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News and Trends 3 Jun 2019

Dutch Company Raises €28M to Push Cancer Cell Therapy to European Market

The Dutch Kiadis Pharma has raised €27.6M in a private placement to fund the clinical development of immune cell therapies treating blood cancer. The money will fund phase III trials of Kiadis’ lead candidate cell therapy for blood cancer, aimed to get European approval by the end of 2019. In addition, the cash will boost […]

June 3, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 29 May 2019

€60M Investment to Boost Oxford Biomedica’s Gene and Cell Therapies

The Danish investor Novo Holdings is handing Oxford Biomedica up to €60.6M (£53.5M) to develop gene and cell therapies treating cancer and genetic blindness. The investment will bag Novo Holdings a stake of up to 10.1% in the UK biotech. Oxford Biomedica will use the money to repay a loan totalling €49M ($55M) from the […]

May 29, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 13 May 2019

Cell Encapsulation Biotech Raises €7M to Target Cell Therapy Bottlenecks

The French company Treefrog Therapeutics has raised over €7M in Series A investment to develop its encapsulation technology to improve the production of stem cells for cell therapies. Part of the Series A money will help Treefrog to automate its stem cell production process by 2021. The round will also fund the development of a […]

May 13, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Interview 25 Apr 2019

European Biotechnology in 2019 and Beyond: What’s Hot and What’s Not?

We spend a lot of time focusing on specific developments in biotechnology, but sometimes it’s good to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. With this in mind, I asked three experts at our recent Refresh event in Vienna to share what is hot in European biotech right now and what trends […]

April 25, 2019 - 11 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

News and Trends 25 Apr 2019

UK Scientists Engineer Cell Membrane for Long-Lasting Cell Therapy

Scientists at the University of Bristol, UK, have made a cell therapy that produces a glue-like hydrogel, which could make stem cells last for longer in the body and help wound healing in conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Cell therapies have a lot of potential for healing wounds and regenerating tissue, but they also […]

April 25, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 15 Apr 2019

First Stem Cell Therapy for Liver Failure Shows Promise in First Human Trials

A stem cell therapy developed by the Belgian company Promethera has improved symptoms, such as jaundice, in patients with acute liver failure, a condition with no effective treatments. A phase I/IIa trial of the therapy recruited 19 patients with chronic liver disease. Of these,12 patients had developed acute-on-chronic liver failure, a life-threatening syndrome where the […]

April 15, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Interview 1 Apr 2019

Chasing the Holy Grail of Cell Therapy

Biotech entrepreneur Darrin Disley, ex-CEO and co-founder of the successful Cambridge gene editing biotech Horizon Discovery, has a new quest — creating the perfect cell therapy. He spoke to me about his position as CEO of new biotech Mogrify and why he thinks now is a good time to get into cell therapy. Following the […]

April 1, 2019 - 7 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

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News and Trends 14 Mar 2019

Microsoft Aims to Make Cell Therapies Cheaper with Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft has launched a collaboration with the UK company Oxford BioMedica to use Microsoft’s artificial intelligence technology to make gene and cell therapy manufacturing easier and cheaper. Genetically programming cells and viruses to make cell and gene therapies is not as simple as programming a computer. Organisms have many layers of complexity and unpredictability, sometimes […]

March 14, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 25 Feb 2019

Orchard Achieves Good Survival with Cell Therapy for Rare Immune Deficiency

All 20 patients with a rare immunodeficiency disease survived for at least two years after receiving a cell therapy developed by Orchard Therapeutics. The patients had a genetic disease called adenosine deaminase–deficient severe combined immune deficiency (ADA-SCID) — also known as bubble boy syndrome. Caused by a mutation on a vital gene, the disease weakens […]

February 25, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Startup Scout 22 Feb 2019

This Biotech’s Algorithm Accelerates Cell Therapy Development

Mogrify is the new kid on the block for cell therapy. Based in Cambridge, UK, it boasts technology that could speed up the development of cell therapies by predicting the best chemical recipe to transform mature adult cells into other cell types. Mission: To use next-generation sequencing and gene expression data to develop more cost-effective […]

February 22, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Best in Biotech 24 Dec 2018

Looking Back on 2018: Our 10 Most Popular Interviews

As 2018 draws to a close and our thoughts are torn between holiday plans and what the new year may bring, we decided to look back and revisit the people and the stories that attracted our readers the most during the year. These were well received the first time around, so we thought you might […]

December 24, 2018 - 8 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

News and Trends 17 Dec 2018

Series B Boosts British Biotech’s Cell Therapy Automation With €22.6M

The UK company Synthace has raised €22.6M to develop its software platform to automate and improve the manufacturing process in gene and cell therapy. The round, led by Hong Kong-based investor Horizons Ventures, will help to fund the development of Synthace’s software designed to automate key protocols in the lab. Furthermore, the funding will help […]

December 17, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Dutch Company Raises €28M to Push Cancer Cell Therapy to European Market

€60M Investment to Boost Oxford Biomedica’s Gene and Cell Therapies

Cell Encapsulation Biotech Raises €7M to Target Cell Therapy Bottlenecks

European Biotechnology in 2019 and Beyond: What’s Hot and What’s Not?

UK Scientists Engineer Cell Membrane for Long-Lasting Cell Therapy

First Stem Cell Therapy for Liver Failure Shows Promise in First Human Trials

Chasing the Holy Grail of Cell Therapy

Microsoft Aims to Make Cell Therapies Cheaper with Artificial Intelligence

Orchard Achieves Good Survival with Cell Therapy for Rare Immune Deficiency

This Biotech’s Algorithm Accelerates Cell Therapy Development

Looking Back on 2018: Our 10 Most Popular Interviews

Series B Boosts British Biotech’s Cell Therapy Automation With €22.6M

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