PDC line Pharma 

Spin-off of French Blood Bank (EFS, Etablissement Français du Sang)

SAS founded in April 2014 in Grenoble, France

SA founded in June 2016 in Angleur (Liège, Belgium)

Funding

The company has raised 5,6 M€ in equity on the top of 9,3 M€ of non-dilutive money and is raising of a new financing round 2019 for a phase 1 / 2 clinical proof of concept study in lung cancer. PDC*line Pharma won numerous awards, including the first prize of the French start-up competition “Tremplin Entreprises” in the biotech category in 2015, and the first prize of the MATWIN oncology projects competition in the start-up category awarded by international leaders from the pharmaceutical industry and academic research.

Management team

Eric Halioua (MS, MBA),  President & Chief Executive Officer

Laurent Levy (MS, MBA), Cofounder & Chief Operating Officer

Joel Plumas (PhD), Cofounder & Chief Scientific Officer

Claude Dedry (Pharm. D), Vice-President Pharmaceutical Operations & Quality

Board of Directors

Eric Halioua (MS, MBA), President

Laurent Levy (MS, MBA)

Joel Plumas (PhD)

Alain HERRERA (Medical oncologist)

Jean-Paul PRIEELS (PhD)

Joanna TYREKIDIS (MBA)

François Fontaine

Pierre DETRIXHE, Observer

Products

• New class of antigen presenting cell – cancer vaccine
• Based on a proprietary allogeneic cell line of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells (PDC*line)
• Target: clinical Proof of Concept by 2021