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
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.
Cancer Research UK Cuts Two Biotech Collaborations Amid Pandemic Squeeze
The major research funder CRUK and two of the biotech companies it works with have…
16/02/2021 - 4 minutes
HIV Drug Approvals Lift Hopes Amid Missed UN Targets
The recent approvals of long-acting HIV injections promise to lighten the load of HIV sufferers…
04/02/2021 - 6 minutes
Investors Up the Ante for Drugs Striking Cancer via DNA Repair
A colossal deal struck last month between Germany’s Merck KGaA and UK-based Artios Pharma is…
19/01/2021 - 5 minutes
Kymab Wins UK Supreme Court Antibody Battle Against Regeneron
The UK Supreme Court has supported an appeal by British biotech Kymab to revoke antibody…
30/06/2020 - 4 minutes
Update: Fifth US Antibody Patent Owned by UK Biotech Upheld in Regeneron Battle
Update (04/06/2020): After upholding four of Kymab's patents addressing the production of antibody drugs earlier…
04/06/2020 - 4 minutes
Phase II Fail Ends Swiss-US Drug for Rare Kidney Disease
An initially promising drug has failed to show benefits in a phase II trial for…
22/05/2020 - 2 minutes
Oncopeptides’ Share Issue Bags €133M to Take Cancer Drug to Market
Swedish biotech Oncopeptides has raised €133M (SEK 1.4B) by issuing new company shares, surpassing expectations…
14/05/2020 - 3 minutes
Phase III Failure Sinks Drug for Rare Neurological Disorder
The Italian biotech Newron is halting the development of the experimental drug sarizotan after it…
08/05/2020 - 4 minutes
€10M Series A Boosts Cancer Immunotherapy Hitting Tumor Sugar Coating
The French startup Phost’in Therapeutics has raised €10.3M to take its cancer immunotherapy drug against…
22/04/2020 - 3 minutes
Coronavirus Pandemic Bites into European Cancer Research
The UK funder Cancer Research UK and Swedish oncology biotech Alligator Bioscience have independently announced…
10/04/2020 - 4 minutes
Swiss and German Team to Develop Inhaled mRNA Coronavirus Treatment
The Swiss antibody specialist Neurimmune and the German RNA biotech Ethris are collaborating to develop…
02/04/2020 - 3 minutes
