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News and Trends 23 Jun 2017

Diabetic Patients that Still Produce Insulin might be the Key to a New Therapy

A study from Uppsala University has identified higher levels of interleukin-35 in type 1 diabetics that still produce insulin years after their diagnosis. Researchers at Uppsala University have published the first study in humans that shows the potential of interleukin-35 (IL-35) as a promising new target to treat type 1 diabetes. The results, published in […]

June 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 23 Jun 2017

French Biotech Raises Over €22M to Launch a Gene Therapy to Restore Sight

Gensight Biologics has announced a capital increase that totals €22.5M and will support the launch of its gene therapy for blindness in Europe and the US. Gensight has decided to give an additional financial push to its lead candidate, GS010, a gene therapy to restore sight in patients with the rare genetic disease Leber hereditary optic […]

June 23, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 22 Jun 2017

Immunotherapy for Bowel Disease Gets €2.6M Milestone Payment from Bpifrance

OSE Immunotherapeutics has successfully completed the necessary milestones to bring a treatment for autoimmune disease to the clinic, triggering a milestone payment from its partner Bpifrance. OSE Immunotherapeutics, based in Nantes, France, has received €2.6M from the French public investment agency Bpifrance after completing another milestone in the development of a therapy for inflammatory bowel disease. […]

June 22, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 22 Jun 2017

What are the Biggest Cancer Challenges? The UK Offers £20M Prizes for Solutions!

Cancer Research UK is taking applications for £20M prizes from research groups worldwide that want to solve the biggest challenges in cancer research. Cancer Research UK is launching today its second round of the Grand Challenge to tear down some of the biggest barriers to the advancement of cancer therapy. The charity will shortlist the most promising […]

June 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 22 Jun 2017

LAB282 Awards Second Funding Round to 5 Academic Projects at Oxford

Evotec and the University of Oxford have announced the academic projects that will receive a financial award to push them towards launching spin-outs. LAB282 is a partnership between the German biotech Evotec, Oxford University Innovation and Oxford Sciences Innovation, the University’s venture fund manager. Set up with the aim to bridge academia and industry in life sciences, LAB282 […]

June 22, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 21 Jun 2017

Swedish IPO raises €51M for Biomaterials to Repair Bone

Bonesupport has gone public in the Swedish stock market to push its pipeline and increase sales of biomaterials to regenerate bone tissue. Bonesupport is a company based in Lund, Sweden, that develops biomaterials to improve and speed up the repair of bones. The firm IPO’d today on the Nasdaq Stockholm, raising an impressive €51M with the participation […]

June 21, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Infographics 21 Jun 2017

Check Out these 42 European SynBio Startups Reimagining the Industry

Synthetic biology, or synbio for short, is rapidly infiltrating multiple fields. From bioplastics to food technology and healthcare, these are the startups in Europe that are expanding the frontiers of what synbio can do to improve our lives in many different ways. In the not-so-distant future, synthetic biology could bring us anything from spider silk […]

June 21, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Jun 2017

Swedish Biotech publishes Long-Term Data on a Dendritic Cell Therapy for Cancer

Immunicum has reported new data on long-term follow-up of patients treated with ilixadencel, a unique dendritic cell therapy against cancer. Immunicum is a Swedish biotech developing a cell-based therapy against cancer. The company has just published in the Journal for Immunotherapy for Cancer detailed results from a Phase I/II trial evaluating its lead candidate ilixadencel. The cell […]

June 20, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 20 Jun 2017

“We’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy” – Experts discuss the Future of Oncology at Refresh

A panel of experts in immuno-oncology discussed the challenges and opportunities to develop therapies that can effectively fight cancer. “I think right now we’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy, which surprisingly is not necessarily driven by technology but perspective, and how we look at cancer,” said Masoud Tavazoie, CEO of Rgenix. His company, based in New York, […]

June 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Interview 19 Jun 2017

Discussing the Virtual Biotech Model with XO1 Co-Founder Trevor Baglin

Academic, entrepreneur and now venture partner Trevor Baglin discusses his successful experience working with the unique model of virtual biotech. Trevor Baglin, along with Jim Huntington and David Grainger, is one of the members of the team behind XO1, a virtual biotech founded in 2013 and acquired by Janssen Pharmaceuticals just two years later […]

June 19, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 15 Jun 2017

Novartis Announces New Data for its Psoriasis Blockbuster Cosentyx

Novartis has announced positive post-marketing results for its blockbuster Cosentyx, with which the pharma wants to compete with the best-selling drug. At the 2017 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, currently being held in Madrid, Novartis has presented new data showing that Cosentyx (secukinumab) keeps improving symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis after three years of treatment and […]

June 15, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 15 Jun 2017

MRC Technology, now LifeArc, Set to Invest £500M in UK’s Life Sciences

LifeArc will draw funds from royalties of MSD’s successful checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda to invest in life sciences in both academic and business sectors. Born from the UK’s Medical Research Council, MRC Technology is a charity focused on supporting medical scientific research. Today, it becomes LifeArc and starts an ambitious new plan to invest up to […]

June 15, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Articles by Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Diabetic Patients that Still Produce Insulin might be the Key to a New Therapy

French Biotech Raises Over €22M to Launch a Gene Therapy to Restore Sight

Immunotherapy for Bowel Disease Gets €2.6M Milestone Payment from Bpifrance

What are the Biggest Cancer Challenges? The UK Offers £20M Prizes for Solutions!

LAB282 Awards Second Funding Round to 5 Academic Projects at Oxford

Swedish IPO raises €51M for Biomaterials to Repair Bone

Check Out these 42 European SynBio Startups Reimagining the Industry

Swedish Biotech publishes Long-Term Data on a Dendritic Cell Therapy for Cancer

“We’re at a second revolution in cancer therapy” – Experts discuss the Future of Oncology at Refresh

Discussing the Virtual Biotech Model with XO1 Co-Founder Trevor Baglin

Novartis Announces New Data for its Psoriasis Blockbuster Cosentyx

MRC Technology, now LifeArc, Set to Invest £500M in UK’s Life Sciences

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