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News and Trends 23 Feb 2017

Reach for the BioStars! Meet the Top 3 Biotech Startups from Oxford

A new round of this young startup competition is underway! What is this Oxford-based competition, and who competes? We talked to previous participants. BioStars is a flagship startups booster run by a group of PhDs, MBA and post-docs, who dedicate their spare time to enabling bio-entrepreneurs to turn their scientific ideas into actual products. Brought […]

February 23, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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News and Trends 22 Feb 2017

UK’s Joint Venture Bridging Academia and Industry is Ready for Kick Off

Apollo Therapeutics is a UK-based joint venture bridging academia and industry to drive the translation of university research. Its first four drug discovery programmes will now be launched. Apollo Therapeutics was founded in early 2016 as a collaborative effort of the three global pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson Innovation, and the world-leading UK-universities, Imperial College London, UCL and the University of […]

February 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 22 Feb 2017

Roche doubles down in Fight against Antibiotic Resistance

In 2014, Discuva partnered up with Roche to develop new antibiotics against multidrug-resistant bacteria. The two companies have announced an extension of their collaboration until February 2018. The Cambridge-based company Discuva wants to address the critical need for new antibiotic drugs to treat infections from multidrug-resistant bacteria. Posing a major public health threat, antibiotic resistances cause at least 25,000 deaths per year in […]

February 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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News and Trends 21 Feb 2017

A New Peptide Vaccine for Multiple Sclerosis Succeeds in Phase IIa

Apitope is developing therapeutic peptides to induce suppression of autoimmune responses towards self-antigens. Their recent phase IIa trial has revealed promising results for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a hot topic these days. While a recent long-term study revealed the potential of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of MS, this treatment strategy is […]

February 21, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 21 Feb 2017

New Immunotherapy Candidate receives FDA Fast Track Designation

Cell Medica’s Orphan Drug CMD-003 has received fast track designation by the FDA to advance immunotherapy of patients with Epstein Bar Virus (EBV)-associated malignancies. The FDA’s fast track designation has been designed to facilitate and accelerate the development of drugs which fill a major unmet medical need. It has now been granted to Cell Medica’s lead EBV immunotherapy […]

February 21, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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News and Trends 20 Feb 2017

Alphamer Technology gets Seed Fundraising to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Centauri Therapeutics has raised £1.2M in the second part of its seed round, which will be directed at bringing its first alphamer to the preclinical stage. Centauri Therapeutics, a young British biotech, is developing alphamer technology to fights infectious disease and cancer. Today, the company has announced the addition of £1.2M from existing and new investors […]

February 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Interview 20 Feb 2017

Investment CEO shares Tips for Academics on Succeeding in Business

With decades of experience, the CEO of Touchstone Innovations tells us about funding the development of academic projects into commercialized products Formerly known as Imperial Innovations, the investing arm of Imperial College in London has since morphed into Touchstone Innovations, an UK technology commercialization and investment company with the same core mission in bridging the gap […]

February 20, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 18 Feb 2017

Microorganisms in the Library: Bringing Centuries-Old Books to Life

Sarah Craske describes herself as a “British artist, without category.” Her work, at the intersection of art and science, revolves around the development of her own discipline: Biological Hermeneutics. Hermeneutics refers to the interpretation of texts, a term commonly used regarding the bible or philosophy. Craske translates the concept to biology by exploring the role […]

February 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 17 Feb 2017

UPDATE: British Biotech Investment Company goes Public with €117M

UPDATE (17/02/2017): Arix Bioscience announced that it has successfully raised £100M (€117) in an oversubscribed IPO on the London Stock Exchange. Originally published on 02/02/2017 Arix Bioscience is getting ready for an IPO that could reach up to €117M (£100M). The funds will be directed at small life science companies. Arix Bioscience is a ‘global healthcare and life […]

February 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 16 Feb 2017

British Scientists Discover how Deadly Bacteria Survive a Last-Line Antibiotic

Researchers from the UK and Australia have described for the first time the detailed molecular mechanisms behind last-line antibiotic resistance. A month ago, the news of a woman who died of an infection with a bacteria resistant to all 26 antibiotics available in the US traveled the world. The bacterial strain responsible, Klebsiella pneumoniae, is one […]

February 16, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 16 Feb 2017

The Patent Office has Spoken: What does it Mean for CRISPR in Europe?

The US Patent Office has ruled that the Broad Institute’s CRISPR patents do not interfere with those from UC Berkeley. While this might sound like everybody wins, it’s actually a loss for Charpentier and the CRISPR Therapeutics team. CRISPR has been hailed as the ‘scientific discovery of the century’. This molecular technique could be used […]

February 16, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 14 Feb 2017

Dual HIV Therapy: GSK and Gilead Battle over Whose Drug is the Best

GSK announced Phase III results for dolutegravir, which could reduce triple HIV therapy down to two drugs, but Gilead is trying to prove that its candidate bictegravir is better. GSK and Gilead have announced they will present detailed data backing their candidates for a dual HIV therapy. The battlefield will be the Annual Conference on Retroviruses […]

February 14, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Reach for the BioStars! Meet the Top 3 Biotech Startups from Oxford

UK’s Joint Venture Bridging Academia and Industry is Ready for Kick Off

Roche doubles down in Fight against Antibiotic Resistance

A New Peptide Vaccine for Multiple Sclerosis Succeeds in Phase IIa

New Immunotherapy Candidate receives FDA Fast Track Designation

Alphamer Technology gets Seed Fundraising to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Investment CEO shares Tips for Academics on Succeeding in Business

Microorganisms in the Library: Bringing Centuries-Old Books to Life

UPDATE: British Biotech Investment Company goes Public with €117M

British Scientists Discover how Deadly Bacteria Survive a Last-Line Antibiotic

The Patent Office has Spoken: What does it Mean for CRISPR in Europe?

Dual HIV Therapy: GSK and Gilead Battle over Whose Drug is the Best

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