News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 Clinical Microbiomics expanding with €10M million investment Danish microbiome research company Clinical Microbiomics A/S has received €10 million ($9.7 million) in funding from Seventure Partners. Clinical Microbiomics, founded in 2015, is a microbiome analysis company, which includes work on clonal-level microbiome profiling. The company is working with food and consumer health companies and is supporting the pharmaceutical industry in phase 3 clinical […] October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Sep 2022 Novo Nordisk Foundation investing $200M for first quantum computer for life sciences research The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of $200 million to establish the first full-scale quantum computer for the development of new medicines. The computer will also provide new insights into climate change and the green transition, which is not possible with classical computers today. The computer could be located in a data center, […] September 21, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Sep 2022 New Bio Studio program collaboration looks to create life science start-ups The BioInnovation Institute (BII), has entered a collaboration with Imperial College London in the U.K. to launch a new translational project under its Bio Studio program. The program aims to foster the creation of new life science start-ups based on research to benefit people and society. Based in Denmark, the BII is an international commercial, […] September 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Sep 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 14: Nordic Life Science NLS Days 2022 This week’s podcast is dedicated to Nordic Life Science Days, otherwise known as NLS Days. This year’s version is an in-person event from September 28-29, at the Malmömässan in Malmö, Sweden. In our preview of NLS Days, which features sessions and fireside chats, company presentations, an exhibition, and one-on-one partnering meetings, we have interviews with […] September 16, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Sep 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 13: BioInnovation Institute, IASP This week’s guests on the podcast are Bobby Soni, chief business officer at the BioInnovation Institute; and Harriet Edwards, International Association of Science Parks (IASP) media and community manager. We also have our weekly chat with global commercial real estate services company JLL, and this week it is with Travis McCready. IASP to host World […] September 9, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Sep 2022 More companies enter BioInnovation Institute Venture Lab program Nine ventures and two projects have become the latest addition to The BioInnovation Institute’s (BII) Venture Lab acceleration program for early-stage companies. BioInnovation Institute is an international commercial non-profit foundation based in Denmark, which incubates and accelerates life science research. The cohort consists of nine ventures plus two corporate-sponsored innovation projects from Novo Nordisk – […] September 6, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 Aug 2022 Anti-cancer drug created from reprogrammed yeast Engineered yeast cells can synthetically produce the essential cancer medicine vinblastine, an international team of scientists showed in a new study published in Nature. In the summer and fall of 2019, some cancer patients experienced interruptions in their treatment. The reason was a shortage of the drugs vinblastine and vincristine, essential chemotherapeutic medicines for several […] August 31, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Aug 2022 BioInnovation Institute launches new program and takes on four companies The BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international commercial foundation with a non-profit objective incubating and accelerating life science research, says four companies have joined its new Venture House program. Formerly known as Creation House, the new Venture House program consists of the same 18-month long program with a risk-free convertible loan of €1.3 million ($1.3 million). […] August 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Aug 2022 BioInnovation Institute supports three start-ups The BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international commercial non-profit foundation incubating and accelerating life science research, has invested in three international start-up companies in the U.K., Germany, and Finland. The three new ventures are strategically aligned with the BII’s focus, developing ground-breaking scientific initiatives across the therapeutics and health tech space. Each company will be funded […] August 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Aug 2022 New partnership delivers clinically proven products and manufacturing processes for advanced therapies AGC Biologics has announced its partnership with supplier of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSCs), RoosterBio Inc. The partnership, the companies say creates an end-to-end solution for the development and production of hMSCs and exosome therapeutics using RoosterBio’s well-established cell and media products and process development services together with AGC’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing capabilities. […] August 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Aug 2022 Genmab and BioNTech expand collaboration to develop and commercialize immunotherapy candidates A collaboration between Genmab and BioNTech to develop and commercialize immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer patients has been expanded. Under the expansion announced today (August 5), the companies will jointly work to research, develop, and commercialize novel monospecific antibody candidates for various cancer indications. Since 2015, the companies have been working on the joint […] August 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 2 Aug 2022 New monkeypox tracing method can analyze multiple samples and quickly detect virus strains Dutch company Molecular Biology Systems (MBS), in collaboration with Amsterdam University Medical Center, and researchers from the Danish Rigshospitalet, has developed a fast typing method to trace monkeypox. The new method, NextGenPCR, not only detects strains of the virus quickly, it allows for analysis of multiple samples simultaneously. This way, the inventors say, genetic characterization […] August 2, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email