News and Trends 20 Dec 2019 Freeline’s Rare Disease Gene Therapies Get €72M Series C Boost The UK gene therapy biotech Freeline Therapeutics is to receive an investment worth €72M (£61.1M) from the UK VC firm Syncona in a Series C round to fund the clinical… December 20, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 5 Dec 2016 Video: Chatting with Immunocore about the Potential of Immuno-oncology At Refresh in Paris, I had the opportunity to ask Eva-Lotta Allan,CBO of one of Europe’s hottest companies, Immunocore, some pointed questions. Immunocore is famous as one of the biggest… December 5, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Startup Scout 18 Jan 2019 This Biotech Turns Rejected Organs Into Drug Testing Models Engitix, a spinout from University College London, makes accurate disease models from human tissue that include the extracellular matrix from outside of the cells, an often overlooked but essential factor… January 18, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 4 Mar 2025 The biggest biotech funding rounds in February 2025 The companies Eikon Therapeutics, Sionna Therapeutics, and Abcuro bagged the biggest biotech funding rounds overall in February 2025 across private and public funding types. In this article, we break down… March 4, 2025 - 4 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Nov 2016 The sound of this Spider Silk Violin surprises Expert Musicians Last week, Imperial College London hosted the International Student Innovation Awards. The winner astonished everyone with a violin made with spider silk. Luca Alessandrini was awarded the £10,000 prize for… November 12, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Dec 2022 Owlstone Medical launches Breath Biopsy AOC Atlas built with diverse breath samples Owlstone Medical, a U.K. company working in breath biopsy for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine has announced the launch of the Breath Biopsy AOC Atlas. This is… December 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Startup Scout 28 Jun 2019 This Biotech Makes Dyes from Agricultural Waste Using Microbes Welcome to Norwich, UK, where Colorifix converts agricultural waste products into dyes using microbes, reducing the water and energy required to produce the dyes. Mission: To make textile dyes more… June 28, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Dec 2019 Autolus Reveals Early Clinical Data of Next-Gen CAR-T Therapy London-based Autolus has shown its next-generation CAR T-cell therapy does not induce some of the severe side effects that have led to deaths in patients treated with CAR T-cell treatments… December 9, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 13 Jan 2020 KaNDy’s Menopause Treatment Tackles Hot Flashes in Phase II A non-hormonal menopause treatment that targets the brain’s ‘thermostat’, developed by the UK company KaNDy Therapeutics, has significantly reduced hot flashes and improved quality of life in postmenopausal women in… January 13, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 30 Jan 2017 The Shiniest Golden Vertex? 15 Great Biotechs in Cambridge Cambridge’s image is tied to its Hogwarts-like University and Nobel-hoarding academia, but there’s also an exciting entrepreneurial scene at the cutting edge of technology. We took a look at how… January 30, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 13 Feb 2017 Biotech from the Bermuda Islands Brings Good News for Dementia Patients Axovant Sciences has announced positive preliminary results from a Phase II trial directed at reducing hallucinations in patients with dementia. Axovant Sciences is a biotech located in Bermuda, a British… February 13, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Oct 2018 Algorithm Proves Better Than Humans at Controlling Blood Sugar in Type 1 Diabetes A clinical trial has shown that letting an algorithm decide the amount of insulin a person with type 1 diabetes needs can help keep blood sugar levels under control. The… October 3, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email