Tag Archive for: biotech

The ‘must-attend’ Healthcare conferences of Q1 & Q2 2023

… And just like that it’s ANOTHER new year! If you are still gathering your thoughts on how best to maximise your time in 2023, allow us to flag some of the most impactful and innovative conferences in Life Sciences. The Optimum team really enjoyed being back in person for the majority of the conferences […]

STORM Therapeutics Expands R&D Leadership Team

Matthew Fyfe joins as Senior Vice President of Therapeutics Beth Thomas promoted to Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry 10 January 2023, Cambridge, UK: STORM Therapeutics Ltd. (STORM), the clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing novel small molecule therapies targeting RNA modifying enzymes (RMEs) for oncology and other diseases, today announces the appointment of Matthew Fyfe […]

Novo Holdings participates in portfolio company Amolyt Pharma’s $138 million financing

Amolyt is developing therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine and related diseases, including AZP-3601 (eneboparatide) for hypoparathyroidism Proceeds will fund the Phase 3 programme for hypoparathyroidism, as well as its growing endocrine pipeline Copenhagen, Denmark – Novo Holdings A/S, a leading international life sciences investor, has announced it has invested in a €130 million (approx. $138 million) […]

Novo Holdings invests in proteomics technology company, Evosep

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — Novo Holdings, a leading international life science investor, today announced a $40m investment in Evosep, the bioscience company leading the standardisation of proteomics for clinical use. The proceeds from the investment by Novo Holdings will be used to advance clinical applications of proteomics enabled by Evosep’s standardised liquid chromatography platform. The new […]

Synaffix Enters License Agreement with Amgen to Build Next Generation ADCs

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 5 January 2023 — Synaffix B.V., a biotechnology company focused on commercializing its clinical-stage platform technology for the development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), today announced the signing of a licensing agreement with Amgen to develop next generation ADCs. Amgen will gain access to Synaffix’s antibody conjugation technology platforms comprising GlycoConnect™, HydraSpace™ and select […]