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News and Trends 27 Sep 2017

New British Spin-Out Wants to Replace Hormonal Menopause Treatment

KaNDy Therapeutics has been launched as a spin-out of NeRRe Therapeutics to develop a new treatment for menopause that can address multiple symptoms at once. NeRRe Therapeutics, a company built around targeting neurotransmitting peptides, has spun out a single-asset, virtual company named KaNDy Therapeutics that will focus on the development of a drug with potential to significantly improve the treatment of […]

September 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

In Depth 27 Sep 2017

How to Survive the Valley of Death: Tips from Europe’s Largest Research Hospital

Taking research from the bench to the bedside is an infamous graveyard in biotech. Researchers from Charité and their colleagues have a plan to help startups survive. “Many basic research approaches currently fail far too late in their development,” write researchers from Charité University Hospital, based here in Berlin, in collaboration with colleagues from the University […]

September 27, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 26 Sep 2017

British Biotech Pockets Massive Series C for its CAR-T Cancer Therapies

Autolus, based in London, has raised €68M in Series C to continue developing its T cell immunotherapies for cancer treatment. Autolus focuses on developing engineered T cell immunotherapies to beat cancer. Its pipeline includes therapies targeted at both hematological cancers and solid tumors. The Series C fundraising of $80M (€68M) is added to £70M (€80M) made in Series A […]

September 26, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 26 Sep 2017

Belgian Biotech Teams Up With Lundbeck to Collaborate on Drug Discovery

Confo and Lundbeck have joined forces to push through drug discovery against a tough-to-target protein using Confo’s special technology. Confo Therapeutics develops small antibody fragments, ‘Confobodies’, that stabilize G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Although Lundbeck has the exclusive license to commercialize compounds from the collaboration, Confo would receive up to €5M in technology fees, plus milestone payments and royalties depending on […]

September 26, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

Best in Biotech 26 Sep 2017

These Three Fields Are Proving Biotech is The Innovation Powerhouse in Healthcare

Biotech is the best source of innovation in R&D, making its companies the darlings of pharma. Which therapeutic fields belong to biotech? “Biotech is typically first in highly innovative fields,” Matt Kapusta, CEO of uniQure told us. Before he became CEO, uniQure brought the world’s first gene therapy to market — completely on its own. Biotech […]

September 26, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 26 Sep 2017

French Biotech Gets $20M to Treat the Microbiome with CRISPR Nanobots

Eligo Bioscience has announced its first fundraising round, amassing $20M (€18.5M) that will be put towards bringing it CRISPR nanobots to a first clinical trial in humans. The French startup Eligo Bioscience has grown rapidly since its foundation in 2014. The company has announced today its Series A round, which, led by Khosla Ventures and […]

September 26, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 25 Sep 2017

Belgian Biotech Gets €1M Grant to Boost its mRNA Cancer Immunotherapies

Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship has given eTheRNA a €1M grant to further improve its TriMix mRNA cancer therapies. eTheRNA has been awarded the €1M industrial R&D projects grant by Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The company’s technology uses mRNA that stimulates the immune system to effectively treat cancer, giving rise to long-lasting remission in patients. It will […]

September 25, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 25 Sep 2017

Sanofi ‘Super-Antibody’ HIV Treatment Kills the Majority of Virus Strains

Sanofi, in collaboration with the US National Institute of Health, is developing an antibody HIV treatment that can kill 99% of strains. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is notoriously difficult to treat as it mutates so quickly. Some patients develop ‘broadly neutralizing antibodies’ that attack fundamental parts of the virus, and are therefore very powerful tools. Researchers […]

September 25, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

Interview 25 Sep 2017

Meet the Founder & CEO of Galapagos, Europe’s Biotech Role Model

Onno van de Stolpe founded Galapagos nearly 20 years ago and still is CEO of this European biotech success story. I caught up with him for the full story. It was when he was studying at the agricultural university in Wageningen, The Netherlands, when “I got fascinated by molecular biology, and the biotech industry in […]

September 25, 2017 - 10 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 23 Sep 2017

BioArt and Bacteria Exhibition is Coming to Oxford

A new exhibition in Oxford features the beautiful art of Anna Dumitriu, exploring the complex world of microbes and how we interact with them. Anna Dumitriu, prolific bioartist that works with bacteria, will show some of her best work at the solo exhibition BioArt and Bacteria that will be hosted at the Museum of the […]

September 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 22 Sep 2017

EU gives French Biotech €20M to Continue the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

Da Volterra has been boosted by a €20M loan to speed up the development of solutions for the antibiotic resistance crisis. The French biopharma concentrates on the prevention and treatment of serious infections. This is a big area of interest due to rapidly rising antibiotic resistance. The company has been boosted by a €20M loan from the […]

September 22, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 21 Sep 2017

Novozymes Launches HelloScience to Encourage Global Collaboration on Big Issues

The HelloScience platform will provide an online network where solutions for the world’s biggest challenges can be developed. First up, water scarcity. Novozyme’s new online network, HelloScience, will provide a space for innovators, start-ups, companies, and others to come together and work on developing solutions for some of the world’s biggest challenges. One of the […]

September 21, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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New British Spin-Out Wants to Replace Hormonal Menopause Treatment

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British Biotech Pockets Massive Series C for its CAR-T Cancer Therapies

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French Biotech Gets $20M to Treat the Microbiome with CRISPR Nanobots

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Sanofi ‘Super-Antibody’ HIV Treatment Kills the Majority of Virus Strains

Meet the Founder & CEO of Galapagos, Europe’s Biotech Role Model

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EU gives French Biotech €20M to Continue the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

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