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News and Trends 16 Dec 2015

Global NGS Leader’s Influence in European Bioinformatics Field is Spreading Interest in Microbiomics

BioMérieux (France) is a diagnostics tech company which has partnered with the US Bioinformatics Giant Illumina to produce a novel Microbiological genetics sequencing kit: the bioMérieux EpiSeq. BioMérieux is a worldwide leading provider of diagnostic solutions (reagents, instruments, software) which determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and reduce risk of hospital […]

December 16, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 15 Dec 2015

Berlin Biotech Breakthrough: Myelo is Only 3 Years old and Already Starting a Phase II Trial for Breast Cancer!

Myelo Therapeutics in Berlin (Germany) has been approved for a phase II trial for its Chemo-induced Neutropenia therapy for Breast cancer after completing a successful series B financing round. A reduced level of neutrophils (a type of leukocyte) is called neutropenia. It can leave a patient vulnerable to infection and to developing febrile neutropenia, a […]

December 15, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 15 Dec 2015

Latest Small Molecule against Alzheimer’s Disease Success in Phase I Trials

Probiodrug‘s phase I tolerability and efficacy trial for Alzheimer’s didn’t quite go as planned, although results are in and it is still good news for this small molecule candidate. Probiodrug in Halle (Germany) is pioneering immunotherapy approaches to eliminate pyroglutamated (pGlu) Abeta, a highly toxic peptide that has been linked to the progression of Alzheimer’s […]

December 15, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

Best in Biotech 15 Dec 2015

Becoming Cyborg: 10 Amazing MedTech Inventions in the Biotech Industry

There have been some truly amazing Med-tech developments this year, each sounding like they’re right out of Science fiction (Fringe, anyone?!). Here’s a few seriously worth talking about. Gradually, we too are becoming turning bionic in our attitude to medicine – and due to accessibility of manufacturing platforms, creative innovators like those in the Biohacking […]

December 15, 2015 - 8 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 14 Dec 2015

World’s First Microbiome Fund Swells to €160M With Major Pharma Also Chipping In

The French VC firm Seventure‘s Health for Life Capital investment fund for Microbiome and Biotech has had an additional €60M pumped into it by Swiss Pharma Giant Novartis and other investors. Health for Life Capital is the first and unique microbiome focused investment vehicle. Now it has been announced that Novartis and other investors have also become […]

December 14, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 14 Dec 2015

Red Blood Cells to Carry Drugs? A US Start-Up Inspired by French Biotech to Focus on Rare Metabolic Disease

Erytech (France) is working on a drug-transportation system using red blood cells. Now US Rubius Therapeutics joins Erytech on this new approach to drug delivery, backed by the huge VC in the States; Flagship Ventures. Flagship Ventures has yet again shown its comprehensive portfolio in biotech through another EU inspired Biotech start-up. Rubius Therapeutics in […]

December 14, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 12 Dec 2015

What happened this week? Ultimate CAR-T Review, Infographic, Healthcare Disruptors

Monday: Organs-on-chips: Will They Lead to the End of Animal Testing? Tuesday: Ultimate Review: CAR-T is The Game-changer in Cancer Treatments Wednesday: Here are the 6 Healthcare Disruptors We met in Paris Thursday: Infographic: The Anatomy of Biotech Friday: “Structural Biology is changing the way we design drugs” P.S I was at the big UK […]

December 12, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 11 Dec 2015

Digital CRISPR Cloud Services: An Appealing Product to Big Bioinformatics Investors like Illumina

London’s Desktop Genetics and their remote CRISPR and digital genetics platform has caught the eye of US Illumina – the US Competitor to German Giant QIAGEN in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)… Desktop Genetics (DeskGen) is an online service that researchers can use to design CRISPR gene editing experiments, purchase reagents and find commercial entities to […]

December 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 11 Dec 2015

Biotech of the Week: Zealand Pharma, Biotech Success Story made in Denmark

This week we say farewell to Zurich and head North, through Germany where we arrive at our next destination, the capital city of Denmark, Copenhagen. This amazing city is famous for the Little Mermaid Statue, the autonomous neighborhood of Christiania and Tivoli Gardens Amusement Park. It is also home to our biotech of the week: Zealand […]

December 11, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 10 Dec 2015

A New Vaccine Against Pneumonia and Meningitis Reaches Human Trials..

Pneumonia, Meningitis and Sepsis: All these potentially fatal infections could one day be vaccinated against with Cambridge’s ImmBio and their Pneumococcal vaccine, which has now started safety & tolerability trials in the UK. ImmBio is based at the Babraham Institute, a unit of the UK’s Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (and in our Listed […]

December 10, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 10 Dec 2015

Peanut Allergies? This Phase III Trial Could Mean an End to Nut-Related Anaphylaxis

Peanut allergy in children can be life-threatening, with safe treatment options available. Now DBV Technologies in Paris has a phase III transdermal patch which desensitizes the patient to peanuts, with fast-track FDA approval. The allergens in peanuts can stimulate an immune response to their presence, which can even result in life-threatening anaphylaxis (here is a […]

December 10, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 10 Dec 2015

“Structural Biology is changing the way we design drugs”

Structural biology, the study of the structure of biological macromolecules, is becoming a real asset in the drug development process. The PSDI meeting is THE not-to-be-missed event for the experts in this field. Labiotech.eu gives you a glimpse of the last trends discussed during this conference thanks to our exclusive interview with Dr Peter Reinemer, […]

December 10, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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Global NGS Leader’s Influence in European Bioinformatics Field is Spreading Interest in Microbiomics

Berlin Biotech Breakthrough: Myelo is Only 3 Years old and Already Starting a Phase II Trial for Breast Cancer!

Latest Small Molecule against Alzheimer’s Disease Success in Phase I Trials

Becoming Cyborg: 10 Amazing MedTech Inventions in the Biotech Industry

World’s First Microbiome Fund Swells to €160M With Major Pharma Also Chipping In

Red Blood Cells to Carry Drugs? A US Start-Up Inspired by French Biotech to Focus on Rare Metabolic Disease

What happened this week? Ultimate CAR-T Review, Infographic, Healthcare Disruptors

Digital CRISPR Cloud Services: An Appealing Product to Big Bioinformatics Investors like Illumina

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