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NH TherAguix Appoints Jean-Philippe DEL as Chief Finance Officer
NH TherAguix appoints Vincent Carrère as CEO – Géraldine Le Duc (co-founder) becomes COO/CSO and member of the Board.
December – Ph.D defence of Désirée Tannous (CIFRE IGR-NHT) and of Clara Diaz (collaboration Montpellier University)
October – Thesis defense of Dr. Paul Rocchi as the first NHT-funded PhD student
September – Recruitment of Olivier de Beaumont as Chief Medical Officer.
March – First patient enrolled in clinical trial Nano-GBM targeting glioblastoma with institut Jean PERRIN in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
January – Obtainment of the ODD from the EMA for the treatment of pancreatic cancer with AGuIX®
December – Obtainment of the ODD from the EMA for the treatment of glioblastoma with AGuIX®
October – First patients enrolled in NanoBrainMets and NanoSmart clinical trials at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, Boston (USA)
October – Prize Ernst & Young: “Entrepreneur de l’année, prix spécial du jury”.
Production of the fourth batch of human injectable drug manufactured by SANOFI/CARBOGEN AMCIS
May – Obtainment of the ODD from the US FDA for the treatment of glioblastoma with AGuIX®
April – Second publication about the First-In-Human trial NANORAD in Radiotherapy & Oncology
February – Obtainment of the ODD from the US FDA for the treatment of pancreatic cancer with AGuIX®
Internalization of MRI Data analysis knowledge and know how (arrival of Fabien Boux as MRI Engineer and support from Yannick Crémillieux as MRI expert)
Arrival of Michel Julien as Head of Chemistry Manufacturing and Control
Leverage of €6M of non dilutive funds performed including bank loans, BPI subsidies and academic grant (NIH, ANR)
Second patent with Harvard Medical School (MRI-Linac) and Grant NIH $3M related to the collaboration with Harvard Medical School
October – Investigational New Drug (IND) becomes active
Publication on the radiosensitization mechanism of AGuIX®
First publication about the First-In-Human trial NANORAD in Science Advances
Production of the third batch of human injectable drug manufactured by SANOFI/CARBOGEN AMCIS
Structuration of the Clinical Development unit – Recruitment of Markus Loeffler as Chief Medical Officer and Khalide Seddik as Clinical Operations Responsible
Final report of NANORAD Phase 1 clinical trial and start of NANORAD 2 multicentric Phase 2 clinical trial
Creation of Administrative & Financial unit (arrival of Caroline Cayre and Florence Cruz)
Appointment of Hervé Brailly as Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Series A funding (13M€) – BPI Innobio2, Arbevel, Omnes, Supernova
Prize Galien (MedStartUp) (New York) – Third prize for the “Best collaboration in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry in 2019” related to the collaboration with Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Prize IMPI awarded to ILM – Fennec Team (Olivier Tillement)
Review article on AGuIX® by François Lux et al. in The British Journal of Radiology
Production of the second batch of human injectable drug manufactured by CARBOGEN AMCIS
Prize “Business with Attitude” awarded to Géraldine Le Duc CEO (Entreprenariat féminin, Figaro Madame)
Start of NANOCOL Phase 1 clinical trial on cervical cancer at Institut Gustave Roussy
Research collaboration with Institut Gustave Roussy
Creation of Chemistry Manufacturing and Control unit (arrival of Tristan Doussineau) and beginning of partnership with SANOFI for API manufacturing
First Patent with Harvard Medical School
First-in-human injection of AGuIX® in the frame of NANORAD Phase 1 clinical trial on brain metastases at CHU Grenoble Alpes
Prize R2B Onco Cancéropole Lyon
Prizes « Tremplin Entreprises » Sénat -ESSEC & « Coup de Cœur » France Biotech
Research collaboration with Institut Lumière Matière
2015/2016 Inception of NHT by four co-founders Géraldine Le Duc, Olivier Tillement, François Lux, Sandrine Dufort
Production of the first batch of human injectable drug manufactured by CARBOGEN AMCIS
Princeps patent on AGuIX®
Design of a new optimized structure: the ultrasmall AGuIX nanoparticle
2005-2010: First demonstration of the radiosensitizing effect of gadolinium-based nanoconstructs
First radiosensitization studies on molecular and nanoparticular compounds containing high-Z elements