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News and Trends 3 Jan 2017

New German Immuno-oncology Partnership takes on Solid Tumors

TCR2 Therapeutics is initiating a partnership with academia to boost its TCR technology with the aim of overcoming the huge challenges of treating solid tumors. TCR2 Therapeutics, a Boston immuno-oncology startup launched in 2015 and funded by the Munich biotech mafia, is starting the year with a multi-year collaboration with the University Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) in, […]

January 3, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Best in Biotech 3 Jan 2017

10 Hot European Biotechs to Observe in 2017 🚀

New year, new list: here are the 10 hottest Biotech companies I will watch closely in 2017 and why. This list is not meant to be comprehensive and is in no particular order. Super-pumped mRNA Therapy BioNTech is Europe’s largest private Biotech with over 500 employees and is one of the three leading mRNA therapy […]

January 3, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 2 Jan 2017

An EU Project will tackle Multiple Sclerosis using Personalized Multi Omics

The MultipleMS Consortium has been granted €15M by the EU Horizon 2020 to improve the treatment of multiple sclerosis using personalized medicine. The EU Horizon 2020 has kicked off the year with a project to develop, validate, and exploit methods for the personalized treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). The 21 institutions from 12 European countries and […]

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

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News and Trends 2 Jan 2017

Fresh Cash for a Device that Can Treat Diabetes and Prevent HIV

Intarcia will develop a drug delivery device for HIV prevention that can significantly reduce dosing frequency, backed by a €134M ($140M) deal with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Intarcia is a biotech unicorn from the US with an innovative drug delivery system that has managed to attract €197M ($206M) in Series EE, including €48M ($50M) from […]

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

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Interview 2 Jan 2017

The Story behind one of the Most Successful Danish Biotech Entrepreneurs

The series of profiles on impressive biotech leaders continues: John Haurum founded one of the most successful biotech companies in Denmark and is now leading one of the hottest European immuno-oncology companies. Here are some of his lessons and thoughts looking back at his rich career. John Haurum, born in Denmark, studied medicine at Aarhus University […]

January 2, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 28 Dec 2016

Discussing the Future of Personalized Medicine with Biotech Experts

Personalized medicine has been a popular topic in the last few years, but when will it materialize? Experts discussed the current challenges at Labiotech Refresh. Jean-Pol Detiffe is the CEO of OncoDNA, a company using next-generation sequencing to match patients with a personalized cancer treatment. In his opinion, one of the main challenges in the […]

December 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 27 Dec 2016

This SynBio Start-up is Redefining the Rules of Evolution

Biosyntia wants to reduce time and expenses in vitamin production by engineering microorganisms. Watch Hans Genee pitch his company at Labiotech Refresh! Many chemicals are currently produced using chemical synthesis. Hans Genee wants to be a “driver of the transition towards biobased products“. His strategy is to “redefine evolution rules to reduce cost and time” in […]

December 27, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 26 Dec 2016

The Largest Deals, Fundraising and Exits of 2016 in European Biotech

Curious about which technologies have attracted the most cash in biotech finance this year? Here’s a list of the most impressive cash movements of 2016 in Europe. Believe it or not, 2016 has been the worst year for biotech finance in a decade. The political scene has become unfavorable for British biotech after Brexit, and the uncertainty raised by […]

December 26, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 24 Dec 2016

Do Try this at Home: Growing Bacterial Paper with Open-source Bioart

The work of Diane Trouillet uses living organisms to create open-source bioart that everyone can try to replicate at home. Diane Trouillet, a self-proclaimed artist-researcher from Toulouse, is moving the French art community. Back in 2013, the bioartist invented a bacterial paper that she is now exploring as an artistic medium. Her most recent project, […]

December 24, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 23 Dec 2016

The 8 Biggest Biotech Medical Fails of 2016 in Europe

Although 2016 has brought plenty of good news in medical advances, biotech is an industry where failure is part of the game. Here’s a list of medical fails in biotech to learn from this year. Unfortunately, 2016 has not been a good year for pharma, with revenues in the top companies falling, the lowest number […]

December 23, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 22 Dec 2016

BMS Offers €850M for a British Oncolytic Virus better than CAR-T

BMS is offering PsiOxus Therapeutics a massive deal to get exclusive rights of an oncolytic virus that could outperform the promising CAR-T therapies. PsiOxus Therapeutics, based in Oxford, develops immuno-oncolytic viruses to treat solid tumors. Its technology attracted a partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb earlier this year, which is now offering the British biotech an impressive €850M […]

December 22, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Best in Biotech 22 Dec 2016

The 10 Biggest Clinical Success Stories of 2016 in European Biotech

What are the most impressive advances in medical biotechnology this year? From cancer to peanut allergy, here’s a list of the best success stories of 2016. Biotech is becoming a powerful driving force in medicine, providing innovative therapies that could end some of the most severe diseases. To celebrate the advances in the area of […]

December 22, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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