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News and Trends 14 Nov 2017

British Biotech Gets a £2.5M Grant to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy

Tusk Therapeutics is working on immunotherapies to ignite the immune system against cancer. The £2.5M grant will help it to accelerate their development. Tusk Therapeutics focuses on immuno-oncology to ‘harness the power’ of the immune system. One of its candidates is an antibody that targets the CD38 immune checkpoint, which is a marker of cell activation that […]

November 14, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

In Depth 14 Nov 2017

The World’s Deadliest Diseases: How is Biotech Fighting Them?

With the recent outbreaks of plague in Madagascar and Ebola in West Africa, two terrifying diseases are back in the news. But these are not the only infections that are inevitably fatal if untreated, or, even worse, for which no therapy is available yet. Though mostly rare, deadly diseases are closer than you think. Plague […]

November 14, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Ute Boronowsky

Hubert Birner TVM Capital Bio Europe 2017

Interview 13 Nov 2017

Where is the Money Going in Biotech? A Peek into European VC Strategy

Hubert Birner, Managing Partner at TVM Capital Life Science, discusses his strategy to adapt to the European funding constraints and the areas with most potential for biotech investment. TVM Capital Life Science is a venture capital firm focusing on biotech, pharma and medtech. With over €900M under management and offices in both Munich and Montreal, TVM […]

November 13, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 13 Nov 2017

Spanish Biotech Gets €2.4M to Spot Myocardial Infarction Before it’s Too Late

GlyCardial Diagnostics believes it has the technology to prevent premature myocardial infarctions, 80% of which are preventable. Barcelona-based GlyCardial Diagnostics is a biotech, which spun-out from the Catalan Institute of Cardiovascular Science. The startup focuses on the development of an in vitro diagnostic device for myocardial ischemia, which is based on the detection of Apo J-Glyc in the […]

November 13, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 13 Nov 2017

World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Here are Biotech’s Top 5 Strategies to Overcome Resistance

This week marks the WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week. We had a look at some of the best work being done by biotechs to fight resistance. An estimated 154 million prescriptions for antibiotics are written each year, but up to 30% are unnecessary. The World Health Organization has set up World Antibiotic Awareness Week to tackle this. This year’s theme is […]

November 13, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 13 Nov 2017

Biotech Unicorn’s T-Cell Receptor Therapy “Nearly Doubles” Survival in Uveal Melanoma

Immunocore, one of the only three European biotech unicorns, has presented Phase I results for its TCR immunotherapy IMCgp100 in patients suffering from metastatic uveal melanoma. Results are positive, but perhaps not to the level of expectation for a company with such a high valuation. On Saturday, Immunocore presented its latest clinical results at the Society […]

November 13, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 13 Nov 2017

British Biotech Gets PRIME Designation for its Brittle Bones Drug

The EMA has awarded PRIME Designation to Mereo BioPharma’s osteogenesis imperfecta drug, a condition for which there is no treatment on the market. Mereo acquires, develops and commercializes therapies for patients with rare diseases. It was set up by Denise Scots-Knight, one of our top women entrepreneurs, in 2015 and already has a market cap […]

November 13, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Alex Dale

Top 5 Things to Know About Immunotherapies – A Review

Immunotherapy – A big word with much meaning. There’s no use in talking about their history. The fact that immunotherapies seem to be the next big thing in biotech is reason enough to discuss them. For this purpose, we have caught up with Etienne Drouet, Vice President of Strategic Development at SynteractHCR, an international CRO. […]

November 13, 2017 - 13 minutesmins - By Larissa Warneck-Silvestrin

News and Trends 10 Nov 2017

Roche Partners with French Startup to Diagnose Septic Shock

In its first partnership with a biotech startup, Roche Diagnostics will help develop a blood test to accompany Inotrem’s experimental therapy for septic shock. Roche Diagnostics has announced a research collaboration with Inotrem, a biotech startup based in Nancy, France. The deal, for which the amount was undisclosed, concerns the development of a companion diagnostic test […]

November 10, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Interview 9 Nov 2017

Interview with Europe’s Leader in Biotech Partnerships

I talked with Werner Lanthaler, CEO of Evotec, during Bio Europe 2017 to ask him what the key is to his company’s great success in supporting biotech innovation and establishing strategic partnerships. Evotec started off as a contract research organization in Hamburg back in 1993. Today it has over 2,000 employees worldwide, its own pipeline […]

November 9, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 9 Nov 2017

Doctors Use Genetically Modified Stem Cells to Give a Boy New Skin

The ‘butterfly child’ who lost 80% of his skin has been successfully treated. The boy is now able to go to school and enjoy life with family and friends. A medical team from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum’s burn unit and the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Modena have treated a boy suffering from […]

November 9, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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More News! 9 Nov 2017

Swiss Biotech and Japanese Pharma Team Up to Tackle Neurodegenerative Disease

Neurimmune and Ono Pharmaceutical have partnered to develop an antibody drug against a still undisclosed neurodegenerative disease. Neurimmune has a new partner to help it develop treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. Ono Pharmaceutical will work together with the Swiss biotech to develop human antibodies against a new disease target that remains undisclosed for now. In exchange for an […]

November 9, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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British Biotech Gets a £2.5M Grant to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy

The World’s Deadliest Diseases: How is Biotech Fighting Them?

Where is the Money Going in Biotech? A Peek into European VC Strategy

Spanish Biotech Gets €2.4M to Spot Myocardial Infarction Before it’s Too Late

World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Here are Biotech’s Top 5 Strategies to Overcome Resistance

Biotech Unicorn’s T-Cell Receptor Therapy “Nearly Doubles” Survival in Uveal Melanoma

British Biotech Gets PRIME Designation for its Brittle Bones Drug

Top 5 Things to Know About Immunotherapies – A Review

Roche Partners with French Startup to Diagnose Septic Shock

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Doctors Use Genetically Modified Stem Cells to Give a Boy New Skin

Swiss Biotech and Japanese Pharma Team Up to Tackle Neurodegenerative Disease

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