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News and Trends 10 Nov 2017

Roche Partners with French Startup to Diagnose Septic Shock

In its first partnership with a biotech startup, Roche Diagnostics will help develop a blood test to accompany Inotrem’s experimental therapy for septic shock. Roche Diagnostics has announced a research collaboration with Inotrem, a biotech startup based in Nancy, France. The deal, for which the amount was undisclosed, concerns the development of a companion diagnostic test […]

November 10, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 19 Oct 2017

Personalized Breast Cancer Treatment Coming Soon with Help from Spanish Biotech

Inbiomotion has published the results of a Phase III study looking at its MAFTest to personalized approaches to the disease. Inbiomotion, based in Barcelona’s biotech hub, works on a highly selective biomarker for breast cancer. A Phase III study demonstrated that breast cancer patients that would benefit from zoledronic acid therapy can be selected, helping clinicians offer […]

October 19, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 18 Oct 2017

Biotech Crosses the Channel to Raise €9.7M for its Diagnostics Tools

Novacyt will use the money raised on the AIM market, London, to expand its manufacturing capacity and continue research looking into new techniques. Novacyt specializes in diagnostic tools for a number of indications, including cancer and infectious diseases. Today, it has announced that it has raised €9.7M by placing stocks on the London-based Alternative Investment Market (AIM). […]

October 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 10 Oct 2017

Market Ready HIV Self-Test Gets the Thumbs Up from the European Union

Technology allowing individuals to accurately test themselves for HIV has received a CE Mark from the EU, meaning it can soon be released onto the market. The EU has awarded a CE Mark to an HIV self-test, developed by world-leading diagnostics developer, Atomo Diagnostics, Sydney, Australia. The world’s first at-home device detects the presence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus […]

October 10, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

Sophia Genetics artificial intelligence fundraising

News and Trends 13 Sep 2017

Series D Boost will Bring Artificial Intelligence to Diagnostics Worldwide

Sophia Genetics has raised $30M (€25M) in Series D that will be directed to growing and improving its artificial intelligence platform for genetic diagnostics. The Swiss company Sophia Genetics has announced today a new round of funding, led by Balderton Capital, and joined by 360º Capital Partners and existing investors Invoke Capital and Alychlo. The […]

September 13, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 11 Jul 2017

Finnish AI Biotech Raises €14M to Open the Bottleneck of Next-Generation Sequencing

Blueprint Genetics has raised €14M to boost its genetic diagnostics platform, using artificial intelligence to interpret next-generation sequencing data. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Blueprint Genetics is a startup that addresses the main bottleneck of genetic testing through next-generation sequencing (NGS), the interpretation of massive volumes of data, with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). Its […]

July 11, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 11 Jul 2017

Enterome and Nestle Launch a New Microbiome Diagnostics Company

Microbiome Diagnostics Partners will develop diagnostics tests with Enterome’s microbiome platform IP and a €20M investment from Nestlé. Nestlé Health Science and Enterome have created Microbiome Diagnostics Partners (MDP) as a joint venture split 50% between both parties. Nestlé has invested €20M for its stake in the new company as well as the exclusive option to commercialize […]

July 11, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 4 Jul 2017

British Liquid Biopsy for Ovarian Cancer Outperforms the Gold Standard

The British company Angle has announced results from a large-scale trial that seem to indicate its liquid biopsy technology could surpass the gold standard in ovarian cancer diagnosis. Angle, in the UK, is developing liquid biopsy tests to replace biopsies in the diagnosis of cancer. The company has announced results from a 400-patient trial in […]

July 4, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Centogene Rare Disease Diagnostics Series A

News and Trends 13 Jun 2017

German Biotech Raises €25M to Fuel Diagnostics of Rare Diseases

Centogene has raised €25M in a Series A round to support the global expansion of its genome analysis platform, which is specialized in rare diseases. The German biotech Centogene is pioneering the development of genetic diagnostic tests to address the challenges of personalized medicine in order to match therapies more effectively to patients. Founded in 2005, the […]

June 13, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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Top Pharma eye British Tech to Predict Response to Checkpoint Inhibitors

Oxford BioDynamics will start the development of an epigenetic test to screen patients for a favorable response to anti-PD-L1 drugs. Oxford BioDynamics has announced an agreement with two of the top 10 global pharma to initiate the development of a blood-based test to predict the response to PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors in patients with non-small cell […]

May 24, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 4 May 2017

This Belgian Startup is building the Next Generation of Diagnostic Tests

DNAlytics changes the diagnosing game. The company builds in vitro diagnosis tests that save many years for patients! I met with Thibault, the founder, to know more about the company. Based in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, DNAlytics develops revolutionary disease diagnostic processes that complement conventional methods. Their main product is RheumaKit, a test that analyzes biological and clinical […]

May 4, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 11 Apr 2017

Illumina Enters Europe to Take Over the Prenatal Diagnostics Market

Illumina has launched its NGS-based non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) in Europe and is ready to position itself as the top dog in this competitive market. The US next-generation sequencing (NGS) giant Illumina has launched its VeriSeq NIPT Solution in the EU today. It’s an NGS-based kit that allows for rapid testing of the fetal chromosome status using a single maternal […]

April 11, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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Roche Partners with French Startup to Diagnose Septic Shock

Personalized Breast Cancer Treatment Coming Soon with Help from Spanish Biotech

Biotech Crosses the Channel to Raise €9.7M for its Diagnostics Tools

Market Ready HIV Self-Test Gets the Thumbs Up from the European Union

Series D Boost will Bring Artificial Intelligence to Diagnostics Worldwide

Finnish AI Biotech Raises €14M to Open the Bottleneck of Next-Generation Sequencing

Enterome and Nestle Launch a New Microbiome Diagnostics Company

British Liquid Biopsy for Ovarian Cancer Outperforms the Gold Standard

German Biotech Raises €25M to Fuel Diagnostics of Rare Diseases

Top Pharma eye British Tech to Predict Response to Checkpoint Inhibitors

This Belgian Startup is building the Next Generation of Diagnostic Tests

Illumina Enters Europe to Take Over the Prenatal Diagnostics Market

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