countries. « Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries[…]

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Orgenesis acquires MaSTherCell

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Through a reversible deal, MaSTherCell has been acquired by Orgenesis (a leader in the emerging fields of cellular therapy and re-generative medicine for the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes) in March 2015. MaSTherCell will be responsible for the development and the commercialization of Orgenesis’ product and will also maintain his CDMO core business activity in[…]