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Podcast 21 Apr 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 42

This week, we’re talking about the upcoming Lund Spring Symposium with Claes Wahlestedt, Leonard M. Miller professor and director of the Center for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) and associate dean for therapeutic innovation at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; about Meet2Win with Lucia Robert, CEO of MATWIN which stages the event; and then […]

April 21, 2023

News and Trends 21 Apr 2023

RetinAI and Boehringer Ingelheim to use AI to develop treatment for geographic atrophy

RetinAI Medical AG, which creates clinical and imaging data management software and advanced analytics using artificial intelligence (AI) for ophthalmology, is partnering with Boehringer Ingelheim. The companies aim to improve patient outcomes in geographic atrophy (GA) by combining RetinAI’s Discovery platform and AI tools with Boehringer Ingelheim’s research in retinal diseases. GA is a progressive, […]

April 21, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Apr 2023

Orphalan announces U.S. launch of drug to treat Wilson disease

Orphalan SA, an international orphan drug development and commercialization company, has announced the commercial launch in the U.S. for Cuvrior. Cuvrior is a new trientine tetrahydrochloride (TETA-4HCl). It is now available for the treatment of adult patients with stable Wilson disease who are de-coppered and tolerant to D-penicillamine. Cuvrior was approved by the United States […]

April 21, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Apr 2023

Can artificial intelligence predict future pandemics?

Before the first cases of COVID-19 became known, an algorithm based on artificial intelligence developed by a company in Canada had already detected a new virus spreading across the Chinese city of Wuhan. This demonstration of the potential of new technologies applied to predicting future epidemics led a group of researchers at the Universitat Oberta […]

April 21, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 20 Apr 2023

6 of the top biotech companies to know about in South San Francisco

South San Francisco is known as the birthplace of biotechnology, after Robert Swanson and Dr. Herbert Boyer founded biotech giant Genentech in 1976, eventually leading to other biotech companies and pharmaceutical companies basing themselves in the local area. In this article, we take a look at six biotech companies currently headquartered in South San Francisco. […]

April 20, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

News and Trends 20 Apr 2023

FDA approves Genentech’s lymphoma drug

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq) in combination with Rituxan (rituximab), cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone (R-CHP). The approval covers the treatment of adult patients who have previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), not otherwise specified (NOS) or high-grade B-cell […]

April 20, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Apr 2023

Hasten raises $315M for acquisitions and pipeline development

CBC Group, Asia’s largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm headquartered in Singapore, and Hasten Biopharmaceutic Company Limited, have completed a $315 million fundraising round for Hasten. Hasten is a Chinese biopharma company backed by CBC, Hefei Industry Investment Group, and Feidong County of Hefei City. The fundraising round was co-led by CBC and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth […]

April 20, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

8 life science innovators you must meet at BioTrinity 2023

April 20, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor

PhD students Elisa Zattarin and Olof Eskilsson.

News and Trends 19 Apr 2023

Wound treatment boost from new color-changing dressing

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. The study, published in Materials Today Bio, is another step on the road to a new type of wound care. The skin is the largest organ of the human […]

April 19, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 19 Apr 2023

How Vaccine Platforms Can Prepare Us for Future Pandemics

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses in our defenses. Vaccine platforms will be powerful tools for reacting faster to future pandemics. Multiple COVID-19 vaccines became available across the world to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, signaling a historic moment for vaccine development due to the speed at which they were created. And with scientists believing that […]

April 19, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat

News and Trends 19 Apr 2023

Forbion raises €1.35B to invest in life science companies

European life sciences venture capital firm Forbion has raised €1.35 billion ($1.5 billion) for its two newest funds, bringing the total of funds under management to €3 billion ($3.3 billion). Both funds exceeded the original target sizes and represent Forbion’s largest fundraising to date. The final close of the Forbion Ventures Fund VI has reached […]

April 19, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Apr 2023

Nanocages developed to deliver small interfering RNAs

Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are novel therapeutics that can be used to treat a wide range of diseases. This has led to a growing demand for selective, efficient, and safe ways of delivering siRNA in cells. Now, in a cooperation between the universities of Amsterdam and Leiden in the Netherlands, researchers have developed dedicated molecular […]

April 19, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Beyond Biotech podcast 42

RetinAI and Boehringer Ingelheim to use AI to develop treatment for geographic atrophy

Orphalan announces U.S. launch of drug to treat Wilson disease

Can artificial intelligence predict future pandemics?

6 of the top biotech companies to know about in South San Francisco

FDA approves Genentech’s lymphoma drug

Hasten raises $315M for acquisitions and pipeline development

8 life science innovators you must meet at BioTrinity 2023

Wound treatment boost from new color-changing dressing

How Vaccine Platforms Can Prepare Us for Future Pandemics

Forbion raises €1.35B to invest in life science companies

Nanocages developed to deliver small interfering RNAs

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