Tag Archive for: Vaccines

Hot Topic: Lilly’s big investment into vaccines

 ARE vaccines coming in from the cold? That’s the question this week after Eli Lilly splashed out almost $4 billion on three vaccine biotechs, two of which are in the early stage of clinical development. All are developing jabs for or related to infectious diseases. Why’s this a big deal? Because everyone knows that […]

Infinitopes Expands Seed Financing to $35 Million to Accelerate Clinical Development of Precision Cancer Vaccine

Financing co-led by Octopus Ventures and new investor Amplify Bio Company readies its first-in-human clinical trial of ITOP1, a precision cancer vaccine designed to prevent recurrence in oesophageal cancer Oxford, UK – 21 January 2026 – Infinitopes, a clinical-stage cancer vaccine biotechnology company, today announced the successful completion of the second close of its seed […]

Kling Bio Announces Collaboration with Sanofi for Accelerated Discovery of Neutralizing Antibodies

Leverages Kling’s technology to discover hard-to-find, immuno-functional antibodies from immortalized human B cells Accelerating discovery of first-in-class antibodies to transform disease prevention and treatment Amsterdam, NLD – 24 July 2025 – Kling Bio (“Kling” or “the Company”), a biotech company developing antibody-based drugs for cancer and infectious diseases, today announced it has entered into a […]

Sanofi to acquire next-generation vaccine biotech Vicebio for US$1.6 billion

Sanofi will gain access to Molecular Clamp technology that enables development of next-generation multivalent vaccines against respiratory pathogens and beyond Lead asset VXB-241 is a bivalent vaccine targeting Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV), currently in exploratory Phase 1 Upfront payment of US$1.15 billion and milestones up to US$450 million London, UK, 22 […]

Infinitopes Granted Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial Application Approval to Evaluate Precision Vaccine Targeting Early-Stage Oesophageal Cancer

Revolutionary ‘off-the-shelf’ cancer vaccine designed to prevent the recurrence of oesophageal cancer ITOP1 to enter first-in-human Phase I/IIa clinical development in the VISTA study in H1 2025 Multicentre study to be conducted at four university cancer centres, aiming to raise the standard of care by reducing the recurrence of metastases and cancer-related deaths Oxford, UK […]

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