AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shows promise - report

15th Jul 2020 11:42

(Sharecast News) - A Covid-19 vaccine backed by AstraZeneca is producing positive results in initial trials, according to a report.

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Oxford Biomedica swings to loss as licensing revenue falls

6th May 2020 12:52

(Sharecast News) - Gene and cell therapy company Oxford Biomedica reported an improvement in bioprocessing and commercial development revenues to ?47.3m in its preliminary results on Wednesday, from ?40.5m.

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Liberum hikes target price on Oxford Biomedica

28th Apr 2020 11:13

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Liberum hiked their target price on gene and cell therapy company Oxford BioMedica from £8.60 per share to £10.90 on Tuesday, citing demand at its new OxBox manufacturing facility.

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Oxford Biomedica joins Covid-19 vaccine consortium

8th Apr 2020 16:13

(Sharecast News) - Gene and cell therapy company Oxford Biomedica has joined a consortium led by the Jenner Institute at Oxford University, it announced on Wednesday, to rapidly develop, scale-up and manufacture a potential vaccine candidate for Covid-19, called 'ChAdOx1 nCov-19'.

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Novo Holdings pours ?53.5m into Oxford Biomedica

28th May 2019 13:18

(Sharecast News) - Gene and cell therapy company Oxford Biomedica announced on Tuesday that Novo Holdings has agreed to invest up to £53.5m in the group, in return for new ordinary shares representing up to 10.1% of the outstanding shares after the capital increase.

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Friday broker round-up

15th Mar 2019 12:46

(Sharecast News) - Bakkavor Group: Berenberg downgrades to sell with a target price of 105p.

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Oxford Biomedica swings to positive earnings in 2018

14th Mar 2019 14:16

(Sharecast News) - Gene and cell therapy group Oxford Biomedica reported a 72% increase in gross income in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December on Thursday, to £67.9m.

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Oxford Biomedica enters research collaboration with Microsoft

12th Mar 2019 10:10

(Sharecast News) - Gene and cell therapy company Oxford Biomedica has entered into a research and development collaboration with Microsoft Research, it announced on Tuesday, to improve the yield and quality of next-generation gene therapy vectors using the cloud and machine learning.

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Oxford BioMedica forms new digital framework initiative

23rd Nov 2018 10:59

(Sharecast News) - Gene and cell therapy group Oxford BioMedica announced the formation of a new digital framework initiative on Friday, which it said would streamline the production of next-generation medicines.

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First patient successfully dosed with Oxford BioMedica's OXB-102

25th Oct 2018 10:14

(Sharecast News) - Gene and cell therapy group Oxford BioMedica noted on Thursday that its partner, Axovant Sciences - a company developing innovative gene therapies for neurologic and neuromuscular diseases - has announced the successful dosing of the first patient in a clinical study of AXO-Lenti-PD, also known as OXB-102.

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'Transformative year' sees Oxford Biomedica profit from two huge contracts

13th Sep 2018 15:46

(Sharecast News) - Biopharmaceutical company Oxford Biomedica saw its shares rise on Thursday after its first half gross income more than doubled due to two huge contracts.

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Oxford BioMedica's RetinoStat achieves 'favourable safety profile' in tests

10th Oct 2016 14:19

(ShareCast News) - AIM-listed pharmaceutical Oxford BioMedica's RetinoStat, the first ocular lentiviral gene therapy to be administered in humans, demonstrated a "favourable safety profile with no serious adverse events" in its phase one study. Results of the study, which were previously published i

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Oxford Biomedica to raise £8.1m in placing

23rd Feb 2016 12:23

(ShareCast News) - Biopharmaceutical company Oxford Biomedica plans to raise £8.1m in a placing of 128.4m shares at 6.3p with new and existing investors. The placing, which is priced at a 10% discount to the 7p closing price on 22 February, is to provide adequate working capital for the group to con

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Oxford Biomedica signs 'transformational' new contract with Novartis

3rd Nov 2014 11:43

Gene and cell therapy company Oxford Biomedica has signed a 'transformational' new contract with Novartis worth up to $90m over the next three years. The group will pay $14m upfront, including a $4.3m equity subscription for a non-exclusive worldwide development and commercialisation licence in onco

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Friday broker round-up UPDATE

10th Oct 2014 09:42

British American Tobacco: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 3530p to 3250p downgrading to sell. Brown (N) Group: UBS cuts target price from 490p to 445p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Diageo: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 2030p to 1925p and keeps a neutral rating. Dixons

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