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News and Trends 1 Nov 2016

Novo Nordisk pressured into Dropping Needle-Free Oral Insulin

Needle-free diabetes will have to wait: payers are pressuring pharma to provide lower medication prices, and Novo Nordisk has responded by redirecting its R&D strategy into more innovative research. Despite its position as a world leader in diabetes, Novo Nordisk seems to be hitting a rough patch: the big pharma is reducing its profit and […]

November 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Oct 2016

A €103M Target to Reduce Drug Dosage with a Slow-Release Tech

Ascendis aims to raise €103M ($112M) for Phase III trials in Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) that offer children a weekly alternative to daily injections. After its IPO on NASDAQ last year, the Danish Ascendis is making an underwritten public offering in the US that aims to raise €103M ($112M) to advance its TransCon pipeline. The funds will be directed to […]

October 24, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 10 Oct 2016

Big Pharmas Battle to be the Lung Cancer Leader at ESMO

Merck, Roche and BMS have unveiled updated results in Copenhagen as the companies duke it out for the leadership in lung cancer therapies. The conference of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) is underway in Copenhagen, and big pharma’s efforts to cure lung cancer are stealing the show. Three titans, Roche (Genentech), Merck and […]

October 10, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 5 Oct 2016

€365M deal for a Danish ‘DNA barcode’ Drug Screening Platform

The giant Amgen has offered Nuevolution €365M to develop oncology and neuroscience drugs. The small Danish Biotech claims to count with an unprecedented drug discovery platform that can screen billions of compounds way faster and at a lower cost than the big players. Despite its small size, Nuevolution is experienced in collaborating with big Pharma like Merck, Novartis, […]

October 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 27 Sep 2016

Another “Almost” against Alzheimers: Lundbeck’s Phase III Flop

Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting 15M people across the world. With the most recent failure of idalopirdine, a cure will remain elusive for now. As Derek Lowe observes, “Alzheimers therapies have, for the most part, been a cliff over which people push bales of money.” Unfortunately, the late-stage failure of […]

September 27, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 19 Sep 2016

Novozymes moves on Microbes in recent Acquisition

The world’s leading producer of enzymes is making moves in the microbial world. Novozymes just acquired Organobalance, a German biotech specializing in microbes. Novozymes is a pillar of the Danish biotech scene and the world’s leading enzyme manufacturer. In 2000, it spun out of Novo Nordisk under the supervision of the World’s Best CEO, and […]

September 19, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 19 Oct 2015

Synbio Perfumery: Making Smells and Flavors with Microbes

Isobionics is a biotech from the Netherlands that specializes in synthetic bio-production of natural essential oils and flavorings for use in the food, perfume and detergent industry. On the other hand, Evolva, from Basel, are estimated to produce up to $500M worth of synthetic vanilla essence for the industry each year. Using bacteria and yeast […]

October 19, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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Novo Nordisk pressured into Dropping Needle-Free Oral Insulin

A €103M Target to Reduce Drug Dosage with a Slow-Release Tech

Big Pharmas Battle to be the Lung Cancer Leader at ESMO

€365M deal for a Danish ‘DNA barcode’ Drug Screening Platform

Another “Almost” against Alzheimers: Lundbeck’s Phase III Flop

Novozymes moves on Microbes in recent Acquisition

Synbio Perfumery: Making Smells and Flavors with Microbes

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