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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

Trevor Baglin XO1 SuperX Virtual Biotech

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

News and Trends 12 Jun 2017

BioNTech Publishes First Data on mRNA-Encoded Cancer Antibodies

BioNTech has reported a new technology that could overcome some of the most challenging issues of antibody production by encoding them into mRNA drugs. BioNTech, one of the most advanced companies in the mRNA therapeutics field, has reported preclinical data for a new class of mRNA drugs that instruct the body to create its own […]

June 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 10 Jun 2017

This Turkish Bioartist Creates Beautiful Maps out of Fungi

Selin Balci uses fungi as a medium to create living maps that explore the complexity of microscopic life and its similarity with human behavior. Selin Balci got a degree in microbiology from Istanbul University and worked in research for 5 years before turning to art. Her work combines her experience culturing fungi and mold with creative experimentation to obtain colorful […]

June 10, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 7 Jun 2017

What Cancer Therapies did European Biotechs Showcase at ASCO 2017?

Here are the most innovative therapies presented by European biotechs fighting cancer during the ASCO 2017 meeting in Chicago. European biotech was in the spotlight during this year’s edition of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, with impressive results from some of the most novel approaches under development to fight multiple forms of cancer. From a […]

June 7, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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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

BioNTech Publishes First Data on mRNA-Encoded Cancer Antibodies

This Turkish Bioartist Creates Beautiful Maps out of Fungi

What Cancer Therapies did European Biotechs Showcase at ASCO 2017?

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