Oculis Strengthens Leading Ophthalmology Pipeline by InLicensing Neuroprotective Drug Candidate for Glaucoma from Accure Therapeutics

First-in-class peptidomimetic with distinct MoA activating trophic signaling pathways to protect and prevent damage to the optic nerve and retina Potential to be disease modifying in lead indications such as glaucoma, geographic atrophy, acute optic neuritis (AON) and other optic neuropathies Proof of concept (PoC) clinical trial in progress for AON with results due 2H23 Agreement supports Oculis’s mission to become a global ophthalmology leader bringing breakthrough innovations to the…

ONA Therapeutics Appoints Dr Michel Detheux as Independent Chair to Board of Directors

Seasoned biotech executive with a wealth of experience and a track-record of strategic alliances in the immuno-oncology space Barcelona, Spain, 2 December 2021: ONA Therapeutics (“ONA”), which is focused on the discovery and development of therapeutic biologics targeting lipid metabolism to treat advanced cancer, today announces the appointment of Dr Michel Detheux as Independent Chair to its Board of Directors. Dr Michel Detheux is a veteran biotech executive with 25…

Vifor Pharma adquirirá Sanifit para reforzar su cartera de productos en fase avanzada en nefrología

  Vifor Pharma adquirirá Sanifit, una compañía biofarmacéutica cardio-renal en fase clínica centrada en tratamientos para trastornos de calcificación vascular progresiva, complementando y reforzando la creciente cartera de nefrología del Grupo Sanifit, con sede en Palma (España) ha contado con el respaldo de fondos internacionales entre los que se encuentran los fondos españoles Caixa Capital Risc, Ysios Capital, Alta Life Sciences, Columbus Venture Partners, Healthequity así como Innvierte del CDTI…

Vifor Pharma to acquire Sanifit to further strengthen late-stage pipeline in nephrology

  Vifor Pharma to acquire Sanifit, a clinical-stage cardio-renal biopharmaceutical company focused on treatments for progressive vascular calcification disorders, complementing and strengthening the Group’s growing nephrology portfolio Sanifit’s lead compound, SNF472 is a novel, first-in-class inhibitor of vascular calcification in phase 3, developed for the treatment of calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) in patients with end-stage kidney disease Purchase price includes an upfront payment of EUR…

ONA Therapeutics Strengthens Scientific Leadership Team

Industry veteran in oncology antibody discovery & development Dr Haijun Sun appointed Chief Scientific Officer Expansion of the Scientific Advisory Board with appointments of leading experts in preclinical, translational and clinical drug development Barcelona, Spain, 21 October 2021: ONA Therapeutics (“ONA”), which is focused on the discovery and development of therapeutic biologics targeting lipid metabolism in order to treat advanced cancer, announces today the appointment of Dr Haijun Sun as…

Mediktor raises €11m round for its AI- triage and pre-diagnosis medical assistant

Barcelona October 4th, 2021. Mediktor – the Spanish healthtech company which provides a sophisticated pre-diagnosis medical assistant – announced that it has raised a €11 million financing round to keep on improving their elaborate technology and expand their international presence. The round was led by European healthtech growth capital investor MTIP. Existing investor Alta Life Sciences participated as well. Mediktor has developed a medical assistant that is based on Artificial…

DeepUll Appoints Richard Ivey to its Board of Directors

Diagnostics industry veteran with forty years’ experience to support DeepUll in its continued development of its early sepsis identification system BARCELONA, Spain – October 4 2021 – DeepUll, a medical diagnostics company developing culture-free, affordable diagnostic solutions for the early identification of sepsis and other acute infections, announces today that it has appointed Richard (“Rick”) Ivey as a non-executive director. With four decades of senior leadership experience in the diagnostics…