More News! 12 Nov 2018 This UK Biotech Wants to Make Antibodies Easy to Swallow Say goodbye to painful antibody injections. The UK biotech Intract Pharma has received a €1.6M grant to advance oral immunotherapy based on approved antibodies, causing less discomfort for patients. The grant, awarded by public agency Innovate UK, will help Intract develop oral versions of existing antibody therapies. This could make the treatments easier for patients […] November 12, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 30 Oct 2018 British Diagnostics Firm Develops More Accurate Fetal Health Screen A lab kit from British diagnostics company Angle could make non-invasive fetal health screens more accurate by analyzing whole fetal cells in the mother’s blood. To screen your unborn baby for genetic conditions, the most accurate current option is invasive techniques such as amniocentesis. These techniques take samples directly from the womb that contain fetal […] October 30, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 29 Oct 2018 Plasma Replacement Therapy Promising in Alzheimer’s Patients A blood plasma replacement therapy from Spanish company Grifols reduced cognitive decline by 61% in patients with moderate Alzheimer’s disease compared with placebo. The researchers monitored the cognitive symptoms of 496 patients with Alzheimer’s disease in the Phase IIb/III trial. Over 14 months, the therapy had no effect in patients with mild Alzheimer’s, but the […] October 29, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 18 Oct 2018 Phase III Triumph for Topical Hormonal Acne Treatment The Italian biotech Cassiopea reports good news for acne sufferers. Its hormonal anti-acne treatment Winlevi significantly helped to reduce acne in two Phase III trials. Winlevi, when applied to the skin, cleared the acne in more than twice as many participants with moderate or severe acne as placebo. The treatment also showed good safety results […] October 18, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 17 Oct 2018 The EU Patent of the Best Selling Drug Has Expired, What Does it Mean for Biotech? AbbVie’s Humira, a treatment for inflammatory disease and the world’s best-selling drug, is no longer patent-protected in the EU. Competitors are already taking advantage of it. Humira is an antibody drug, called adalimumab, that has been topping the lists of best-selling drugs for years. Last year alone, it made over €15B in sales worldwide. The […] October 17, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 16 Oct 2018 Drug Combination for Rare Genetic Nerve Disorder Nails Phase III A treatment developed by French biotech Pharnext has become the first clinically proven therapy for a rare genetic disorder that affects the nervous system. In a Phase III trial, the treatment reduced the level of disability of patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a condition that affects peripheral nerves. This disease causes problems with walking, running and […] October 16, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 14 Oct 2018 Living Instruments: Making Music with Yeast, Moss and Paramecia These instruments are alive. Yeast, moss and paramecia are behind the unique sounds of Living Instruments, which will be performing a concert in Zurich on October 21st. Instead of strings or windpipes, the sounds of these instruments are generated by living beings. The sound of the ‘yeast organ’ is triggered by the bubbles produced by […] October 14, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 12 Oct 2018 European Commission Updates Strategy to Energize Europe’s Bioeconomy In challenging times of climate change and a scarcity of resources, the European Commission has released a new strategy to boost activity and investment in companies contributing to the bioeconomy. As one of the key economies that signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, the EU aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% […] October 12, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 10 Oct 2018 This Test Can Detect Four Drugs With Just a Fingerprint The British company Intelligent Fingerprinting has shown that its non-invasive fingerprint drug test can yield results comparable to blood tests in just 10 minutes. The technology, developed at the University of East Anglia, can detect extremely low amounts of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine and opiate drugs from the sweat of a single fingerprint. The sample is […] October 10, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 8 Oct 2018 Cannabinoid Drugs Company Raises $300M in Public Offering GW Pharmaceuticals, a British biotech developing cannabinoid drugs, is on a high after a successful $300M public offering on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The company announced the public offering swiftly after its lead cannabinoid drug, Epidiolex, made history by being the first cannabinoid drug to obtain approval from the FDA earlier this year. GW plans […] October 8, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 30 Sep 2018 Trouble in the Soil Bed: Sex Toys for Plants We live in a society obsessed with sex. Yet many of us forget that other living beings can have their own issues and needs in the reproductive area. A group of artists and designers from Slovenia got together to create fictional sex toys for the specific problems of plants. A dildo for carnivorous plants and […] September 30, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 25 Sep 2018 24-Hour Blood Pressure Bracelet Could Combat Hypertension For those with blood pressure problems who hate blood pressure cuffs, hope is here. Swiss biotech aktiia has raised €3.6M to market a medical bracelet that could monitor your blood pressure 24/7. “Think of aktiia as the first medical device to measure blood pressure for long periods of time … that does not influence your […] September 25, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email