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Minoryx Therapeutics Marc Martinell interview

Interview 10 Jul 2017

Meet the CEO of Minoryx, the Spanish Biotech Fighting Rare Disease

I spoke with Marc Martinell, CEO of Minoryx, to learn first-hand how his company in Barcelona is bringing new hope for patients suffering from rare diseases. Having previously worked in Crystax Pharmaceuticals and Oryzon Genomics, Marc Martinell is now CEO of one of Spain’s most successful biotechs. Minoryx Therapeutics is developing what could be the first […]

July 10, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 8 Jul 2017

Memories Encoded in DNA and Biological Reliques

Margherita Pevere is an artist that uses living organisms to explore our relationship with nature and technology, and our obsession with preserving information. Margherita Pevere is an artist fascinated by the connection between humans and nature, and how the pervasive introduction of technology into all aspects of our lives is affecting this relationship. Her work puts living […]

July 8, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 7 Jul 2017

French Mobile Diabetes Firm gets €17.5M to Build an Artificial Pancreas

Cellnovo has launched a capital increase from top European investors to boost its mobile system for diabetes and complete the development of a fully automated artificial pancreas. Cellnovo is a French medtech company with an all-in-one system to manage diabetes in the market. The company has now announced a capital raise of €17.5M to boost […]

July 7, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

video choose clinical development vendor

Interview 7 Jul 2017

Video: The Naked Truth – How to Choose the Best Clinical Development Vendor!

Two experts share their views on how to choose the best clinical development vendor. The selection process involves many different and varied factors! “Nowadays, vendor selection is part of a science, the science of making difficult choices,” Marc Riteco, Vice President of Clinical Development at uniQure, told the audience during our second Refresh Expert Track […]

July 7, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 7 Jul 2017

Better than CRISPR? New Genetic Analysis Method ropes in Long-Read DNA Cloning

After CRISPR, there’s a new genetic technique with a tongue-in-cheek name in town: LASSO cloning. Researchers from four institutions, including the US-based John Hopkins, Rutgers and Harvard, and the University of Trento in Italy, have developed a new technology to study large chunks of DNA and their function. The work behind it was recently published in Nature Biomedical […]

July 7, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

Startup Scout 7 Jul 2017

A Norwegian Biotech is Aiming at Permanently Removing HPV Skin Infections

This week we’re traveling to Bergen, a beautiful coastal city in Norway surrounded by seven mountains, where a biotech called Cytovation is developing a brand new treatment for benign tumors caused by the human papillomavirus. Mission: Cytovation is developing what could be the first prescription treatment for cutaneous warts, which are a form of […]

July 7, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Startup Battle Labiotech Refresh 2017 Rising Stars

Interview 6 Jul 2017

Watch Europe’s Rising Biotech Startups Battle it out at Refresh

After the early stage startups gave it all on stage, it was the turn of the more advanced biotechs to fight each other at Labiotech Refresh 2017. The first contestant was Beroceutica, a startup from Germany that uses artificial intelligence to look for biomarkers that allow better patient stratification in clinical trials. The goal is to increase the success […]

July 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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More News! 6 Jul 2017

Lab-Grown Bile Ducts Can Replace Liver Transplant in Mice

A new study describes a method that could be used to regenerate bile ducts in children with biliary atresia instead of waiting for a liver transplant. Researchers at the University of Cambridge might have found an alternative to transplant for children with liver disease. Their results, published today in Nature Medicine, reveal that primitive bile ducts grown […]

July 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 6 Jul 2017

Roche and Ireland’s Biggest Biopharma Take Their Parkinson’s Antibody to Phase II

Prothena and Roche are advancing their Parkinson’s antibody to Phase II, triggering a new milestone payment from what is proving a lucrative deal for Prothena. Prothena, the largest biopharma in Ireland, and its partner Roche have announced the first patient has been enrolled in a Phase II trial testing an antibody treatment for Parkinson’s. Reaching […]

July 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 5 Jul 2017

Results are in from the First Human Trial of an Universal Cancer Vaccine

BioNTech has published results from the first clinical trial for an mRNA-based individualized vaccine with the potential to target all cancer types. Published in Nature, the results from the first trial in humans with a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine hint that BioNTech is on a promising track towards the development of a universal cancer vaccine. All […]

July 5, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Jul 2017

Galapagos and Gilead Launch the Fifth New Trial for Filgotinib this Year

With the addition of uveitis, Galapagos and Gilead are raising to 10 the number of indications in filgotinib’s clinical pipeline. Galapagos and Gilead clearly have big expectations for filgotinib. The small molecule is already in Phase III for rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The team is now launching a new Phase II trial in […]

July 5, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Jul 2017

Cutting Through the BS in Biopharma: How To Spot Hype

Faced with the oft-quoted figure that 90% of clinical trials end in failure, how can patients, investors, and readers be spared more disappointment? After discussing failures in biotech at Refresh earlier in June, I headed to Copenhagen last week for the European Conference for Science Journalists to cajole a panel into discussing how some of these stories feature […]

July 5, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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Memories Encoded in DNA and Biological Reliques

French Mobile Diabetes Firm gets €17.5M to Build an Artificial Pancreas

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Better than CRISPR? New Genetic Analysis Method ropes in Long-Read DNA Cloning

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Lab-Grown Bile Ducts Can Replace Liver Transplant in Mice

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