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News and Trends 7 Dec 2016

UPDATE: More Good News on a Cannabis Derivative for Epilepsy

Update (07/12/2017): GW Pharma has announced more positive Phase III results for Epidiolex, pushing the drug closer to the market and a win for supporters of legalizing marijuana. Originally published on 27/09/2016 GW Pharmaceuticals just released the results of its third successful Phase III clinical trial for Epidiolex (cannabidiol), a drug that can reduce the frequency of […]

December 7, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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 biotech successes in Europe: the company raised the largest round ever on the continent (€300M!), built a solid technological platform and recruited top talents to manage […]

December 5, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 2 Dec 2016

Better than ADCs? AstraZeneca bids for Bicyclic Peptides

AstraZeneca has signed a deal with Bicycle Therapeutics that could exceed €1B. The foundation is bicyclic peptides, which combine the best of antibodies and small molecules. Could Bicycle Drug Conjugates (BDCs) outperform ADCs? Bicycle Therapeutics is a company in Cambridge founded by one of the top biotech leaders in the UK’s golden triangle. Its unique technology […]

December 2, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 1 Dec 2016

UPDATE: The HIV Frontier starts Phase III Vaccine trials in South Africa

Update (01/12/2016): The HVTN 702 trial has been started, making it the first HIV vaccine efficacy study in 7 years worldwide. Results are expected in late 2020. Originally published 25/07/2016 A Phase IIb/III trial for an experimental HIV vaccine just started in South Africa. The therapy, co-funded by the NIH and the Gates Foundation, is a combination […]

December 1, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 30 Nov 2016

UPDATE: GSK is staging a comeback with a new Shingles Vaccine

GSK is banishing concerns about its health with a BLA submission for Shingrix, which has outperformed Merck’s standard and could bring GSK close to €1Bn. London-based GSK has just submitted a Biologics License Application to the FDA for its shingles vaccine candidate, Shingrix. Though it is still experimental, the vaccine is proving itself superior to the […]

November 30, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 30 Nov 2016

Drugging the Undruggable: New Acquisition to Boost GPCR Drugs

Heptares Therapeutics has acquired G7 Therapeutics to take control over its GPCR technology, boost its pipeline and keep competitors in this profitable field at bay. Heptares Therapeutics develops therapies directed to G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a large family of hot but elusive targets for biopharma. The British company, owned by the Japanese Sosei, just announced it […]

November 30, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 29 Nov 2016

New British Partnership set to Cure Rare Diseases with Gene Therapy

Oxford BioMedica and Orchard Therapeutics are partnering up to bring gene therapy to the market and treat rare diseases for which no cure is available yet. Oxford BioMedica develops lentiviral vectors for gene and cell therapy applications. The company just announced a partnership with another biotech from the UK’s golden triangle, Orchard Therapeutics. The deal is […]

November 29, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 28 Nov 2016

Needle-Free Diabetes Monitoring: Interview with the Co-Founder of GlucoWise

The needle-free revolution for diabetes is coming! We interviewed Panos Kosmas, co-founder of MediWise, to get the juicy details of GlucoWise. This revolutionary wireless device could free the more than 422 million people living with diabetes worldwide from the daily pain of conventional glucose monitoring. Panos Kosmas is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of MediWise, a […]

November 28, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Nov 2016

Infographic: The Changing Face of UK Drug Discovery by the Numbers

After Brexit, UK pharma is striving to reinvigorate drug discovery through collaboration. This infographic shows why that’s necessary. A new report from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has a grim finding: the UK is beginning to lose out on global drug discovery investment compared to 10 years ago. Spending on pharmaceutical R&D […]

November 24, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 15 Nov 2016

CRISPR meets RNAi: a whole new Targeted Therapy

Silence Therapeutics just announced preclinical data for a novel CRISPR therapy targeted to the liver using its RNAi delivery expertise. How does it plan to find a space in this challenging and competitive field? Based on the UK’s golden triangle, Silence Therapeutics develops RNAi therapies to treat cancer. Now, it will be applying its targeted RNA delivery […]

November 15, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 14 Nov 2016

USB key Diagnostic could help manage HIV Treatment Anywhere

A new method of gene sequencing has brought us an HIV diagnostic on a “USB stick”, which determines the levels of the virus with one drop of blood and in under 30 minutes. Once perfected, the technology could be the tool for HIV management as glucose meters are for diabetes. While pharma and research work […]

November 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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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 the design of a biomaterial-based violin that can be engineered to customize the final sound. With the new funds and a patent filed, the designer is now looking for co-founders to […]

November 12, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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UPDATE: More Good News on a Cannabis Derivative for Epilepsy

Video: Chatting with Immunocore about the Potential of Immuno-oncology

Better than ADCs? AstraZeneca bids for Bicyclic Peptides

UPDATE: The HIV Frontier starts Phase III Vaccine trials in South Africa

UPDATE: GSK is staging a comeback with a new Shingles Vaccine

Drugging the Undruggable: New Acquisition to Boost GPCR Drugs

New British Partnership set to Cure Rare Diseases with Gene Therapy

Needle-Free Diabetes Monitoring: Interview with the Co-Founder of GlucoWise

Infographic: The Changing Face of UK Drug Discovery by the Numbers

CRISPR meets RNAi: a whole new Targeted Therapy

USB key Diagnostic could help manage HIV Treatment Anywhere

The sound of this Spider Silk Violin surprises Expert Musicians

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