Novo Holdings and the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) have jointly invested €48 million in HealthCap IX, a Swedish life sciences venture fund focused on building innovative companies in areas of high unmet medical need. Following the investment, HealthCap will establish a local presence in Copenhagen at the BioInnovation Institute (BII) to increase […]
Financing led by Bioqube Ventures and Novo Holdings Commit is pioneering a novel approach to activating the complement component of the immune system to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases Its unique bispecific technology (BiCE™) engages the complement system, unleashing its power to selectively kill target cells Spin-out from Aarhus University in Denmark, a world leader […]
BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international non-profit foundation, incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, today announces the launch of the BII & Science Translational Medicine Prize for Innovations in Women´s Health and Gender Medicine. This follows the successful BII & Science Prize for Innovation – which is now in its third year and recognizes and celebrates bold researchers internationally […]
AstraZeneca buys Novo Holdings portfolio company Amolyt in potential $1bn+ deal Novo Holdings A/S and Sofinnova Partners, two leading life sciences investors, made headlines on Thursday when portfolio company Amolyt Pharma entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca at a purchase price of US$800 million upfront and a potential milestone payment of […]
BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international non-profit foundation, incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, today announces that it has accepted a new project into its Bio Studio program to develop a small RNA-based platform technology for treating monogenic diseases caused by reduced protein levels, primarily haploinsufficiency disorders, which constitute a significant unmet medical need. The […]
