News and Trends 25 May 2017 Resilient Tumor Cells Drive Breast Cancer Relapse in Mice Tumor cells that survive chemotherapy and drive breast cancer relapse may provide drug targets for potential treatments to reduce the recurrence. In mice, some breast tumor cells can survive chemotherapy and drive the recurrence of tumor, found a team of researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany and in Monterotondo, Italy; […] May 25, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 24 May 2017 Curious about Who is Living in Your Gut? This Kit Can Tell You Personalized and democratized medicine is coming to the microbiome via a new initiative, FeelGut, from Biopolis. The FeelGut kit lets you explore your gut! FeelGut is a new kit for those of us who want to explore their microbiota. It’s developed by Biopolis, a Spanish biotech committed to empowering people through improved understanding and control of […] May 24, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 May 2017 How to Save Time and Money when Recruiting in the Life Sciences The right hiring choice can bring huge benefits to the growth of a life sciences company. How can you make the best decision while saving time and money? In Europe, a bad hire costs employers an average of almost €60,000, starting with a minimum of €6,000 that rapidly escalates with the seniority of the role […] May 15, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 9 May 2017 Rise of the Superbugs: How is Biotech Fighting Antibiotic Resistance? Fewer antibiotics are produced as development costs rise. We reached out to a few companies addressing the serious issue of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to our societies and health systems, and the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is growing at a disquieting rate. The estimated number of people killed by […] May 9, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 May 2017 Top 5 Mistakes that Will Doom a CRO-Supplier Partnership Before it Starts A healthy relationship between a trial sponsor and the CRO or supplier can be the key to success – here is a list of how to address the biggest challenges. By 2020, 72% of clinical trials are projected to be outsourced to contract research organizations (CROs), compared to just 23% in 2012. The main reason […] May 8, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 May 2017 Parent Bacteria Resist Antibiotics Better than their Offspring According to a new study, a phenomenon known as biased inheritance protects older bacteria from the wrath of antibiotics in low concentrations. Older bacteria in a mixed population of dividing E. coli cells inherit a larger number of drug-expelling membrane proteins and pump out antibiotics better than their younger counterparts in the presence of low […] May 4, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 4 May 2017 This Belgian Startup is building the Next Generation of Diagnostic Tests DNAlytics changes the diagnosing game. The company builds in vitro diagnosis tests that save many years for patients! I met with Thibault, the founder, to know more about the company. Based in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, DNAlytics develops revolutionary disease diagnostic processes that complement conventional methods. Their main product is RheumaKit, a test that analyzes biological and clinical […] May 4, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 May 2017 E-GUIDE: This is how you bring a molecule to the clinic May 3, 2017 - 0 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 2 May 2017 Entrepreneurs, Academics & Entrepreneurial Academics succeed in Berlin With Berlin’s plethora of life science research and academia, opportunities abound for biotech entrepreneurs. Here’s how the city bridges the gap between science and business! So much research, so many opportunities for academics and entrepreneurs. Berlin boasts 35 large research institutions focused on life sciences, and around 130 hospitals — including Europe’s largest and most […] May 2, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 27 Apr 2017 Spain: An Emerging Star in the European Biotech Community Take note, Spain is becoming a new hotspot for biotech in Europe. More than €400M of venture capital, counting recent fundraising and anticipated closings, is forecasted to be available this year to fund the creation and growth of start-ups in the life sciences sector. Behind the growing interest among investors are novel opportunities with breakthrough potential […] April 27, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 18 Apr 2017 Patent Eligibility: How to Tell if your Life Science Invention is Patentable So you have an invention, but can you protect it with a patent? This primer will teach you about the criteria, from non-obviousness to inventiveness. How do we define “patent eligibility“? Broadly, the term means that an invention falls within a category of inventions for which the patent laws provide patent protection in general. Inventions […] April 18, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 13 Apr 2017 Coming from Behind: How Italy is Revamping its Biotech Industry Italy’s biotech industry lags behind in Europe, but the situation is starting to change with coordinated efforts in research, finance and organization. While ‘European biotech’ brings to mind France, Germany and the UK, Italy is cultivating its own thriving ecosystem. It claims internationally renowned scientific research institutions, including the University of Perugia and the San Raffaele […] April 13, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email