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News and Trends 5 Oct 2016

New Link found between the Microbiome and “Genetic Obesity”

Researchers at King’s College London have found a new link between gut microbiome diversity (or, more specifically, the lack of it) and a particularly troubling kind of obesity. This finding could also help explain the inheritability of this disease. The explosive growth of the Microbiome field promises a whole new type of therapies, but this […]

October 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 5 Oct 2016

New Psoriasis Antibody Therapy puts pressure on Best-Seller drug Humira

New results from a Phase III trial show that guselkumab, an antibody therapy for the autoimmune disease plaque psoriasis, is performing better than the number one best-seller drug Humira (adalimumab) from AbbVie. The new drug is expected to be commercially available as early as 2018. Since MorphoSys licensed guselkumab to Janssen Biotech, in 2007, the drug has been performing […]

October 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 4 Oct 2016

CRISPR will Win the Nobel Prize, but When? Not this year…

Nobel Prize week has kicked off with the announcement of Physiology and Medicine recipient: it wasn’t the CRISPR crowd, but Yoshinori Ohsumi for his work on autophagy. As Derek Lowe puts it, CRISPR “is absolutely, positively going to win a Nobel; the only question is when.” Well, it didn’t manage last year, nor this year. […]

October 4, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 4 Oct 2016

A Secretive new Oncology Biotech has made a Dramatic Debut

Carrick Therapeutics has burst onto the oncology scene with a massive round of fundraising, reeling in almost €100M to become Europe’s cancer leader. Since its foundation last year, oncology upstart Carrick Therapeutics has mostly stayed off the radar. That changed yesterday, when it announced a splashy fundraising round of €85M ($95M) to propel it to the top of […]

October 4, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 4 Oct 2016

One Step Closer to an HIV Cure That Can Eliminate the Latent Virus

HIV has completely disappeared from the blood of a patient in clinical trials. The new HIV treatment that can target the virus even in its dormant state by activating latent infected cells and could possibly become the first HIV cure available. These initial results show that the new therapy, developed in the UK, may be effective in curing HIV. One of 50 […]

October 4, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 4 Oct 2016

Top 10 European Biotech Entrepreneurs Under 30 in 2016

As a young entrepreneur myself, I’m always impressed by other young entrepreneurs with crazy and ambitious ideas. Here are the most inspiring innovators under 30 years in European Biotech this year! Disclaimers first! Yes, this ranking is obviously very subjective. Yes, I did look for women, but as a reflection of the gender imbalance in biotech […]

October 4, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 3 Oct 2016

Researchers Find New Weak Spots to Develop an HIV Cure

Last week we published a thorough review on current approaches for an HIV cure, which may be available as soon as 2020. Academia has come up with two additional strategies that could make a huge difference in the study of HIV. HIV affects 36.7 million people in the world and caused 1.1 million deaths last year. Plenty of resources […]

October 3, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 3 Oct 2016

Ask the Biotech Recruiter: The Top 10 Pitfalls in International Recruitments

Are you recruiting talent for the top levels of your company? Ask the biotech recruiter! It doesn’t matter if you’re a small-time biotech or a big-time pharma – it’s a tough process. Pact & Partners, a leading international headhunting firm, has your back with this advice on the most common mistakes and how to avoid […]

October 3, 2016 - 9 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 1 Oct 2016

This Belgian Bioartist is deconstructing Chicken Evolution

Koen Vanmechelen is an artist that works in the intersection of art and research. His art focuses on exploring biocultural diversity… using chickens! Koen Vanmechelen‘s core artistic work is the Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (CCP), in which the artist cross-breeds chickens from all around the world. The aim: to create the ultimate chicken that will combine genes from […]

October 1, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 30 Sep 2016

Tailored Cancer Vaccines? NousCom is working on it!

We aren’t leaving Switzerland yet! We took a scenic train to Basel in order to meet nousCom, a very young biotech developing cancer vaccines. City: Basel, Switzerland Founded: 2015 Employees: unknown Financial Data: €12M raised in series A Mission: NousCom is a Biotech that develops next generation cancer vaccines with patient- and tumor-specific antigens. Their vaccines combine viruses […]

September 30, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 30 Sep 2016

Interview: GeNeuro’s CFO explains its Unique Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

GeNeuro is developing a unique treatment for multiple sclerosis. We interviewed Miguel Payro, the company’s CFO, who explained its advantageous position against big pharma. GeNeuro raised €33M in its Euronext IPO in April and is currently competing against giants like Novartis and Biogen. Despite 2016’s dubious honor as “the worst year for IPO in 20 years”, this Switzerland-based company has managed to go […]

September 30, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 29 Sep 2016

Boehringer buys a €210M ticket to Virus-based Immuno-Oncology

Boehringer Ingelheim has signed a deal with ViraTherapeutics, an Austrian start-up that focuses on the development of oncolytic virus therapies. If everything goes well, the big Pharma could acquire the Biotech start-up after completion of Phase I trials. Boehringer Ingelheim has its eye on ViraTherapeutics’ oncolytic virus platform. The young Biotech’s technology establishes a novel treatment approach that […]

September 29, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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New Link found between the Microbiome and “Genetic Obesity”

New Psoriasis Antibody Therapy puts pressure on Best-Seller drug Humira

CRISPR will Win the Nobel Prize, but When? Not this year…

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One Step Closer to an HIV Cure That Can Eliminate the Latent Virus

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Researchers Find New Weak Spots to Develop an HIV Cure

Ask the Biotech Recruiter: The Top 10 Pitfalls in International Recruitments

This Belgian Bioartist is deconstructing Chicken Evolution

Tailored Cancer Vaccines? NousCom is working on it!

Interview: GeNeuro’s CFO explains its Unique Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

Boehringer buys a €210M ticket to Virus-based Immuno-Oncology

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