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This is where we share our own and our portfolio companies’ press releases as well as relevant Sunstone articles, analyses and SoMe posts.

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MinervaX Commences First Phase 1 Clinical Study of Novel GBS Vaccine in Older Adults

MinervaX ApS, a privately held Danish biotechnology company developing a novel vaccine against Group B Streptococcus (GBS), announces the first phase 1 clinical study in older adults of its novel GBS vaccine, at CEVAC (Centre for Vaccinology) in Ghent, Belgium. GBS is...

Teitur Trophics Raises EUR 28M in Series A Financing to advance the development and treatment for neurodegenerative diseases

Teitur Trophics (“Teitur”), a biotech company dedicated to developing new treatments for patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, today announces the completion of a €28M Series A financing. The financing was co-led by Sunstone Life Science Ventures and...

Ascelia Pharma meets major milestone with patient enrollment completion for Orviglance Phase 3 Study, SPARKLE

Ascelia Pharma AB (publ) (ticker: ACE), a biotech focused on improving the life of people living with rare cancer conditions, today announced the successful completion of the patient enrollment in the company’s pivotal phase 3 clinical study SPARKLE with the lead...

MinervaX appoints Lidia Oostvogels as Chief Medical Officer and provides clinical and regulatory update on its novel GBS vaccine

MinervaX ApS, a privately held Danish biotechnology company developing a novel vaccine against Group B Streptococcus (GBS), today announces the appointment of Lidia Oostvogels as Chief Medical Officer and provides an update on its novel GBS vaccine. Lidia Oostvogels...

Alligator Bioscience Announces Positive Interim Results from Mitazalimab OPTIMIZE-1 Phase 2 Trial in Pancreatic Cancer Exceeding 50% Objective Response Rate

Alligator Bioscience (Nasdaq Stockholm: ATORX) today announces strong interim results from the ongoing OPTIMIZE-1 Phase 2 trial of the company’s lead asset mitazalimab in 1st line metastatic pancreatic cancer. This open-label, multi-center study is assessing the...

Biotech startups in Scandinavia have 460 MEUR at hand – but burn is up – and runway the shortest in 3 years

As the market continues to fluctuate and geopolitical issues continue to impact the economy, it's important to take a closer look at the state of pre-commercial life science companies. At Sunstone, we assisted companies in our portfolio with listings and refinancing,...

Unmet medical needs in cardiovascular sub-populations – an opportunity for VCs?

Unmet medical needs in cardiovascular sub-populations – an opportunity for VCs? For the past 5 months we have had the pleasure of having Philip Brainin as intern at Sunstone Life Science Ventures. Apart from bringing valuable insights to our daily activities, he has...

Why do VC’s not cut losses in time?

Why do VC’s not cut losses in time? A clinical trial is a very expensive experiment for testing a hypothesis, while hoping for a positive outcome. However, if well designed, a negative outcome could increase the potential for a positive outcome in a subsequent trial....

Are some diseases associated with a higher risk of venture capital losses?

Are some diseases associated with a higher risk of venture capital losses? Before summer we posted a study correlating venture capital losses in drug development with the magnitude of funding of clinical trials. We have used two approaches to find losses: 1)...

Do compromises in clinical trials cause Venture Capital losses?

Do compromises in clinical trials cause Venture Capital losses? In 2020 and 2021 Sunstone looked in depth at drug development venture-backed successes to find usable attributes and learn from the past. We have now turned the analysis up-side down and looked at the...

Who is in the driver’s seat of our industry?

A recent analysis from Pharma Intelligence | Informa 2021 highlights the current trends of pipeline products (top panel). We have subsequently surveyed Sunstone’s incoming deal flow for the same period and noted the correlation for the top 3 categories with oncology...

Galecto Announces First Patient Treated in Phase 2a Trial of the Oral LOXL2 Inhibitor GB2064 in Myelofibrosis (the MYLOX-1 Trial)

by Sunstone Life Science Ventures | Aug 19, 2021

Galecto, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLTO), a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel treatments for fibrosis and cancer, today announced the treatment of the first patient in a Phase 2a trial of its oral LOXL2 inhibitor GB2064 in myelofibrosis. Myelofibrosis, a...

Synendos Therapeutics Expands Series A to CHF 24 million with new investment

by Sunstone Life Science Ventures | Apr 20, 2021

Synendos Therapeutics is thrilled to announce an extension to the Series A financing with the addition of Ysios Capital to its syndicate of European investors. Ysios Capital’s contribution brings the total raised to CHF 24 million, following a Series A financing...

Alligator Bioscience and MacroGenics Enter into a Research Collaboration to Develop a Novel Immunotherapy

by Sunstone Life Science Ventures | Apr 16, 2021

Alligator Bioscience (Nasdaq Stockholm: ATORX) today announced that it has entered into a joint research collaboration with MacroGenics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGNX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative monoclonal antibody-based...

Step Pharma Raises EUR35 Million in Series B Financing to Advance First in Class CTPS1 inhibitor into the Clinic in T Cell Malignancies

by Thomas | Mar 24, 2021

Step Pharma, a biotech company developing novel drugs for oncology and autoimmune diseases, today announced the successful closing of a EUR35 million Series B financing. New investors Hadean Ventures and Sunstone Life Science Ventures co-led the round, joining...

Alligator Bioscience appoints Søren Bregenholt as new CEO

by Sunstone Life Science Ventures | Mar 19, 2021

Alligator Bioscience (Nasdaq Stockholm: ATORX) today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Søren Bregenholt, Ph.D. as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), to strengthen Alligator’s business development activities and clinical progress on an...

Ascelia Pharma has carried out a directed new share issue raising SEK 200 million

by Sunstone Life Science Ventures | Mar 18, 2021

Ascelia Pharma AB (publ) (ticker: ACE) (“Ascelia Pharma” or the “Company”) has successfully carried out a directed new share issue of 5,000,000 ordinary shares at a subscription price of SEK 40 per share, subject to the approval of an Extra General Meeting (the...

Zealand Pharma completes registration of capital increase

by Sunstone Life Science Ventures | Feb 1, 2021

Zealand Pharma A/S announces that it has today, as part of completion of a directed issue and private placement (the "Offering"), registered with the Danish Business Authority, the capital increase of DKK 3,600,841, divided into 3,600,841 ordinary shares (the "New...

Alligator Bioscience’s rights issue oversubscribed

by Sunstone Life Science Ventures | Jan 27, 2021

Alligator Bioscience AB (publ) (“Alligator” or the “Company”) has completed the share issue with pre-emption rights for the Company’s shareholders, which was resolved upon by the Board of Directors on December 15, 2020 pursuant to the authorization from the annual...

IO Biotech Completes Oversubscribed EUR 127 Million Series B Financing to Accelerate Clinical Programs in Oncology

by Sunstone Life Science Ventures | Jan 13, 2021

IO Biotech, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, immune- modulating anti-cancer therapies based on its proprietary T-win® technology, announced today that it has raised EUR 127 million in Series B financing. Press inquiries should be adressed...

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