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Interview 8 Jun 2017

Cambridge Antibody Technology: The History of the UK’s Best Biotech

CAT was the first of Greg Winter’s three antibody-related companies and one of the UK’s biggest success stories in biotech. How did he pull it off? Sir Greg Winter is one of the biggest names in European biotech. As a Professor of Biochemistry at Cambridge University, he developed phage display technology that became the foundation […]

June 8, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 6 Jun 2017

Imperial College Moves its Startup Incubator to a Bigger Facility in West London

Last Friday, the Duke of York opened Imperial’s newest facilities in the White City campus, where the university is relocating its startup incubator. Imperial College’s startup incubator, previously located at Imperial’s South Kensington campus, just got a significant upgrade with brand new facilities that opened last week in Imperial College’s White City campus. The new space, aptly renamed the White City […]

June 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 5 Jun 2017

What Lies Ahead in Biotech for the UK’s Top Academic Entrepreneur?

Despite remaining firmly in academia, Greg Winter is a biotech legend. What’s ahead for the serial entrepreneur, and where does he see biotech going? Sir Greg Winter is one of the biggest names in European biotech. As a Professor of Biochemistry at Cambridge University, he developed phage display technology that became the foundation of his first […]

June 5, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 1 Jun 2017

Next-Gen Drug Conjugates Bank €46M in Series B with American Investors

Bicycle Therapeutics has closed a massive fundraising round, raking in £40M (€46M) from American investors to launch clinical trials. Bicycle Therapeutics, the most recent company founded by the legendary academic-entrepreneur Greg Winter, is making a name for itself as a money magnet. Hot on the heels of a €1B deal with AstraZeneca last fall, the biotech […]

June 1, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

More News! 30 May 2017

FDA Fast Tracks Muscular Dystrophy Drug backed by Woodford

The FDA has handed out a Fast Track Designation to AMO Pharma for its key asset AMO-02 to treat congenital myotonic dystrophy. The British-American biotech hybrid AMO Pharma is advancing a small pipeline of drugs for rare genetic disorders. The biotech, which is backed by famous UK Investor Neil Woodford, is currently pushing its lead candidate […]

May 30, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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News and Trends 26 May 2017

UPDATE: UK Cannabis Biotech ready for a Blockbuster in Rare Epilepsy

UPDATE (26/05/2017): GW has released more positive results in The New England Journal of Medicine demonstrating that Epidiolex dramatically reduces convulsive seizures in children with Dravet syndrome. The results have primed the drug for its NDA submission to the FDA and led some to forecast blockbuster success. Original Publication 30/03/2016 GW Pharmaceuticals (UK) has announced positive results […]

May 26, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Ekaterina Perets

News and Trends 24 May 2017

UK biotech is catching up to the US, but will it run out of gas?

The UK is far ahead of its European biotech rivals according to a new report, but will it fulfill its promise of becoming a global hub? According to analysis by the BioIndustry Association, the UK is catching up to global biotech leaders San Francisco and Boston, both in finance and R&D. British biotechs banked £1.13B last year, and […]

May 24, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 18 May 2017

Heptares receives €4.5M Milestone for New Migraine Drug Candidate

The UK biotech attacking notoriously evasive GPCRs has discovered a small molecule that could be used to treat migraine headaches. Heptares, owned by Sosei and based just outside London, will take home €4.5M ($5M) from Teva for discovering a drug candidate for migraine treatment. The small molecule is an calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) agonist that could relieve patients […]

May 18, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Evelyn Warner

Interview 15 May 2017

Meet the CEO developing the Next Generation of Antibody Therapeutics

Crescendo Biologics has positioned itself as the successor of Cambridge Antibody Technology and a new rival to Morphosys. We interviewed CEO Peter Pack. Peter Pack started working in life science 25 years ago — “quite a long time ago,” he laughs. “I’m an old guy now.” Now the CEO of Crescendo Biologics, whose Humabody platform […]

May 15, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

Rebecca Harris Symbiosis Invisible You Microbiome

News and Trends 13 May 2017

Visualizing the Microbiome through Handmade Embroidery

Rebecca Harris is a British artist that uses handmade embroidery to visually communicate the huge diversity of microbes that form part of our bodies. Trillions of microbes live on us and inside us. “Microbes are essential for our well-being and development. The microbes stimulate and develop the immune response, and they detoxify harmful carcinogenic compounds in our […]

May 13, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 11 May 2017

HIV Treatment Development Extends Life Expectancy by 10 Years

According to a new study, the life expectancy of 20-year-olds starting HIV treatment has increased by a decade in the EU and North America. A massive new study from the UK was published today in The Lancet HIV. The study tracked how many HIV patients died during the first three years of HIV treatment, their cause […]

May 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

Interview 10 May 2017

Video: Meet the CEO fighting Cancer with Mycobacteria

Clara talked to Linda Summerton, CEO of Immodulon Therapeutics, about the company’s project of applying the microbiome to immuno-oncology. As R&D efforts in the microbiome gain traction, Clara talked to the head of one of the most valuable companies in the UK, Immodulon Therapeutics. When asked about Forbes’ valuation of her company at £400M, Linda Summerton laughed, “That’s […]

May 10, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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