Clara Rodríguez Fernández, Author at Labiotech.eu

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News and Trends 24 Sep 2016

The Future of Portugal as explained by Microorganisms

Microbiology makes its mark at the first edition of the London Design Biennale taking place in Somerset House. Portugal’s exhibition by Marta de Menezes uses bacteria and viruses to create changing art that represents the future direction of the country. With the common topic “Design by Utopia“, 30 nations have interpreted utopic and dystopic futures using art to […]

September 24, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 22 Sep 2016

Evotec and Bayer renew their vows and take on Kidney Disease

Evotec and Bayer are approaching the 4th anniversary of a successful partnership in endometriosis treatments that made it to clinical trials just last month. To celebrate, they’re starting a new 5-year partnership, this time concerning kidney disease. Evotec has a long list of top-level partners, including Roche, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim and Takeda. After the successful outcome of […]

September 22, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 22 Sep 2016

After only 6 months, Akarna seals the deal with Allergan for €44.8M upfront

Earlier this week, we announced the launch of a new diagnostic tool for NASH by the French company Genfit. Now, Ireland strikes back with the acquisition of Akarna with a €44.8M upfront payment. Akarna focuses on the development of drugs for Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis (NASH) and boasts to count with a potentially best-in-class therapeutic candidate still in preclinical trials. The […]

September 22, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 21 Sep 2016

A new player has entered the Game: €29M for DDR Cancer Therapy

Artios Pharma, launched in May this year, just received €29M (£25M) in Series A to develop cancer treatments. Its technology targets the DNA-Damage Response (DDR) and could overcome one of the main challenges of cancer therapy. Top-notch investors from Europe and the US have eagerly thrown cash at Artios Pharma in their search for new cancer treatments. […]

September 21, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Sep 2016

This company just turned the lights ON for NanoMed Bioplastic

Bio-ON just patented the first application of bioplastic in nanomedicine with a diagnostic tool for cancer that will grant it access to a whole new market previously inaccessible to this industry. Italy-based Bio-ON is trying to change the world by producing alternative sustainable chemicals and bioplastic materials with industrial applications. Their newest product, minerv BIOMEDS, will be used […]

September 20, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Sep 2016

Genfit’s Non-Invasive Diagnostic could unlock the NASH Market

Genfit reinforced its leading place in the race to find a cure for NASH when it announced this morning the launch of a program to validate their new diagnostic tool. Genfit is already leading in the development of a cure for Non-Alcoholic Stato-Hepatitis (NASH) with its candidate, Elafibranor, which is in Phase III trials. Now, the French €600M biopharma has […]

September 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 19 Sep 2016

Italian Gene Therapy Biotech aims high by Collaborating with US Giant Amgen

Genenta Science and Amgen have teamed up to develop gene therapies for cancer. The Italian biotech from Milan raised €10M in series A funding last year and is already getting ready for clinical trials. Genenta is developing a gene therapy platform for haematopoietic stem cells and wants to bring it to the clinic. Together with the San Raffaele Hospital and Scientific […]

September 19, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

In Depth 23 Aug 2016

5 Expert Tips to Success When Building a Biotech Startup

Succeeding as an entrepreneur is tough, you will have to deal with failure and learn from it along the way. Many new biotech startups face similar problems during their early steps, here are some expert tips on how to avoid them. Last week, I had the opportunity to meet Mark Hammond and Dominic Falcao, who […]

August 23, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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More News! 22 Jul 2016

This startup is producing Synthetic Milk that tastes like your usual Breakfast Dairy

Muufri wants to launch cow-less milk onto the market by producing its essential components using bioengineered yeast. Since 75% of the world population is lactose intolerant, is it so surprising they have already secured over $2 million from investors? Co-founders Ryan Pandya (CEO) and Perumal Gandhi started working on making milk from scratch in April […]

July 22, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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