Interview 10 Apr 2017 “Alzheimer’s is the Last Unclaimed Therapeutic Space,” says TauRx exec The Alzheimer’s field has been hit with a number of failures. I spoke to the COO/CBO of TauRx, whose alternative approach may yet succeed. Pharma is throwing all it can at the problem of Alzheimer’s Disease without any success to show for its efforts. Now the sixth leading cause of death across all age groups, […] April 10, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 7 Apr 2017 This Biotech Mining Probiotics to Treat the Skin has IPO’d in London SkinBioTherapeutics has raised £4,5M in its IPO on the London Stock Exchange to advance its probiotic technology for skin health applications. SkinBioTherapeutics, a spin-out from the University of Manchester, made its debut this week in AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s market for smaller growing companies. The £4,5M (€5.25M) raised will be used to continue the development […] April 7, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Apr 2017 New Results Show GM Mosquitoes Keep Dengue and Zika at Bay in Brazil In its second year, Oxitec has reduced the mosquito population in a Brazilian neighborhood by 81%, demonstrating the long-term potential of GM insects. Oxitec is a spin-out from the University of Oxford that fights infectious disease with genetically-engineered mosquitoes that produce inviable offspring. The company has already made field trials in the Cayman Islands, Panama, Brazil, […] April 3, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Apr 2017 UPDATE: First Woman CEO of a Global Drug Maker starts at GSK today GSK has punched a hole in the glass ceiling with its appointment of a new female CEO, Emma Walmsley. It’s up to her to reinvigorate the company. Emma Walmsley may be the most powerful woman in corporate Britain. The Oxford grad and L’Oreal veteran has just been crowned CEO of the pharma giant GSK: a marketing […] April 3, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 27 Mar 2017 Meet one of the Most Successful Biotech Entrepreneurs in the UK Jonathan Milner is a rockstar biotech entrepreneur and founder of Abcam. He is still on the board of his baby Abcam, while investing in many young startups, nurturing the British biotech ecosystem and taking part in philanthropy. Here’s my chat with him on all these topics. “I was amazed by how you could order books […] March 27, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Mar 2017 Can this British Biotech Overcome Failure buying drugs from AstraZeneca? After the big disaster with its cat allergy vaccine, Circassia closes a €214M deal to acquire rights from two AstraZeneca products for pulmonary disease. Circassia could not beat the placebo in a Phase III trial for cat allergy last year, which immediately drove its stock down by 65% and led to the halt of clinical […] March 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Mar 2017 UK Immunotherapy Biotech raises Massive Funding in Series C The UK biotech Cell Medica picked up a massive €69M (£60M) in its recent Series C funding round to advance its cancer immunotherapy programs. Cell Medica is a clinical stage company developing cell-based therapies to treat cancer. With the aim of advancing the clinical development of its immunotherapies, the company was able to raise an impressive […] March 16, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 15 Mar 2017 What are the Best Countries to Recruit Biotech Talents in 2017? Before the “who to recruit” phase, an important question is “where?” We ran through the top countries in which to look for talent in biotech and had a look at what you can expect from each cluster. For each one of them, we also referenced some data on the biotech, life science and research ecosystems to […] March 15, 2017 - 10 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Mar 2017 The First 3D Structure of Active DNA could advance Stem Cell Therapies Scientists from the University of Cambridge have determined the first 3D structures of mammalian genomes from individual cells. For the first time, researchers from the University of Cambridge were able to determine the 3D structure of an active mouse genome in embryonic stem cells. Tim Stevens and his colleagues used a combination of imaging and […] March 14, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Mar 2017 You Can Watch Fleming’s Original Penicillin Culture in Oxford! The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford is hosting an exhibition on the history of penicillin and the current challenges of antibiotic resistance featuring the first culture used to extract the antibiotic. The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in the early 20th century changed the world of medicine. Antibiotics have saved millions […] March 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 9 Mar 2017 There’s a New Target for Anti-Aging Therapies According to a study at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) published in the journal Cell Reports, the protein integrin-ß3 is a new marker and regulator of cellular senescence. Past research has revealed that the rising number of senescent cells, which appear during normal ageing, contributes to many age-related diseases. In a new study by Ana O’Loghlen and collegues, integrin-ß3 has been identified as […] March 9, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Mar 2017 The ‘Underdog of the UK?’ 8 Companies Proving the Welsh Biotech Scene How is biotech in Wales? We take a look at some companies based in the ‘Land of Song,’ their plans and their achievements. After taking a look at the vibrant biotech clusters in the UK like London and Cambridge and picking the top biotechs in Scotland, it’s time to direct our attention to the western part […] March 6, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email