Tag: Nanobiotix
Company News: akampion’s Clients Featured in Major Trade and Economics Media
akampion has successfully positioned its clients in various international trade and economics media during the last weeks.
Among others, Surgical Process Institute, a provider of all-in-one solutions for surgery-focused clinics, has been introduced in a four-page article in Wirtschaftswoche 47 (Nov. 19, 2012). Wirtschaftswoche is the world’s largest German-language economics magazine with a circulation of >173,000 copies, reaching 0.9 million readers.
bubbles & beyond, which is developing intelligent fluids for a variety of industrial and other applications, has been introduced in a two-page article in brand eins (12/2012), Germany’s most prestigiuos monthly economics magazine (circulation of nearly 110,000 copies).
European Hospital (Vol. 21, Issue 5/12) in November reported on the collaboration of molecular diagnostics company Curetis AG with Heraeus Medical to develop a novel Unyvero(TM) cartridge to detect pathogens and antibiotic resistances in implant and tissue infections (ITT). The same issue is introducing French company Nanobiotix SA which is developing a revolutionary new approach for cancer radiotherapy. The company went public in France earlier this month. European Hospital has a circulation of 30,000 copies and is read widely across Europe (majority of copies sold in Germany, UK, France, Russia, Spain, Italy) – mostly by hospital managers and chief physicians.
L’Agefi, Switzerland’s leading business and financial newspaper (readership: 115,000), on November 7 reported on the start of a European Phase IIb trial of the company’s birch pollen allergy vaccine. The news was also picked up by BioWorld and BioCentury.
Company News: Nanobiotix and Thomas Jefferson University Start Research Collaboration
– Nanomedicine and Medical Education leaders are joining their forces in the United States to accelerate the development of NanoXray –
Nanobiotix, a company developing novel cancer nanotherapeutics and Thomas Jefferson University, one of Philadelphia’s premier medical and health sciences universities, today announced that they have entered into a research collaboration to accelerate the development of Nanobiotix’ lead compound NBTXR3 in the US.
Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, Nanobiotix will fund a 2-year preclinical research program, which will be directed by Bo Lu, MD, Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Jefferson and Director of the department’s Division of Molecular Radiation Biology. The goal of the program is to study the therapeutic efficacy of NBTXR3, the lead product of Nanobiotix´ NanoXray pipeline.
NBTXR3, a nanoparticle consisting of hafnium oxide crystals, aims to enhance the local destruction of the tumor mass during radiotherapy. It accumulates in the cancer cells and, upon radiation, emits huge amounts of electrons leading to the formation of free radicals. These, in turn, damage the cancer cells and cause their targeted destruction. As a result, the destructive power of standard radiation therapy is locally and selectively enhanced within the tumor cells.
NBTXR3 has been classified in the EU as class III medical device and is currently being tested in a European Phase I trial to establish feasibility and safety of NBTXR3 in patients with soft tissue sarcoma. Preliminary data are expected by the end of 2012. Further clinical trials are in preparation in Europe and in the US, where NBTXR3 is classified as a drug.
Company News: Nanobiotix Appoints Bernd Muehlenweg as a Member of the Executive Board
Nanobiotix has appointed Dr. Bernd Muehlenweg, currently Head of Business Development, as a member of the Executive Board in support of the future growth of Nanobiotix.
Bernd Muehlenweg joined Nanobiotix in 2011 as Head of Business Development. From 2001 to 2011, he had been Director Business Development of oncology company WILEX AG (Munich, Germany), where he played a key role in the negotiation and execution of several license and commercialization agreements with pharma companies and in alliance management. He is a member of the Pharma Licensing Club of Germany (Pharmalizenzclub) and of the Pharma Licensing Club of France.
Keeping an Eye on … Nanobiotix
French nanomedicine company Nanobiotix is featured in a one-page article by Susanne Kutter in this week’s Wirtschaftswoche. The article (not yet online) features the technology by Nanobiotix and its NBTXR3 compound which has been developed to enhance the local destruction of tumor mass during radiotherapy.
NBTXR3 is a nanoparticle consisting of hafnium oxide crystals. Once injected into the tumor, NBTXR3 accumulates in the cancer cells. Due to the physical properties of hafnium oxide, the particles emit huge amounts of electrons upon radiation. This leads to the formation of radicals within the tumor cell, which in turn damage the cancer cells and cause their targeted destruction. NBTXR3 particles are inert and emit electrons only during their exposure to radiotherapy. As a result, the destructive power of standard radiation therapy could be locally and selectively enhanced within the tumor cells.
In September, the company started a clinical trial of the compound which is regulated in the EU as a medical device.