Clavis Pharma gets €21m for anti-cancer pipeline

19.01.12 Oslo – The north lights up with financial flares. Norwegian cancer specialist Clavis Pharma ASA has raised €21m through a placement of new shares. The 2.8 million shares represent approximately 9.4% of the current stock in the... more

Norwegian BergenBio gets Series A financing for cancer candidate

11.01.12 Bergen – BerGenBio A/S announced it has completed an €6.9m Series A financing round. The money will be spent in taking their lead compound BGB324 into clinical trials and to develop a companion diagnostic. The lead investors are... more

DeCode is back in business

13.12.11 Reykjavik – Iceland’s deCODE Genetics, which Arch Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners lifted out of bankruptcy in January 2010, has been making a comeback of late. In mid-October, the genome analyser announced it had... more

Alpharadin proof

01.10.11 Oslo/Leverkusen – Norwegian radiotherapy specialist Algeta ASA and German drugmaker Bayer have presented new data on their cancer drug alpharadin. The radium-223-chloride pharmaceutical showed an increased overall survival rate... more

Pronova opens up Japanese market

30.09.11 Lysaker/Osaka - Pronova Biopharma SA is set on entering the Japanese market with its TAK-085 (omega-3-acid ethyl esters 90) for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Pronova's partner Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited submitted a... more