Global Funding for Meat Alternative Companies Tripled in 2020
Companies developing sustainable meat and dairy alternatives smashed records with a €2.6B ($3.1B) haul last…
24/03/2021 - 7 minutes
Jon Smith
Reporter for Labiotech. I hail from the UK. I was born in Bristol, studied Neuroscience in the University of Bristol, and trained mice in Eisai, Hertfordshire, for one year. I then tickled locusts for my Ph.D. at the University of Leicester, before eventually ending up here!
Out of the office, I travel, play video games and board games, drink beer and play the piano.
Life Sciences VC Firms Maintain Funding Spree After 2020 Surge
Late 2020 saw an uptick in fundraising announcements from life sciences venture capital firms. Two…
09/03/2021 - 5 minutes
Can Covid-19 Vaccines Keep up with an Evolving Virus?
The first generation of vaccines for Covid-19 is rolling out all over the world. But…
11/02/2021 - 7 minutes
Detecting Gene-Edited Food: The EU’s Nightmare
The EU imposed stringent controls on the commercialization of gene-edited food back in 2018. Years…
03/02/2021 - 10 minutes
Democratized DNA Synthesis: A Game-Changer Against Covid-19
DNA synthesis is one of the pillars of Covid-19 research that has suffered supply disruptions…
01/02/2021 - 6 minutes
Oxford’s Covid-19 Vaccine Blazes Trail for Oncolytic Virus Firms
Since the debut of Imlygic in 2015, no other oncolytic virus cancer therapies have been…
26/01/2021 - 7 minutes
The Bio-Based Economy: What’s Holding It Back?
As pollution and climate change become growing problems, breaking society’s addiction to fossil fuels is…
06/01/2021 - 9 minutes
Wave of Acquisitions Hits ADC Cancer Treatment Space
The end of 2020 saw several big pharma acquisitions of companies developing antibody-drug conjugate drugs…
05/01/2021 - 7 minutes
A Year to Remember: The Biggest European Biotech News in 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic caused huge disruption for European biotech in 2020, but the industry pulled…
28/12/2020 - 12 minutes
Humble Beginnings: The Origin Story of Modern Biotechnology
The history of modern biotechnology began around four decades ago with the invention of genetic…
23/12/2020 - 4 minutes
EMA Greenlights BioNTech and Pfizer mRNA Vaccine for Covid-19
BioNTech and Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, made from messenger RNA, has become the first of its…
22/12/2020 - 5 minutes
Swiss Startup Tackles Tourette’s Syndrome Despite Recent Failures
In spite of recent failures of clinical trials from others in the field, Swiss company…
07/12/2020 - 3 minutes
