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Best in Biotech 21 May 2019

The Top 20 Women in Leading Biotech Roles in Europe

The biotech industry has often been criticized for its lack of gender diversity. While there is still a long way to go to achieve ideal levels of equality, there are more and more women filling leading roles in companies across Europe. Here are 20 women making an impact in the European biotech industry. Diversity comes […]

May 21, 2019 - 12 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 20 May 2019

UK Immune Cell Therapy Biotech Founded with €40M Series A

Quell Therapeutics, a London-based biotech developing immune cell therapies to target transplant rejection and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, launched today with €40M series A funding. UK life sciences trust Syncona is the lead investor, with a €38.8M stake in the company. Syncona will own a controlling 69% of the business, reflecting their large initial investment. […]

May 20, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

News and Trends 20 May 2019

Update: British RNA Biotech Increases Series A to €34M

Update (20/05/19): Storm Therapeutics has increased its series A financing round by an additional €16M (£14M) to €34M (£30M), which the company plans to use to advance its pipeline of RNA focused drug candidates towards the clinic. Seroba Life Sciences, an Irish VC focusing on new and innovative therapies, is the key new investor. Existing […]

May 20, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

Startup Scout 17 May 2019

This Biotech Detects Fraudulent Food by Checking its DNA

Spun out of the University of Milano-Bicocca, the Italian biotech Fem2-Ambiente aids in the fight against food contamination and fraud by sequencing DNA traces from food samples. Mission: To use DNA barcoding to make sure that foods are free from contamination, such as fraudulent ingredients, microbes or allergenic particles. Food fraud is a crime where […]

May 17, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Interview 16 May 2019

Taking a Drug to Market “Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint”

Based in Zurich, Molecular Partners is developing a new class of drugs that can address the complexity of cancer. At Labiotech Refresh in Zurich, CEO Patrick Amstutz shared what he’s learned on the journey to take the company where it is today. After completing a PhD at ETH Zurich, Amstutz founded Molecular Partners with a […]

May 16, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 16 May 2019

Israeli Startup Raises €11M to Become the First to Sell Lab-Grown Steaks

Aleph Farms has closed a Series A round of €10.7M ($12M) to beef up its manufacturing and get its lab-grown steaks into the market within the next four years. Aleph Farms is the first company to have created a lab-grown beef steak, which was publicly tasted last December. With the money raised, the company aims […]

May 16, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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More News! 16 May 2019

UK Scientists Open Bacterial Genome Up to Making Artificial Proteins

A research group from the University of Cambridge has created bacteria with less complexity in their genome, which could free up DNA code for producing synthetic proteins never before seen in nature. There are lots of redundancies in the DNA code, meaning there is sometimes more than one DNA sequence that can result in the […]

May 16, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Expert Advice 16 May 2019

Avoid These Pitfalls When Creating a Life Sciences White Paper

If you are looking for a way to educate your readers on a specific topic while collecting valuable leads at the same time, a white paper might just be the way to go. With a typical length of at least six pages, white papers are long-form content pieces about specialized topics, such as individual markets […]

May 16, 2019 - 12 minutesmins - By Larissa Warneck-Silvestrin

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News and Trends 15 May 2019

€25M European Loan to Fund Diagnostics Tackling Antibiotic Resistance

The Finnish biotech Mobidiag has received a loan of €25M from the European Investment Bank to commercialize diagnostic technology aimed at reducing antibiotic resistance. When patients get a bacterial infection, clinicians have to wait several days for traditional diagnosis techniques to tell them what kind of bacteria is causing the infection. While they wait, the […]

May 15, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

In Depth 15 May 2019

The Missing Piece in the Microbiome Field

Over the last decade, the biotech industry has built a lot of hype around the emerging field of microbiome research. Its potential to treat all sorts of diseases has captured the imagination of scientists and the number of early-stage studies is growing massively day by day. These studies have found correlation between the human microbiome […]

May 15, 2019 - 7 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

6 Tips on How to Choose the Best Software Solution for Your Biopharma Partnering

Biotechnology is booming. Everyone working in the life science industry knows it and the numbers say so too. By 2025, for instance, the global biotech market is estimated to reach $727Bn. But this fast-paced environment also comes with its pitfalls. The great increase in competition leaves many companies struggling to find the necessary funds, the […]

May 15, 2019 - 9 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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News and Trends 14 May 2019

RNAi Therapy Smashes Solid Tumors in Preclinical Tests

Developed by the UK biotech Celixir, a therapy based on silencing genes with RNA molecules in a process called RNAi has shrunk tumors by 50% in culture. Although there are lots of innovative cancer treatments in the market, such as CAR T-cell therapy for blood cancer, solid tumors remain difficult to tackle. For this reason, […]

May 14, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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The Top 20 Women in Leading Biotech Roles in Europe

UK Immune Cell Therapy Biotech Founded with €40M Series A

Update: British RNA Biotech Increases Series A to €34M

This Biotech Detects Fraudulent Food by Checking its DNA

Taking a Drug to Market “Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint”

Israeli Startup Raises €11M to Become the First to Sell Lab-Grown Steaks

UK Scientists Open Bacterial Genome Up to Making Artificial Proteins

Avoid These Pitfalls When Creating a Life Sciences White Paper

€25M European Loan to Fund Diagnostics Tackling Antibiotic Resistance

The Missing Piece in the Microbiome Field

6 Tips on How to Choose the Best Software Solution for Your Biopharma Partnering

RNAi Therapy Smashes Solid Tumors in Preclinical Tests

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