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News and Trends 26 Jan 2016

Virtual Reality: What is the future of Biotechnology Teaching and Training?

We often cover cutting-edge advances in biotechnology, but less frequently see significant development in biotechnology education…so how about these Virtual Reality Labs in Denmark? A Danish start-up called Labster aims to disrupt the way we teach students about lab work in the hope of ‘empowering the next generation of scientists to save the world’. We caught up […]

January 26, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Marie Godar

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News and Trends 19 Jan 2016

Novozymes Spawn World’s First Recombinant Albumin Biotech in Denmark

Novozymes in Bagsværd (Denmark) has just announced it has separated its biopharma activities into an independent company, called Albumedix. Novozymes is almost purely industrial biotech, as the World’s leading enzyme manufacturer. However, they also have some expertise in Health, which has now budded off (like yeast!) to become a wholly owned subsidiary, Albumedix. Albumedix is […]

January 19, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 26 Nov 2015

Ablynx Top Trumps: Adding Danish Diabetes Giant Novo Nordisk to its Biotech Deck

Ablynx – the Belgian Nanobody biotech (which uses monoclonal antibodies of Alpacas) has entered a new and exclusive partnership with the Danish Novo Nordisk on a mysterious disease… Ablynx are famously well connected in the biotech industry, with many huge pharmas licensing out their Alpaca-nanobody tech. Partnerships include AbbVie (Immunology), Boehringer Ingelheim, Genzyme (Multiple Sclerosis/CNS), […]

November 26, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 12 Nov 2015

The Dermatology People in Denmark are Buying Out Japanese Skin Blockbusters

Leo Pharma has entered an Asset Purchasing Agreement of €675M for the Japanese Derma business of Astellas in Tokyo, to include their products for eczema, acne and their dermatitis blockbuster Protopic. Leo Pharma, which is headquartered in Copenhagen (Denmark), has therapeutic areas beyond the cosmetic, with other areas of research including skin cancer (melanoma) and […]

November 12, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 11 Nov 2015

French-Danish Clinical Trial Made Blood Cancer Disappear in 72% of Patients

Onxeo is the French orphan-drug specialist in Oncology who has various pipelines for certain cancers. Now their phase I clinical trial of belinostat (trade name Beleodaq) combined with chemo for relapses in non-Hodgkin Lymphomas has shown an 89% response rate. Originally developed by TopoTarget (a biotech in Copenhagen) Belinostat is now under Onxeo’s portfolio (along […]

November 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 10 Nov 2015

What the FUGT? We tried the Algae Bar Beer for the TransArt Fest in Copenhagen!

We went to the TransArt Festival at the stunning ‘Dome of Visions‘ in Copenhagen on Friday. There, we met loads of scientists and members of the public who were just as entranced as us by the home-grown BioArt. After our blogger Julie covered the Fab Foundation’s ‘Biohacking’ movement last Monday, I was really intrigued by […]

November 10, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 6 Nov 2015

The Danish ‘Algae Cathedral’ is Manufacturing Proteins that Make Flamingos Pink

A project at the Symbiosis Center Denmark has found a way to use Algae brewing bio-reactors to produce proteins for use in the Biotech industry. One such protein is the hotly sought after in biomedical research is Astaxanthin, also known for making Flamingo birds pink. The Center brings together many biotech businesses, which recycle each […]

November 6, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 2 Nov 2015

A Glimpse into the DIY Biotech Movement: Biohacking, Vegan Cheese, Algae Beer and Bacterial Art!

Fab Labs have become hugely fashionable since 2010… But what about Bio Fab Labs? Have you ever thought about sharing your RNA or DNA amplification equipment? It can be a massive help for entrepreneurs or students, and Bio Fab Labs are starting to emerge in backyards across the world for Education, Innovation and even creative SynBio art. This new era of DIY […]

November 2, 2015 - 6 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

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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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News and Trends 25 Sep 2015

Two French Biotechs are fighting in court…for nothing

We are all familiar with stories of lawsuits in the tech sector (e.g. remember the Apple and Samsung debacle?) but it’s less well known for Biotechs to butt heads. Nonetheless, the French-Danish Biotech oncology company Onxeo, and Eurofins (a huge 19K employee group which deals in clinical services) fought it out in Paris’ commerce court: to […]

September 25, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 16 Sep 2015

Giving new life to Sanofi’s annual €6.2Bn diabetes blockbuster Lantus

Sanofi has announced positive results of its combination drug LixiLan phase III trials for Type 2 diabetes. Constituted from both Lixisenatide and insulin glargine Lantus, LixiLan is developed to tackle type 2 diabetes when both oral medication fails and basal insulin loses its efficacy. Lixisenatide (Lyxumia outside the US) was initially discovered by Zealand […]

September 16, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 2 Sep 2015

Novo-expansion! US Based Calibrium and MB2 snapped up by Danish Diabetes Giant

Novo Nordisk has acquired two small Indiana based research Biotechs, Calibrium and MB2, as part of its strategy to establish itself in the US as a major Diabetes research giant. Novo Nordisk, a global endocrine research giant hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, has plans to acquire two smaller, privately held research companies into its conglomeration. Focusing […]

September 2, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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