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Interview 23 Jan 2017

“Senior Staff Snobbery separates Academia from the Biotech Industry”

We caught up with Mark Lowdell, Director of Cellular Therapeutics and the RFH/UCL Cancer Biobank. As one of the few successful scientist-entrepreneurs, he has some ideas about bridging academia and industry in biomedicine. Mark Lowdell was introduced to me by his business partner, RJ Tesi. Tesi co-founded INmune Bio, a promising California-based startup, on Lowdell’s […]

January 23, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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More News! 21 Jan 2017

Giant Chickens and Bioluminiscent Squids Invade Berlin

Andreas Greiner explores the world of living beings we never pay attention to, inviting visitors to reflect on the anthropocentric culture from Western countries. When you enter Andreas Greiner‘s exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie, a giant skeleton of what looks like a dinosaur looms 7 meters tall. A closer inspection reveals that the giant ‘Monument […]

January 21, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 20 Jan 2017

Will Legos go Bio? The Sustainable Future of ‘Greener Toys’

The LEGO group is spending over €100M to replace its current plastic type for a more sustainable one, and there’s a new generation of environmentally-friendly biobased toys cropping up. Are bioplastic toys the future? Lego is an icon, and one with growing power at that. The toy has been adopted as an informal mascot of sorts of STEM […]

January 20, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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More News! 19 Jan 2017

I heard about these Hot Topics at JPM: Devices, Politics & Personalities

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending one of the smaller satellite events of the JP Morgan biotech conference. Here are some of the day’s themes. The JP Morgan conference extends far beyond the confines of the Westin that hosts the main event with smaller, more specific or exclusive events, networking nights, and happy […]

January 19, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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Infographics 19 Jan 2017

Infographic: A History of Approved Therapeutic Antibodies

Which are the EMA-approved therapeutic antibodies? How about their targets and indications? The number is growing year after year — here is a timeline. As medicine progresses into a new era of personalized therapy, therapeutic antibodies are leading the charge and have grown into a billion-euro industry. Antibodies present an attractive option for a wide variety […]

January 19, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Marie Godar

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News and Trends 18 Jan 2017

Evotec launches New Biotech to tackle the Most Deadly Diseases

Evotec has backed the foundation of Fibrocor, a Canadian company that will work on fibrosis, the underlying cause of some of the most deadly diseases. Fibrocor was launched yesterday in Toronto with €2M (CDN 2.8M) from the successful German biotech CRO Evotec and the Canadian non-profit MaRS Innovation. Evotec will provide all drug discovery activities […]

January 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 18 Jan 2017

New Combo Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes to Sweep Europe

Zealand Pharma and its partner Sanofi have made it to the European market with a new combination therapy to treat type 2 diabetes. Suliqua, a treatment for type 2 diabetes, has received marketing authorization in Europe. This feat has earned Zealand Pharma a €9.4M ($10M) payment from its partner Sanofi. The big pharma is responsible […]

January 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 18 Jan 2017

It’s Not Just Regulations: 9 Other Reasons Advanced Therapies Fail

For advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs), the regulatory process is a major challenge to reach the market; but it’s only part of the picture. Here are the top 9 other pre-approval reasons these cell and gene therapies fail. Sound Scientific Rationale + Good Product = Successful Outcome.” Paula Salmikangas, Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) Chairman […]

January 18, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Timothé Cynober

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More News! 17 Jan 2017

Nanoparticles from Car Tailpipes could Activate Viruses in the Lungs

Nanoparticles produced by burning fossil fuels could promote viral infections by activating latent viruses in our lungs; what are the consequences? We all know that breathing the traffic smoke is not good for our health. Now, researchers from the Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich have discovered a process that makes it even more dangerous than initially […]

January 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 17 Jan 2017

This Herpes Cure is Proving to Work Better than its Predecessors

AiCuris’ candidate pritelivir has shown to perform better than current standard antiviral treatments against genital herpes in Phase II trials. AiCuris, leading the development of treatments for infectious disease, has completed a Phase II trial in which its candidate pritelivir outperformed the current standard care for genital herpes. When compared to the antiviral drug valacyclovir, […]

January 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 17 Jan 2017

This Leading Gas Distributor from France is Going Bio

Global Bioenergies and Butagaz will collaborate to develop and incorporate renewable energy sources into France’s energy systems. Butagaz, a gas distributor from France, is partnering with Global Bioenergies, a synbio company in Paris that produces biofuel with renewable sources. Butagaz will support Global Bioenergies’ industrial development in exchange for the first batches of bio-isobutene the […]

January 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Best in Biotech 17 Jan 2017

Here are 15 Women Leading in European Biotech

After listing the key people to meet in the biotech hotspots of Munich and the Golden Triangle, we looked for women who are particularly successful in biotech across the continent. The industry has been accused of having a big problem with sexism and, as we’ve written about in the wake of the JP Morgan party […]

January 17, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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