British Diagnostics Biotech Becomes Social Enterprise After Acquisition
UK rapid diagnostics company Mologic will convert into a social enterprise after being acquired by…
30/07/2021 - 4 minutes
Anita Chakraverty
Anita Chakraverty is a freelance medical journalist and science communicator. Outside work, she enjoys a good movie, long walks in the local woods, and trying to get into pretzel-like yoga poses.
Multi-Million UK Life Sciences Initiative Welcomed By VC Firms
Biotech venture capital firms across Europe have warmly received the launch of a €235M (£200M)…
16/07/2021 - 4 minutes
Sofinnova Taps into Italian Gene Therapy with Three Seed Financings
The French investor Sofinnova Partners has injected a total of €6M into three Italian gene…
12/07/2021 - 5 minutes
Poxel’s Diabetes Drug Wins Japan Nod, But Competition Remains Fierce
As French biotech Poxel marks the first market approval of its oral type 2 diabetes…
02/07/2021 - 5 minutes
Patent Waiver on Covid-19 Vaccines Splits Opinions in Biotech Industry
Attempts to increase global Covid-19 vaccine coverage with a temporary patent waiver have been met…
15/06/2021 - 5 minutes
EU Approves Edible Insects for Humans but Roadblocks Remain
Europe is seeing a surge of interest in edible insect farming after an EU vote…
20/05/2021 - 6 minutes
Bluebird Bio Withdrawal Raises Gene Therapy Doubts in Europe
Last month, the US firm bluebird bio abandoned the sale of its gene therapy Zynteglo…
04/05/2021 - 5 minutes
Pandemic Boosts Diagnostics Field with High Revenues and Acquisitions
The US medtech firm Hologic has bought the Finnish-French biotech Mobidiag for around €668M in…
20/04/2021 - 5 minutes
Artios-Novartis Pact Pushes Limits of DNA Repair in Cancer
A €1.1B deal struck this week between Novartis and the UK-based company Artios Pharma forges…
08/04/2021 - 5 minutes
Lava Therapeutics’ IPO Shakes Cancer Niche of Gamma Delta T Cells
The Dutch biotech startup Lava Therapeutics launched onto the Nasdaq stock market last week with…
31/03/2021 - 5 minutes
Europe Falls Behind in Efforts to Track Covid-19 Variants
As barely a third of European countries meet targets to track concerning Covid-19 variants, diagnostics…
18/03/2021 - 5 minutes
Legal Fights Accompany Big Fundraises in Liquid Biopsy Scene
A recent patent fight between the liquid biopsy companies Natera and Inivata is only the…
25/02/2021 - 5 minutes
