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In Depth 11 Nov 2020

GMO Regulations in Europe Are “Not Fit for Purpose”

The controversial decision by the European courts in 2018 to regulate gene-edited organisms as GMOs has had a damaging effect on biotech companies working in this area. The current GMO regulations were established in Europe in 2001 and were designed to strictly regulate the introduction of DNA from other species into animals and plants. These […]

November 11, 2020 - 8 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

News and Trends 9 Oct 2020

2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded to CRISPR-Cas9 Pioneers

The biotech community is raving about the long-anticipated recognition of the groundbreaking CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool, with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to two of its leading developers this week. The Prize in Chemistry went to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, and Jennifer Doudna, a Professor […]

October 9, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Victor Kotsev

Best in Biotech 30 Mar 2020

10 Unusual Applications of CRISPR Gene Editing

CRISPR has been all over the news in the past couple of years, and with reason. This gene editing tool is making gene editing easier and faster than ever, and the possibilities it has opened up go well beyond human health. You might have heard of the tremendous potential CRISPR could have in treating disease. […]

March 30, 2020 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Jan 2020

Broad Institute Loses Appeal on European CRISPR Patent

A decision from the Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Office has revoked the claim of the Broad Institute to general patents on CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology, strengthening the position of its opponent UC Berkeley in Europe. The Broad Institute in Cambridge, US, is one of the main contenders in the ongoing battle for […]

January 24, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 14 Jan 2020

Update: Horizon Discovery to Offer Partners Precise CRISPR Gene Editing

Update (14/01/20): Horizon Discovery will offer partners access to a precise version of CRISPR gene editing technology it has licensed from researchers at Rutgers University in the US. After a year of research and development, the UK biotech has incorporated the base-editing technique into its drug discovery platform and will use it to develop better […]

January 14, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Best in Biotech 30 Dec 2019

European Biotech’s Top News in 2019

With the year coming to a close, it’s time to review the most important biotech news events that took place in the European biotech industry in 2019. It has been a solid year for the European biotech industry. In 2019, venture capital funding in Europe continued to be high after a very good year in […]

December 30, 2019 - 10 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 19 Nov 2019

CRISPR Cell Therapy Shows Early Promise for Treating Blood Disorders

CRISPR Therapeutics and its US partner Vertex Pharmaceuticals have released the first clinical results for a cell therapy made using the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 in patients with genetic blood disorders. The interim results concern two patients enrolled in different phase I/II clinical trials testing the same therapy in two blood disorders: transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia and […]

November 19, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

More News! 9 Oct 2019

Novo Nordisk and Bluebird Bio to Treat Hemophilia with Gene Editing

The Danish big pharma Novo Nordisk has joined forces with the US gene therapy company bluebird bio to develop next-generation gene editing treatments for hemophilia. The collaboration will last for three years and has the goal of developing a gene therapy that can permanently treat hemophilia A, a genetic disease causing uncontrolled bleeding. Novo Nordisk […]

October 9, 2019 - 1 minutemin - By Jonathan Smith

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Startup Scout 27 Sep 2019

This Biotech Can Screen CAR T-Cells Using Only Light and Microfluidics

Based in Cambridge, UK, Lightcast Discovery is developing microfluidics technology that automates cell screening experiments by using lasers. Mission: To automate cell screening experiments, such as those used when screening CAR T-cell immunotherapies. This would let companies test therapies in complex cell experiments, such as cell-to-cell interactions, which are difficult with traditional drug-screening tools. Cell […]

September 27, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 15 Aug 2019

Swiss Scientists Upgrade CRISPR to Edit Many Genes at Once

A research group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, has made it possible to edit hundreds of genes at once with CRISPR gene editing. CRISPR gene editing has revolutionized the biotech industry by providing an easy and quick way to genetically modify organisms. So far, however, CRISPR techniques have only managed to edit a maximum of seven […]

August 15, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 7 Jun 2019

CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Seal Deal Worth up to €890M

The US giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals is expanding an existing collaboration with the Swiss company CRISPR Therapeutics, paying up to €890M ($1B) to develop treatments for genetic diseases causing muscle weakness using the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9. The deal includes €155M ($175M) paid upfront, and potential future payments based on achieving developmental milestones. In exchange, Vertex […]

June 7, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 3 Jun 2019

‘CRISPR Babies’ Might Be at Risk of Dying Younger

Update (01/10/2019): The scientists behind the study have declared that the results were based on erroneous data, meaning the mutation they studied has a weaker effect on mortality than initially reported. A new study highlights the issues that can result from modifying human DNA without sufficient understanding of how it can impact our health. Last […]

June 3, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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GMO Regulations in Europe Are “Not Fit for Purpose”

2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded to CRISPR-Cas9 Pioneers

10 Unusual Applications of CRISPR Gene Editing

Broad Institute Loses Appeal on European CRISPR Patent

Update: Horizon Discovery to Offer Partners Precise CRISPR Gene Editing

European Biotech’s Top News in 2019

CRISPR Cell Therapy Shows Early Promise for Treating Blood Disorders

Novo Nordisk and Bluebird Bio to Treat Hemophilia with Gene Editing

This Biotech Can Screen CAR T-Cells Using Only Light and Microfluidics

Swiss Scientists Upgrade CRISPR to Edit Many Genes at Once

CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Seal Deal Worth up to €890M

‘CRISPR Babies’ Might Be at Risk of Dying Younger

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