News and Trends 6 Jun 2022 Report shows growth of life sciences sector in eastern Denmark A new report on the Danish contribution to the Medicon Valley has been published. The report, Life Science in Eastern Denmark – The Danish Part of Medicon Valley is a survey of companies in the sector. Medicon Valley spans the Danish region of Zealand and the Capital Region, and the Skåne region of southern Sweden. […] June 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 6 Jun 2022 Releasing the microbiome’s potential to restore European soils For decades, soil has been treated as an everlasting food machine rather than as a fragile living thing, and it is reaching a crisis point. Understanding how the soil microbiome interacts with the environment and helping farmers embrace new sustainable methods can have a beneficial impact on the soil, and consequently, our health. After years […] June 6, 2022 - 9 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 2 Jun 2022 Upstream Bio to target asthma as it launches with $200M financing Upstream Bio, a U.S. biotech company focused on inflammation, today exited stealth mode with $200M Series A financing. The company said the funding will allow it to advance its lead program UPB-101, a clinical-stage monoclonal antibody targeting the thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) receptor. It added the investment will also help build a pipeline of assets […] June 2, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Jun 2022 MiRXES opens Southeast Asia’s first industry 4.0 IVD manufacturing facility Singapore biotech firm MiRXES Pte Ltd, which focuses on early detection cancer tests, has opened the first industry 4.0 (i4.0) in vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia. The S$8M (US$5.8M) 15,000-square-feet facility is located at JTC MedTech Hub. The company said the site is close to the biomedical R&D community at Biopolis, pharmaceutical […] June 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Jun 2022 Chinese biotech company looks to help global monkeypox drug development Shanghai Zelixir Biotech Company Ltd. has predicted more than 600 structures and added functional annotations of proteins from monkeypox virus proteomes, which is the complete set of proteins present at a given time in the cell. The company hopes the predicted structures will help the global quest to develop monkeypox vaccines. Monkeypox cases have grown […] June 1, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Jun 2022 New treatment option available for Dravet syndrome Global biopharma company UCB says the UK’s National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE) has issued a positive Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) for its FINTEPLA (fenfluramine) oral solution. FINTEPLA is used for the treatment of seizures associated with Dravet syndrome as an add-on therapy to other anti-epileptic medicines for patients two years of age and older. […] June 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Jun 2022 GSK to acquire clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Affinivax GSK plc is set to acquire Affinivax, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, for a $2.1B upfront payment and up to $1.2B in potential development milestones. Affinivax is developing a novel class of vaccines, the most advanced of which are next-generation pneumococcal vaccines. Pneumococcal disease includes pneumonia, meningitis, bloodstream infections, and […] June 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 May 2022 Therapeutic RNA company receives additional funding UK biotech company Transine Therapeutics, which is developing a novel class of therapeutic RNAs, has successfully raised £4.6M ($5.8M) in additional seed funding. The financing was led by new investor Epidarex Capital with participation from existing investor the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). Transine said the additional funds will enable it to further develop its SINEUP […] May 31, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 May 2022 Evotec adds cell therapy manufacturing facility through Rigenerand takeover German headquartered life science company Evotec SE has acquired 100% of the capital of Rigenerand Srl, an Italian cell technology company, for €23M ($24.7M). Founded in 2009 as a spin-off of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy, Rigenerand is based in Medolla, Italy, about 100 km south of Evotec’s Campus Levi-Montalcini in […] May 31, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 May 2022 Award to help NRG Therapeutics develop new Parkinson’s and Motor Neuron Disease treatments UK neuroscience company NRG Therapeutics Ltd has received a Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) award to fund preclinical development of its small molecule disease-modifying medicines for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, motor neuron disease (MND) and other debilitating chronic neurodegenerative disorders. The £2.68M ($5.8M) early-stage BMC award part-funded by the government-backed agency Innovate UK will support a […] May 31, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 May 2022 ANGLE and U.S. urology group to undertake prostate cancer study ANGLE plc has signed a master clinical study agreement with Solaris Health Holdings, LLC and joinder agreements with MidLantic Urology LLC, to collaborate and conduct clinical studies in prostate cancer and as a potential route to market in the U.S. Alongside Solaris affiliate MidLantic Urology, UK-headquartered ANGLE will initiate clinical studies aimed at detecting prostate […] May 31, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 30 May 2022 Decentralized autonomous organizations are changing how biotechs are run Built on the emerging ecosystems of Web3 and blockchain, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) allow communities to collectively fund and advance biotech research. The majority of biotech companies are highly centralized with much of the data siloed away in their proprietary databases. Companies have no incentives to openly share this data, which slows down progress in […] May 30, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email