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Themis raises EUR 40 Million in Series D financing round backed by US/EU consortium

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Themis announced today the closing of a Series D financing round totaling EUR 40 million (USD 44 million). The proceeds from this Series D round will be used to accelerate the company’s pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial program for its Chikungunya vaccine and to support further expansion into oncology indications using its proprietary measles vaccine vector platform. Concurrent with the financing, Dr. Walter Stockinger, Managing Partner at Hadean Ventures, will join Themis’ Supervisory Board. 

Adrenomed Supervisory Board appoints Jens Schneider-Mergener as CEO & Jens Zimmermann (CMO) joins the Executive Board

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Adrenomed announced today that its Supervisory Board has appointed two new members of the Executive Board. Dr. Jens Schneider-Mergener is CEO effective August 1, 2019 and Dr. Jens Zimmerman (CMO) joined the Executive Board effective July 1, 2019. Dr. Schneider-Mergener will succeed Dr. Gerald Möller, who is designated to join Adrenomed’s Supervisory Board. Dr. Schneider-Mergener brings more than 25 years of experience in the biotechnology industry, with a proven track record of successfully transforming a research-stage biotech business into a fully-integrated pharmaceutical company. 

Immatics and Celgene enter strategic collaboration to develop novel adoptive cell therapies

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Immatics and Celgene have entered into a strategic collaboration and option agreement to develop novel adoptive cell therapies targeting multiple cancers. Immatics may develop T-Cell Receptor Engineered T-cell Therapy (TCR-T) programs against solid tumor targets discovered with Immatics’ XPRESIDENT® technology. Programs would utilize proprietary T-Cell Receptors (TCRs) identified by Immatics’ XCEPTOR® TCR discovery and engineering platform. If Immatics develops programs against the TCR-T targets, Immatics will be responsible for the development and validation of these programs through lead candidate stage, at which time Celgene may exercise opt-in rights and assume sole responsibility for further worldwide development, manufacturing and commercialization of the TCR-T-cell therapies. 

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  4. Immatics appoints Harpreet Singh as Chief Executive Officer
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