Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
CardioRenal, a company specialized in improving treatment at home for patients with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD), has secured funds of EUR 3.3 million ($3.7M) from business angels and longstanding company shareholders (the management) as part of a round of seed capital financing.
Sanofi has launched its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Board, the first-of-its-kind in the pharmaceutical industry to feature outside advisors. Sanofi’s DE&I Board will include three of the most influential voices in the DE&I space as Board members appointed for 3 years: organizational psychologist & best-selling author John Amaechi, award-winning social entrepreneur Caroline Casey, and DE&I pioneer and renowned thought-leader Dr. Rohini Anand.
Vifor Pharma has announced full results from its phase-IIIb DIAMOND trial showing that Veltassa allowed patients to achieve long-term potassium control, reduced the risk of recurrent hyperkalemia and prolonged optimized and guideline recommended renin-angiotensin aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) therapy.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for Priority Review the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Sanofi’s…
Novartis has announced the introduction of a new organizational structure and operating model designed to support the company’s innovation, growth, and productivity ambitions as a focused medicines company in the coming decade.
Vivoryon Therapeutics N.V. has completed a private placement by way of accelerated bookbuilding, placing 2,000,000 registered shares at an offering price of EUR 10.50 per share.
Sanofi has announced that the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has approved the listing prospectus prepared by EUROAPI in connection with the intended listing of its shares on the regulated market of Euronext Paris.
Vivoryon Therapeutics N.V., a clinical stage company focused on discovery and development of small molecule medicines to modulate the activity and stability of pathologically altered proteins, has announced the launch of a private placement by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process to institutional investors offering up to 2,000,000 newly issued registered shares, representing up to approximately 10% of the company’s issued share capital.
The Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management in collaboration with the ULB research institute I3h has launched a new Advanced Master in Biotech & MedTech Ventures. The programme addresses the thriving Belgian and European life sciences’ need for young entrepreneurial talent capable of taking on (C-level) management positions in early-stage Biotech and MedTech companies.
V-Bio Ventures has announced the final closing of its second fund, V-Bio Fund 2, having raised EUR 110 million euro and exceeding its target of EUR 100 million.