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BERGENBIO CONFIRMS FIRST COVID19 PATIENT DOSED WITH BEMCENTINIB IN ACCORD TRIAL

Bergen, Norway – 02 June 2020: BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for severe unmet medical need, today announces that dosing has commenced in the UK Government-backed Phase II clinical trial assessing bemcentinib in hospitalised COVID-19 patients. Bemcentinib was selected as the first candidate to be tested as part of the ACcelerating COVID-19... Read more

Immunocore announces dosing of first patient with fourth ImmTAC

IMC-F106C studied for the treatment of advanced cancers that express PRAME (OXFORDSHIRE, England & CONSHOHOCKEN, Penn. & ROCKVILLE, Md., US, 26 May 2020) Immunocore(or the “Company”), a pioneering, clinical-stage T cell receptor biotechnology company working to develop and commercialise a new generation of transformative medicines to address unmet needs in cancer, infection and autoimmune disease, today announces the start of the... Read more

Exscientia raises $60 million in Series C financing round led by Novo Holdings

26th May 2020, Oxford, Copenhagen, and Hamburg – Exscientia, the world leading artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery company, today announced it has raised $60 million in a Series C financing round. The financing round has been led by new investor Novo Holdings with existing investors – Evotec, Bristol Myers Squibb, and GT Healthcare Capital (through its LPs) – participating in the round. Robert Ghenchev, Senior Partner and Head of... Read more

BERGENBIO RAISES NOK500M (€45.4M) VIA AN OVER SUBSCRIBED PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Bergen, Norway, 5 May 2020 – BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for unmet medical need, is pleased to announce that it has raised NOK500m (gross) (€45.4 million) via an over subscribed Private Placement that took place via an accelerated book building process after close of market on 4 May 2020. The Offering was made through the allocation of 13,325,000... Read more

Scancell Holdings – Development of vaccine against COVID-19

24 April 2020 Scancell Holdings plc (“Scancell” or the “Company”) Scancell to initiate development of novel DNA vaccine against COVID-19 Scancell Holdings plc, (AIM:SCLP), the developer of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, announces that it has initiated a research programme to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. The project will be led by Professor Lindy Durrant, Chief Scientific Officer and Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy at the... Read more