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News and Trends 30 May 2016

French Biodegradable Plastics get 2 new key US Patents

Carbios has been granted two key US patents: One for a novel plastic-degrading microorganism, and another for the creation of plastics with a customised lifespan – which could help bioplastics break into more industrial applications. A Green Chemistry company from the French region of Auvergne, Carbios was founded in 2011 but already has had some major […]

May 30, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 30 May 2016

Dutch Immuno-Oncology Biotech closes massive IPO on the NASDAQ

The Utrecht based Merus has snagged around $47.3M (€42.5M) in an IPO on the NASDAQ market for its portfolio of antibodies targeting breast and colorectal cancers. Back in April 2015, Merus announced its intention to go public on the Nasdaq, with the goal of raising at least €100M for the rest of the year, but […]

May 30, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 28 May 2016

What Happened this Week? Refresh, Virtual Biotech, Bayer and Monsanto

1. So that was Labiotech Refresh! Here are the conference Highlights 2. To Be – or Not To Be, a Virtual Biotech? 3. Bayer offers Big Buy out for the infamous Monsanto. Shareholders are not pleased… 4. Even after Quarantine, Ebola still transmitted by Breastfeeding and Sex 5. French T-cell Expert restarts trial for Crohn’s after Manufacturing Hiccup […]

May 28, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 28 May 2016

It’s Blood Cancer Day, how is Biotech fixing it?

Today is the World Blood Cancer Day, an event to show solidarity to patients and raise awareness for the need of better therapies to treat these cancers – which are still often deadly. Blood cancers can affect different type of cells in the blood. Because these cells are so close to the circulatory and immune system, […]

May 28, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 27 May 2016

Biotech of the Week: Pharnext, developing next level drugs against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease

The Scandinavian charm is wonderful but this week we are (finally) heading back to Central Europe. Do I really need to say what happens in Paris? We all know that: The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the pretty sights, la Seine and it’s also the cité de l’amour. However, it is also where Pharnext, our Biotech of the Week, is […]

May 27, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 27 May 2016

So that was Labiotech Refresh! Here are the conference Highlights

So after months of planning our first biotech conference, it’s kind of surreal to think it’s actually over. For now, anyway! Here’s a recap of the day; speakers, panels, audience and the team, as we put together the premier of Labiotech’s Conference series – Labiotech Refresh. Philip and Joachim during the opening speech. It all kicked […]

May 27, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 26 May 2016

Qiagen partners up for Novel Diagnostic against Breast Cancer

Qiagen is partnering up with Therawis to develop a diagnostic test to predict how effective an aggressive chemotherapy will be in patients with high risk breast cancer. A giant in molecular diagnostics, Qiagen is now working in a new diagnostic test that could help guide the treatment of breast cancer. Now, Qiagen has partnered with […]

May 26, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 26 May 2016

French T-cell Expert restarts trial for Crohn’s after Manufacturing Hiccup

TxCell is restarting its trial for Ovasave, an autologous T-cell therapy, with a new manufacturing partner. This therapy is targeting Crohn’s disease which does not respond to current treatments. TxCell is based in Sophia-Antipolis (France) and is developing immunotherapies based on a type of T-cells that have anti-inflammatory properties – regulatory T-lymphocytes (Tregs). Its most advanced programme is in refractory Crohn’s […]

May 26, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 26 May 2016

GSK teams up with US Money to found new Biotech

GSK and Avalon Ventures are having success with the Biotechs created under their collaboration. Sitari Pharmaceuticals and Silarus Therapeutics have achieved their first milestones, and there’s a 8th Biotech in the making. As part of its innovation hunting in the US, English big Pharma GSK had struck a collaboration with Avalon Ventures and formed an ‘undercover incubator’ of sorts. […]

May 26, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 24 May 2016

Danish ‘safer’ vaccine for Smallpox gets US order worth €90M

Bavarian Nordic will receive €90M from the US’ BARDA for its nonreplicating smallpox vaccine – which can be administered to people with conditions like HIV. Bavarian Nordic is one of the Copenhagen-based Biotechs you need to know which is developing cancer immunotherapies and vaccines against infectious diseases. Its infectious disease programme is based on their vaccine technology which uses an […]

May 24, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 23 May 2016

To Be – or Not To Be, a Virtual Biotech?

Many new biotechs start off as virtual companies. But at each stage of development, you always end up asking whether you should stay virtual or build your own in-house wet labs. What are the pros and cons of being virtual? And is there a more pragmatic “semi-virtual” approach? Pros and Cons of being Virtual Biotechs […]

May 23, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 23 May 2016

Bayer offers Big Buy out for the infamous Monsanto. Shareholders are not pleased…

Yes, everyone is talking about how Germany’s Pharma giant Bayer has made a $62 billion offer for the infamous chemicals conglomerate Monsanto. And not many like it. Bayer’s products mostly consist of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, biotechnological products, and high value polymers. Monsanto on the other hand is notorious for its agricultural chemicals, GMOs […]

May 23, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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French Biodegradable Plastics get 2 new key US Patents

Dutch Immuno-Oncology Biotech closes massive IPO on the NASDAQ

What Happened this Week? Refresh, Virtual Biotech, Bayer and Monsanto

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Biotech of the Week: Pharnext, developing next level drugs against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease

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Qiagen partners up for Novel Diagnostic against Breast Cancer

French T-cell Expert restarts trial for Crohn’s after Manufacturing Hiccup

GSK teams up with US Money to found new Biotech

Danish ‘safer’ vaccine for Smallpox gets US order worth €90M

To Be – or Not To Be, a Virtual Biotech?

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