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News and Trends 30 Nov 2018

Swedish Researchers Recycle Industrial Food Waste to Grow Fungi

Researchers at the University of Borås, Sweden, are undertaking a project to turn food waste into new materials, fuel and food by growing fungi. The accumulation of waste and the depletion of natural resources are two big environmental problems. Fungi could help us tackle both by transforming waste into useful materials. Swedish researchers are looking […]

November 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Startup Scout 30 Nov 2018

This Biotech Speeds Up Blood Infection Diagnosis

In the city of Cardiff, UK, Momentum Bioscience aims to trim down the unnecessary use of antimicrobial drugs in hospitals. To do this, it is developing molecular diagnostics that, within hours, tell doctors when or when not to use antibiotics in patients with a suspected blood infection. Mission: When diagnosing blood infections, physicians often need […]

November 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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More News! 29 Nov 2018

Long-Lasting Placenta Organoids Could Improve Pregnancy Research

Researchers have made 3D placenta organoids from human cells that can last for over a year, improving over the current models to study disease in pregnancy and develop drugs. Researchers at the University of Cambridge grew the organoids from stem cells extracted from donated placenta tissue at 6-9 weeks of pregnancy. The organoids replicated the […]

November 29, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Expert Advice 28 Nov 2018

How to Track the ROI of Your Life Science Digital Marketing Campaigns

Digital marketing is powerful. Content marketing, in particular, is proving to yield incredible results. According to Demand Metric, content marketing costs 62% less than traditional marketing while generating roughly 3 times as many leads. You don’t want to rely on averages, however. Why implement a strategy and just hope that it works? You might […]

November 28, 2018 - 10 minutesmins - By James Mathison

Infographics 28 Nov 2018

Infographic: The Next Big Thing in Biological Drug Delivery

By the year 2022, half of the top 100 drug sales will be biologics. And with 2,700 biologics currently in development, the market will soon be booming. But there is a hitch: Most biological drugs are administered parenterally. And though this is better than nothing, it does coincide with high treatment costs and stress for […]

November 28, 2018 - 1 minutemin - By External Contributor

Interview 28 Nov 2018

Navigating the Rare Disease Space: Insights from a Danish CEO

Developing drugs for rare diseases is a tough nut for biotech companies to crack. Labiotech’s Helen Albert interviewed the CEO of the Danish company Orphazyme, Anders Hinsby, at the recent BIO-Europe conference in Copenhagen, who told her about the appeals and challenges of making it in the rare disease space. Traditionally, the low number of […]

November 28, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 27 Nov 2018

Berlin Biotech Raises €24M to Progress Septic Shock Candidate to Clinic

Adrenomed closed a €24M Series D round to fund further development of its antibody drug that treats septic shock by preventing excessive fluid loss and preserving the blood vessel walls. Wellington Partners and HBM Healthcare Investments, who specialize in investing in life science companies, joined existing shareholders to lead the fundraising round. Sepsis and resulting […]

November 27, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

News and Trends 26 Nov 2018

Smart Asthma Inhaler Fails Phase III

It is bad news for asthma sufferers, as a UK biotech has abandoned the development of its smart inhaler after finding that it was no better than placebo in a Phase III trial. Over 52 weeks of treatment, the company Vectura tested whether the inhaler reduced the worsening of asthma symptoms, such as wheezing and […]

November 26, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 26 Nov 2018

First Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Approved in Europe

Novartis has received approval for Luxturna, a gene therapy that can restore vision in people with a specific genetic mutation that causes progressive vision loss. The therapy is indicated for people with mutations in the two copies of a gene, called RPE65, that cause retinal cells to die over time, resulting in progressive loss of […]

November 26, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 25 Nov 2018

Would You Wear Human Leather with ‘Designer DNA’?

Artist Tina Gorjanc is working on a human leather collection that aims to highlight the shortcomings of laws that allow human biological material to be marketed without permission. Gorjanc has projected a whole fashion line, labeled ‘Pure Human’, that includes jackets and handbags made with lab-grown skin from the renowned fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Originally […]

November 25, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Startup Scout 23 Nov 2018

This Biotech Arms Tumor-Busting Cells to Treat Cancer

In the medieval city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Lava Therapeutics is developing a cancer immunotherapy that arms a rare type of immune cell called gamma delta T cells. Mission: Develop antibodies that recruit innate immune cells near tumors and activate them to kill cancer cells. T cells are immune cells that have a strong potential […]

November 23, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

More News! 22 Nov 2018

First Drug for Rare Inflammation Syndrome Approved by FDA

The FDA has approved the first drug for the treatment of a rare condition in which the body produces too many active immune cells, developed in a Swiss-Swedish partnership. The antibody drug, emapalumab, is approved to treat primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. This condition is a rare, often fatal syndrome in which the immune system produces too […]

November 22, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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