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News and Trends 30 Jan 2018

Two Biotechs Team Up to Test their Cancer Antibody Combo in the Clinic

Innate Pharma and MedImmune will test the combination of Innate’s cancer antibody and the checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab in patients with solid tumors. Innate Pharma uses antibodies to enhance the immune system’s ability to fight cancer. It has formed a clinical trial collaboration with the MedImmune, an R&D arm of AstraZeneca. The two companies will share the costs […]

January 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 30 Jan 2018

Update: Pocket Device makes its Debut in Whole Human Genome Sequencing

Update (30/01/2018): Oxford Nanopore has published a study in Nature Biotechnology outlining the first use of its pocket MinION device to sequence a human genome. The device was able to read sequences of DNA that are “hundreds of times larger than usual,” helping scientists better reconstruct the whole genome sequence. MinION costs less than $1,000 and […]

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

News and Trends 30 Jan 2018

The Female Sex Hormone Estrogen Could Help to Fight Neuroblastoma

Estrogen receptors are switched off in aggressive cases of neuroblastoma so scientists have tested boosting estrogen activity to fight the disease. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm have found that there could be a role for the female sex hormone estrogen in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer that tends to affect young children. The results […]

January 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 29 Jan 2018

This Italian Biotech Will Sequence 10,000 Genomes in 2 Years

Dante Labs will use its DNA testing kit to sequence the DNA of 10,000 Europeans in an effort to improve our understanding of the human genome. Dante Labs developed the first DNA test to be made available in Europe, allowing the public to test their health from the comfort of their own homes. It has now […]

January 29, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 29 Jan 2018

Another One Gets Snapped Up: Ablynx has been Acquired by Sanofi for €3.9B

Sanofi will acquire Ablynx and get its hands on the biotech’s exciting Nanobody technology just months after the biotech joined Europe’s billion-euro biotech club. Despite rejecting the advances of Novo Nordisk earlier this month, a decision that led to a 60% jump in Ablynx’s stock, the biotech has voted unanimously in favor of being acquired Sanofi. Sanofi has […]

January 29, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 29 Jan 2018

London Tops Europe for Life Sciences Investment in 2017

Investment in London’s life sciences companies reached almost £1B in 2017, beating the likes of Berlin and Paris to top spot. A new study has found that London’s life sciences industry received the most investment out of any city in Europe in 2017. Over the last 5 years, companies in the capital have raised £2.8Bn (€3.2Bn), with £909M […]

January 29, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 29 Jan 2018

Mapping of the Axolotl’s Genome Boosts the Regenerative Medicine Field

Salamanders have long been a useful model for regenerative medicine due to their ability to regrow entire limbs. Now, scientists have found the genes that drive the process. Scientists in Vienna, Dresden, and Heidelberg are the first to completely map the genome of the axolotl salamander. Despite its popularity as a biological model and use for […]

January 29, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

Interview 29 Jan 2018

Meet the CEO of the Other Big Biotech Acquisition Target in 2017

Christian Schetter’s company, Rigontec, was acquired by MSD last year for nearly half a billion euro. How did he and the company do it, with only one early-stage candidate? There were exactly two notable biotech acquisitions in Europe last year: Actelion and a smaller startup based in Munich called Rigontec, which had an RNA candidate […]

January 29, 2018 - 9 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 27 Jan 2018

Biology and Art Take Over the Berlin Central Station

The art installation Relationscape connected many Berlin commuters with the future of biology at the capital’s central station. This week, the daily commuters of the German capital got a chance to come face to face with the world of biology. At the entrance of the Berlin Central Station, a huge building made of steel, glass […]

January 27, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 26 Jan 2018

New British Spinout May Get Snapped Up by Allergan for $400M

KaNDy Therapeutics, a women’s health spinout helmed by Mary Kerr, is rumored to be in acquisition talks that value the company at $400M (€322M). Details are sparse, but according to a report from Bloomberg, Stevenage-based KaNDy Therapeutics is supposedly in the late stages of a discussion with Allergan about a possible buyout. KaNDy, a recent spinout […]

January 26, 2018 - 1 minutemin - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 26 Jan 2018

Update: Bionic Implant Restores Vision in a Human for the First Time

Update (26/01/2018): A first patient was implanted with Pixium Vision’s PRIMA bionic device. A month after implantation, the device was activated and the patient, who suffered from severe vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported “a first perception of light from the central zone where there was none previously,” according to principal investigator Dr. […]

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

Startup Scout 26 Jan 2018

This Danish Biotech is Working on Better, Safer Drugs for Cardiac Arrhythmia

This week, we’re visiting Acesion Pharma in Copenhagen, a biotech that is developing more effective, safer drugs for atrial fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia. Mission: Since being founded in 2011, Acesion has already caught our attention, being named as one of our top biotechs in Copenhagen. The biotech focuses on the development of […]

January 26, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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Two Biotechs Team Up to Test their Cancer Antibody Combo in the Clinic

Update: Pocket Device makes its Debut in Whole Human Genome Sequencing

The Female Sex Hormone Estrogen Could Help to Fight Neuroblastoma

This Italian Biotech Will Sequence 10,000 Genomes in 2 Years

Another One Gets Snapped Up: Ablynx has been Acquired by Sanofi for €3.9B

London Tops Europe for Life Sciences Investment in 2017

Mapping of the Axolotl’s Genome Boosts the Regenerative Medicine Field

Meet the CEO of the Other Big Biotech Acquisition Target in 2017

Biology and Art Take Over the Berlin Central Station

New British Spinout May Get Snapped Up by Allergan for $400M

Update: Bionic Implant Restores Vision in a Human for the First Time

This Danish Biotech is Working on Better, Safer Drugs for Cardiac Arrhythmia

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