News and Trends 19 Oct 2022 Aqemia raises €30M for AI-enabled drug discovery pipeline Aqemia has raised €30 million ($29.5 million) in a series A funding round to scale up drug discovery, through a first-in-class technological platform combining quantum-inspired physics and machine learning. The funding was led by Eurazeo and Bpifrance through its Large Venture fund, with the participation of previous investor Elaia. In three years, Aqemia has grown […] October 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 12 Oct 2022 Boosting pharma’s falling productivity with AI in drug discovery The pharmaceutical industry is struggling with mounting costs of drug development. Generate Biomedicines’ CEO, Michael Nally, outlines the firm’s mission to tackle the trend by making drug discovery scalable. Over the decades, the pharma and biopharma industry has suffered a growing stagnation in productivity. According to a report from University College London in 2018, for […] October 12, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 Illumina and AstraZeneca look to drug target discovery with ‘pivotal research collaboration’ Illumina Inc. has announced a strategic research collaboration with AstraZeneca to accelerate drug target discovery by combining their work in artificial intelligence (AI) based genome interpretation and genomic analysis techniques along with industry expertise. The collaboration will evaluate whether a combined framework of these technologies can increase the yield and confidence of target discovery to […] October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 11 Oct 2022 The biggest private biotech investments in September 2022 The companies Acelyrin, InnovaFeed and Arsenal Biosciences bagged the biggest biotech investments in September 2022, with insect protein and cell therapies attracting big funding rounds. Autumn is in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere. After a breather in August 2022, September saw the return of big fundraising activity for biotech companies. We’ve gathered the biggest […] October 11, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Oct 2022 AI model study may lead to identifying skin cancer from blood test Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that predicts which skin cancer patients will benefit from a treatment that activates the immune defense system. The scientists are from the University of Helsinki, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aalto University and Stanford University. In practice, the AI model makes it possible to diagnose skin cancer with […] October 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Startup Scout 29 Sep 2022 Baseimmune makes future-proof vaccines with AI Baseimmune is using artificial intelligence (AI) to design vaccines that can protect against future variants of infectious diseases including COVID-19 and malaria. Big data has taken off in the last decade, with dramatic improvements in bioinformatics, data science and AI. These advances allow researchers to store and handle more and more data generated by research […] September 29, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 AION Labs launches AI startup to improve drug trials AION Labs has formed OMEC.AI, the lab’s first startup approved by the Israel Innovation Authority. The new company will develop AI-powered solutions to analyze pre-clinical data and identify gaps in efficacy and safety to improve the probability of success of drug candidates in clinical trials. OMEC.AI aims to build a next-generation computational platform that can […] September 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Spoonshot on how foodtech can reduce food waste With the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste just around the corner, Labiotech caught up with Spoonshot co-founder and CEO Kishan Vasani to find out how the foodtech sector can tackle food waste. Spoonshot is a software platform for food and beverage professionals that delivers category intelligence by leveraging data from more […] September 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Sep 2022 Surge raises $2.6M in funding for technology and secures exclusive licensing agreement Surge, a biotech and artificial intelligence innovator that produces technology to decode immune fingerprints, has received $2.6 million in funding. The technology accurately identifies patients at risk before surgery and enables physicians to quickly forecast the risk of postoperative complications. The funding round was co-led by HCVC, a global early-stage fund dedicated to high-potential […] September 26, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Sep 2022 Quinten Health closes financing round to advance disease modeling platforms A financing round to advance disease modeling platforms and virtual twins in real world has been closed by Quinten Health. The company that works in real-world data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for precision care, made the announcement today (September 21). The round is part of the Quinten Group’s €14 million ($13.9 […] September 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Sep 2022 CytoReason and Pfizer agree deal worth up to $110M for AI drug discovery and development In a deal with a potential value of $110 million over the next five years, CytoReason has announced an extension of its multi-year partnership with Pfizer. Pfizer will make a $20 million equity investment under the terms of the agreement which will give the company the right to use CytoReason’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology and […] September 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Startup Scout 15 Sep 2022 Adva Biotechnology is using artificial intelligence to manufacture cell therapies The manufacturing of cell therapies is highly complex, often depending on skilled manual labor. The Israeli startup Adva Biotechnology aims to use automation, optical sensing and artificial intelligence to remove the manual component from the process. Cancer cell therapies such as CAR-T immunotherapies have demonstrated enormous potential for treating forms of blood cancer. Currently available […] September 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email