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Poland emerging biotech pharmaceutical companies

In Depth 22 May 2018

Poland’s Emerging Biotech Sector: The Time Is Right for Startups

Poland might not be the first place you associate with biotech, but the country is becoming an emerging hotspot for pharmaceutical companies and biotech startups. Although Poland has a very strong scientific base in life sciences and medicine, it has not developed a vibrant biotech or medtech sectors. Until recently, no truly innovative products from […]

May 22, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

In Depth 24 Apr 2018

Can DIY Biology Ever Become a Big Player in Biotech?

Alongside university research and industry R&D, a third, parallel community actively uses tools and methods of the life sciences: biohackers. What are they, and what is their impact on biotech and the startup scene? One of the richest persons alive and one of the first hackers ever, Bill Gates, said that if he were young today […]

April 24, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 17 Apr 2018

How Low Can the Price of a Next Generation DNA Sequencer Go?

The next generation of DNA sequencers has arrived, and with it, a clash of titans: Illumina, Thermo Fisher and Qiagen are all competing for the clinical diagnostics market. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) companies are redefining DNA sequencing. What began as small-scale PCR and Sanger sequencing efforts have now mushroomed into a $20Bn market with broad medical implications for […]

April 17, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

AI artificial intelligence machine learning biotech

In Depth 5 Mar 2018

The Robots are Coming: Is AI the Future of Biotech?

AI, or artificial intelligence, has taken root in biotech. In this article, we explore its newfound niches in the industry. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become ubiquitous in tech startups, fueled largely by the increasing availability and amount of data and cheaper, more powerful computers. Now, if you are a new tech startup, […]

March 5, 2018 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

In Depth 25 Jan 2018

What Happened to the Plans for a Smart Contact Lens for Diabetics?

Originally projected to be on the market by 2020, excitement about the contact lens to measure glucose levels from Novartis and Google has waned. Why? In 2016, smart wearables growth was steady but a recent study predicts that the market will pick up this year introducing innovative products to the consumer market: according to CCS Insight, the market for […]

January 25, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

More News! 21 Dec 2017

Britain’s Life Science Strategy: What UK Biotech Can Do From the Bottom Up

Britain has been making a concerted effort to grow its biotech sector, especially after Brexit. What’s the plan and what can UK biotech do? The last time I walked the the echoey corridors of the Palace of Westminster (UK parliament), I was a wee twelve-year old, on a mission to push forward legislation to prevent […]

December 21, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 19 Dec 2017

Giving Molecular Combing the Golden Coat It Deserves

The novel spin given to some traditional and established technologies can be astounding. They might have been around for decades, applied in the same way over and over again, and yet, at some point, somebody comes along, observes it in a new light and gives it a brand new polish. One such technology is called […]

December 19, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 30 Nov 2017

Interview: Why Asian CROs are Turning to the European Biotech Market

The demand for contract research organizations (CROs) has been increasing steadily worldwide. With more and more clinical development programs being launched and a heightened demand for pharmaceutical products, companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical technology industries are frequently deciding to outsource R&D processes to CROs. To give you an idea in numbers: In 2014, […]

November 30, 2017 - 11 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 29 Nov 2017

One Mouse with All-Human Antibodies

Monoclonal antibodies have long been the focus of research surrounding drug development against inflammatory diseases and cancer. For decades, researchers have had to travel along a strenuous path to get to where we are now. After monoclonal antibodies (mAb) were discovered in the first half of the 20th century, researchers quickly understood that animals, such […]

November 29, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Portugal Ventures Ricardo Perdigao Henriques

Interview 29 Nov 2017

What’s Going on in the Biotech Ecosystem of Portugal?

The biotech ecosystem in Portugal is rapidly growing. Ricardo Perdigao, Investment Manager at Portugal Ventures, discusses the country’s potential in this field. Portugal has seen the number of life sciences startups triple between 2008 to 2015. A study by Portugal Ventures links this growth to a better funding environment and to researchers being more aware that […]

November 29, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 22 Nov 2017

Streamlining Vaccine R&D with Labflow Automation

In recent years, awareness for the automation of laboratory workflows has increased dramatically. As a result, researchers have worked tirelessly to make the improvement of lab digitalization and sensor technologies a main priority. Being able to collect large quantities of data from R&D and Quality Control (QC) in a short amount of time, has the […]

November 22, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 6 Nov 2017

Get your Company Ready for the EU’s New Data Protection Law

With the beginning of summer next year, not only temperatures will rise, but possibly also temperaments, as the European Union’s new data protection law takes effect. The highly tightened measures to protect personal data will mean that companies worldwide have a lot of adjusting to do. Like most new regulations, the General Data Protection Regulation […]

November 6, 2017 - 9 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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Poland’s Emerging Biotech Sector: The Time Is Right for Startups

Can DIY Biology Ever Become a Big Player in Biotech?

How Low Can the Price of a Next Generation DNA Sequencer Go?

The Robots are Coming: Is AI the Future of Biotech?

What Happened to the Plans for a Smart Contact Lens for Diabetics?

Britain’s Life Science Strategy: What UK Biotech Can Do From the Bottom Up

Giving Molecular Combing the Golden Coat It Deserves

Interview: Why Asian CROs are Turning to the European Biotech Market

One Mouse with All-Human Antibodies

What’s Going on in the Biotech Ecosystem of Portugal?

Streamlining Vaccine R&D with Labflow Automation

Get your Company Ready for the EU’s New Data Protection Law

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Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

Top biotech deals of February 2025

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These 7 biotechs are shaping the next generation of endometriosis care

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Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

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These 7 biotechs are shaping the next generation of endometriosis care

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