News and Trends 24 Oct 2017 British Scientists Prove that it Takes Very Few Mutations to Cause Cancer Researchers in the UK have analyzed over 7,500 tumors and estimate that a very low number of mutations is needed for cancer to develop. Researchers coming out of the prestigious Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK has estimated that as few as 1 to 10 mutations are required to cause cancer. The study, published in Cell, was […] October 24, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 24 Oct 2017 French Biotech‘s Bacterial Product is Ready to Enter the Anti-Aging Skincare Market Montpellier-based Deinove has developed a bacterial anti-aging skincare product, which has shown its safety and healing capacity in studies so far. Deinove specializes in high-value compounds from rare bacteria, in particular, the Deinococcus genus. It has announced that it will launch its first cosmetic product into the anti-aging skincare market in 2018, which is based on a […] October 24, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 24 Oct 2017 Where to Find the Money to Get Your Biotech Startup Up with the Big Boys What do you need to kickstart your own biotech company? A great idea, of course. Industry knowledge, a plus. Money… This could be tricky. Breaking into the biotech industry is one of the most expensive decisions that you can make. First, you need ground-breaking science that has what it takes to change its respective field, […] October 24, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Oct 2017 FDA Grants Belgian Crohn’s Disease Candidate Orphan Designation TiGenix’s candidate for a nasty Crohn’s disease complication received orphan drug designation after agreeing on a global Phase III trial. TiGenix exploits the anti-inflammatory properties of donor-derived stem cells to treat diseases. One of its candidates, Cx601, is targeted at a complication of Crohn’s disease – a nasty inflammatory condition affecting the intestine. Cx601 met efficacy and safety […] October 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Oct 2017 Transgene‘s Hepatitis B Vaccine Does the Business at Phase I The French biotech‘s hepatitis B vaccine has demonstrated good efficacy and safety, suggesting it could provide effective protection from the virus. Biotech veteran, Transgene, specializes in viral-based immunotherapies for cancers and infectious diseases. One of its targets, hepatitis B, is a potentially fatal liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Today, it has […] October 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Oct 2017 Swiss Biotech Rakes in $200M to Accelerate Antibody-based Cancer Treatments ADC Therapeutics has received massive private funding to progress two of its lead candidates for cancer through clinical trials. ADC Therapeutics, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, specializes in developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer. The technology uses the specificity of antibodies to deliver a therapeutic agent to target cells only. The biotech has […] October 23, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Oct 2017 Peanut Allergy Trial Fails but French Biotech Keeps Pushing for Approval DBV Technologies plans to go ahead with its peanut allergy treatment despite its failure to meet a primary endpoint in Phase III. Last Friday, DBV Technologies released the results of a Phase III trial that was key to the approval of a treatment to reduce peanut allergy in children. After 12 months, 35% of children […] October 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Oct 2017 A Peptide Reduces Bleeding in Surgery in Phase II Trials Ergomed has announced positive results in Phase II with PeproStat, a peptide solution to stop bleeding during surgery faster. In a Phase II study that recruited 169 patients across 16 European hospitals, London-based Ergomed has demonstrated that itspipeline’s lead candidate, PeproStat, can reduce the time to achieve hemostasis, that is, for the bleeding to stop, […] October 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 23 Oct 2017 The German CEO Pushing for an Immunotherapy to Treat Cancer and HIV Mariola Söhngen, CEO of Mologen, discusses biotech entrepreneurship in Germany and her company’s unique immunotherapy against both cancer and HIV. Mariola Söhngen has an outstanding track record as an entrepreneur and leader in biotech and pharma. In 1998, after 10 years working with big pharma, she founded her first company, Bootcamp, to help young professionals […] October 23, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Oct 2017 Leading Pharma-Academic Partnership Unravels the Mystery of a Major Cancer Gene The PTEN gene controls cell growth and behavior, with its loss implicated in cancer. AstraZeneca and Babraham have collaborated to improve our understanding of how this happens. The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK and AstraZeneca have unveiled research that helps us to better understand a key cancer gene, PTEN – reportedly the second most altered gene in cancers. […] October 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Oct 2017 Personalized Breast Cancer Treatment Coming Soon with Help from Spanish Biotech Inbiomotion has published the results of a Phase III study looking at its MAFTest to personalized approaches to the disease. Inbiomotion, based in Barcelona’s biotech hub, works on a highly selective biomarker for breast cancer. A Phase III study demonstrated that breast cancer patients that would benefit from zoledronic acid therapy can be selected, helping clinicians offer […] October 19, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Oct 2017 Dutch Biotech plans Pivotal Clinical Trial with First Gene Therapy for Hemophilia uniQure is getting ready to start a Phase III clinical trial in 2018 with a new version of its gene therapy for hemophilia B. uniQure has officially launched a plan to bring the first gene therapy for hemophilia to the market. After multiple meetings with the FDA and the EMA, the Dutch biotech has received permission […] October 19, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email