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News and Trends 23 Mar 2018

Biotech VC Goes After Disrupting Animal Health and Nutrition

The French biotech VC Seventure, known for its investments in microbiome health, has launched a €24M fund focused on companies developing animal health and nutrition applications. A new venture capital fund called AVF has been launched today to support animal health and nutrition companies. With €24M at its first closing, the fund created by Seventure Partners in partnership […]

March 23, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

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News and Trends 23 Mar 2018

Researchers Give Sight to the Blind With Stem Cell Patch

UK researchers have successfully restored vision in two blind patients by transplanting a stem cell patch into their eyes. Scientists at University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, have used a stem cell patch to successfully restore vision in two patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a Phase I trial. Following the stem […]

March 23, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 22 Mar 2018

French Biotech Signs a Deal to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Deinove is licensing a portfolio of antibiotics for multi-drug resistant bacteria from Redx Pharma. Deinove, based in Montpellier, France, has signed an agreement to use synthetic molecules developed by UK biotech Redx to treat lethal anitbiotic-resistant infections. Redx’s molecules are a new class of antibiotics targeting an enzyme involved in bacterial DNA replication in Gram-negative bacteria. Deinove plans to […]

March 22, 2018 - 1 minutemin - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 21 Mar 2018

A Personalized Genetic Test for Breast Cancer Arrives in Europe

Agendia will launch a next-generation sequencing test in the EU to determine the chances of metastasis in breast cancer patients. Agendia, a US-Dutch biotech specializing in personalized medicine and molecular diagnostics, has obtained CE marking for the MammaPrint BluePrint Kit, a diagnostic device for breast cancer that uses next-generation sequencing technology. The kit can help clinicians identify […]

March 21, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

Interview 21 Mar 2018

Do Phages Hold the Key to Modulating the Microbiome?

The human microbiome is emerging as a target for treating a wide range of diseases, but it’s still a young field and there are lots of unknowns. Philip discussed with the CEO of BiomX whether phages may be the key to targeting specific bacterial strains in the microbiome. In the last decade, scientists have found […]

March 21, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Fundraising

News and Trends 20 Mar 2018

DNA Sequencing Unicorn Oxford Nanopore Raises £100M Round at £1.5Bn Valuation

Undeterred by competitors, Oxford Nanopore, one of the few unicorns in the biotech space, has secured £100M (€113M) to continue growing its unique next-generation sequencing platform. Oxford Nanopore is one of the best-funded biotechs in Europe, having raised £507.3M (€578M) in total, and famous for its “DNA-reading gadget the size of a Mars bar that sells for $1,000.” The company plans to […]

March 20, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 20 Mar 2018

Oxford Firm Develops Better Test for ALS Diagnosis

Oxford BioDynamics has presented data from a new diagnostic test that could help not just diagnose ALS but also help patients get a personalized treatment. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron disease whose diagnosis comes with the hard news that most patients die merely within 3 to 5 years of diagnosis. One of […]

March 20, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 20 Mar 2018

Why It’s the Best Time to Be in Cell and Gene Therapy

Cell and gene therapies are here, and they’re here to stay. We stopped to chat about the future of the field with Alexander Vos last week at Bio Europe Spring. The cell and gene therapy space has been given a big boost in the last couple of years. Since 2016, GSK’s gene therapy Strimvelis is available […]

March 20, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Spanish Research Stem Cell ALS Treatment

News and Trends 19 Mar 2018

Early Research in Bone Marrow Transplants Could Treat ALS

Early stage research from Spain could lead to a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using adult stem cells from bone marrow to stop progressive muscle paralysis. Researchers from the Neuroscience Institute at the Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH) in Elche, Alicante, and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) aim to test a stem cell treatment for […]

March 19, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

More News! 19 Mar 2018

Could the Microbiome Treat Side Effects of Stem Cell Transplants?

MaaT Pharma, based in Lyon, has received authorization to launch a Phase II trial for its therapy, which targets the gut microbiota to treat complications from stem cell transplants. MaaT Pharma will launch a Phase II trial for MaaT013, a therapy for treating acute graft-versus-host disease — a major complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation […]

March 19, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 19 Mar 2018

This French Device Could Repair Holes in the Heart

HoliStick Medical, a Paris-based startup, is developing a novel catheter device that can repair holes in the heart without the use of sutures. HoliStick Medical, has gained the exclusive rights to develop a catheter device created by Harvard University and MIT. The catheter is designed to repair holes and tissue defects in the heart and other […]

March 19, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

In Depth 19 Mar 2018

How is Biotech Putting a Spring into the Step of Sportsmen and Women Around the World?

Biotech has helped the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Nadal to return to fitness after injury. What else could this technology do to help athletes around the world excel? For as long as I can remember, I’ve been playing sport at every opportunity that I get. Having studied and worked in biotech, I wanted to […]

March 19, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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Biotech VC Goes After Disrupting Animal Health and Nutrition

Researchers Give Sight to the Blind With Stem Cell Patch

French Biotech Signs a Deal to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

A Personalized Genetic Test for Breast Cancer Arrives in Europe

Do Phages Hold the Key to Modulating the Microbiome?

DNA Sequencing Unicorn Oxford Nanopore Raises £100M Round at £1.5Bn Valuation

Oxford Firm Develops Better Test for ALS Diagnosis

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Early Research in Bone Marrow Transplants Could Treat ALS

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