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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 2 Nov 2017 Infographic: The Berlin Biotech Ecosystem Together with Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, we have created an absolutely amazing infographic full of cool & fun facts about the Berlin Biotech Ecosystem. Click on the image below to view the complete infographic! Do you want to learn more about Berlin and its Biotech ecosystem? Visit Berlin Partner for […] November 2, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Oct 2017 Here’s a Flashy New Technique to Model Disease Although we have come very far in understanding cells and their functions, many undiscovered characteristics still keep us in the dark. Creating experiments that mimic the cell’s in vivo environments as closely as possible is one of the many challenges researchers face when working with cells in their labs. Micropatterning is a technique that addresses […] October 26, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Oct 2017 Meet some of the Hottest Startups of 2017! – This article was originally published on 27th September 2017. This is an updated version – Large events, like BIO-Europe offer startup slams, which give entrepreneurs the opportunity to present their company at the conference. Not only does a slam create exposure for the startup, but it also allows young companies to receive valuable feedback from […] October 19, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Oct 2017 Interview: On the Future of iPS Cells and why Partnering is so Important in this Field In our first part of the interview with Dr David Hallett, Executive Vice President at Evotec, we discussed the uniqueness of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS Cells), novel developments occurring in iPS Cell research, and the challenges researchers face. Let us have a short recap of what we have learned so far: iPS Cells were […] October 16, 2017 - 9 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Oct 2017 This New Approach Simplifies Protein Analysis Analyzing your protein sample can be a right hassle. It takes time, energy and a LOT of nerves. Especially, when the experiment has not worked out the way one wanted it to. But there is a way around it, and this company has found the solution! The use of protein biomarkers has become an essential […] October 12, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email