Expert Advice 11 Jul 2018 How Successful Life Science Businesses Generate Their Leads with “White Paper Marketing” The life science sector is full of ambitious professionals who are both overwhelmingly busy and voracious learners. This presents a problem and an opportunity. If you can employ educational marketing to your market, leaving your readers significantly more informed on an important issue than before they found you, you can position yourself as a […] July 11, 2018 - 9 minutesmins - By James Mathison Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Jul 2018 Gene Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa Tested in Humans for the First Time French biotech Horama has treated the first patients with a gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa that could prevent the progressive loss of vision caused by this genetic condition. A Phase I/II trial with Horama’s gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa is running at the Nantes University Hospital. The therapy is aimed at fixing genetic defects in a […] July 11, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Jul 2018 Swedish Alzheimer’s Treatment Slows the Disease in Phase II Trial BioArctic, based in Stockholm, has clinical results showing its antibody treatment that targets amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, can slow the disease’s progression. The trial tested the antibody in 856 patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease with plaques of amyloid-beta protein in their brains, which is considered a common hallmark of the disease. Results taken at […] July 9, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Jul 2018 Abingworth Closes €268M to Invest in Life Science Companies Abingworth has closed $315M (€268M) for its most recent fund, Abingworth Bioventures VII, which invests in European and US life science companies. In the current fundraising, Abingworth surpassed its target of $300M. The new fund will invest in life science companies in all stages of development, including early and late-stage venture deals. The company plans to […] July 9, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 8 Jul 2018 How Can Biology Help Us Prepare For Life in Space? An exhibition at the Science Gallery Dublin explores how humans are preparing to live in the harsh conditions of outer space — and how microorganisms might help us do so. Space traveling is closer than many of us think. NASA has plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, and Elon Musk seems to […] July 8, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Jul 2018 A New HIV Vaccine Could Protect Patients Against Multiple Viral Strains A new HIV vaccine is moving into a Phase IIb trial and could potentially protect patients against multiple HIV strains worldwide. Recent findings from a Phase I/IIa trial published in The Lancet show that a new HIV-1 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response against HIV 393 healthy adults, as well as in a […] July 6, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 5 Jul 2018 Series A Round Could Bring French Microbiome Treatment for Bowel Disease Into the Clinic Netbiotix has raised €7.5M to bring its lead candidate for inflammatory bowel disease into clinical trials. The treatment uses a bacterium found in the gut to prevent and dampen inflammation. The company, based in Paris, develops treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that consist of a single microbial strain that interacts with cells in the […] July 5, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Jul 2018 Stem Cells Could Help Patients Recover From Heart Attacks Viscofan BioEngineering has a green light in Spain to start clinical testing for its stem cell technology in patients with weakened heart muscles after a heart attack. While Viscofan BioEngineering’s main focus is on making sausage casings out of collagen, its technology could also help patients with weak heart muscles after suffering from a heart […] July 4, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 3 Jul 2018 NASA Studies How Outer Space Affects the Immune System NASA is using an antibody assay to investigate the effect of space flight on white blood cells in astronauts on the International Space Station. The assay used by NASA measures blood levels of a part of an antibody called a free light chain, in order to reveal the levels of activity of B cells. This […] July 3, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 3 Jul 2018 Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Fast Molecular Diagnostics Antimicrobial resistance is predicted to kill more people than cancer by 2050. Is it possible to prevent it? At our Refresh Meetup in Berlin, I talked with Achim Plum, CBO of the diagnostics company Curetis, about what are our best bets to turn the tables in the fight against the threat of antimicrobial resistance. The […] July 3, 2018 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Jul 2018 French Lupus Vaccine Ready to Move Into Phase III Neovacs, a French biotech, has shown its lupus vaccine can be effective in treating this severe autoimmune disease. Its lupus vaccine works by stimulating the patient’s immune system to produce antibodies against a protein called IFNα that regulates the immune system and is involved in the disease. The study enrolled 185 patients around the globe […] July 3, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 2 Jul 2018 New Blood Test Brings Cheaper Hepatitis B Diagnosis European and African researchers are developing a hepatitis B blood test that could help identify patients in Africa’s poorest regions who need immediate treatment. While treatments for hepatitis B are now available at a low cost, managing treatments effectively is still a challenge in Africa. This is because some patients who are infected with the […] July 2, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email