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Podcast 5 Jan 2024

Gene editing in the microbiome could provide acne solution

Explore Eligo Bioscience’s groundbreaking CRISPR-based approach, modifying the microbiome to combat moderate to severe acne.

January 5, 2024

Best in Biotech 4 Nov 2022

Get to know 15 of the best biotech companies in Paris

Paris may attract tourist masses, but it also attracts a lot of biotech enthusiasts. In this guide, we explore 15 interesting biotech companies in Paris. Paris is one of the biggest biotech clusters in Europe, with a wide range of applications being developed from drug discovery and medical devices to synthetic biology and green energy. […]

November 4, 2022 - 11 minutesmins - By Omnia Ibrahim

News and Trends 15 Jan 2021

GSK Acne Deal Heralds Growing Interest in Skin Microbiome

This week, the Paris-based Eligo Bioscience became one of a growing number of biotechs to land a big pharma deal focused on the skin microbiome, receiving up to €185M from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as they explore a CRISPR-based treatment for acne. Acne is a condition that troubles the majority of adolescents and often persists into adulthood. […]

January 15, 2021 - 4 minutesmins - By Kostas Vavitsas

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News and Trends 26 Sep 2017

French Biotech Gets $20M to Treat the Microbiome with CRISPR Nanobots

Eligo Bioscience has announced its first fundraising round, amassing $20M (€18.5M) that will be put towards bringing it CRISPR nanobots to a first clinical trial in humans. The French startup Eligo Bioscience has grown rapidly since its foundation in 2014. The company has announced today its Series A round, which, led by Khosla Ventures and […]

September 26, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Infographics 21 Jun 2017

Check Out these 42 European SynBio Startups Reimagining the Industry

Synthetic biology, or synbio for short, is rapidly infiltrating multiple fields. From bioplastics to food technology and healthcare, these are the startups in Europe that are expanding the frontiers of what synbio can do to improve our lives in many different ways. In the not-so-distant future, synthetic biology could bring us anything from spider silk […]

June 21, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 17 May 2017

Way to Success: What Role does Company Culture Play in Biotech?

You’ve surely heard how great company culture is the key to the success of tech giants Google and Facebook. Does it also apply to biotech companies? Company culture is what drives employees to give their best every day for a cause they believe in. It’s what makes the best stay loyal to a firm over […]

May 17, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 10 May 2017

Experts say the Microbiome could overtake Genetics as the Next Big Thing

Yesterday, a panel of experts at BioTrinity discussed the huge possibilities offered by the young microbiome field, which could soon overtake genetics. Scientists and investors worldwide are starting to turn to the microbiome, which many believe hold the key to human health. The microorganisms that live in us and on us have shown to play […]

May 10, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Infographics 5 Apr 2017

Infographic: Europe’s Best Biotechs Mining the Microbiome

We gathered the best of the best companies in Europe working on therapies from the microbiome — here are the names you should know! Justine Braguy is pursuing a PhD at the Heinrich Heine Universität in Düsseldorf and KAUST in Saudi Arabia after obtaining a Masters in Biotechnology at Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS). In her spare […]

April 5, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By External Contributor

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News and Trends 9 Dec 2016

Our Startup Battle Winner uses CRISPR in a Whole New Way

Eligo Bioscience came out on top in the Startup Battle at Labiotech Refresh, watch the founder’s pitch to see how! CRISPR can be used to cut and replace virtually any gene, which has fueled a fierce patent battle over the rights to use it for gene therapy in humans. Eligo Bioscience, however, focuses on using this powerful tool to […]

December 9, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Best in Biotech 18 Apr 2016

Who are France’s Young Innovators in Biotech and Medicine this year?

The MIT Technology Review has released it’s next generation of best and brightest in French Tech. This also includes a surprising number of Biotech entrepreneurs… The 2016 cohort of French innovators under 35 will now join the ranks of many high risers in the Biotech industry, many of which have gone on to secure funding and […]

April 18, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 28 Jan 2016

This Young CEO is Making Biotech Popular in France

Biotech is often a touchy subject for conversation, which is not always understood by the general public, and even less appreciated… Xavier Duportet, the 28-year-old French founder of Eligo Bioscience (read Our interview here) was this week on the hugely popular French TV-show Le Petit Journal to talk about Biotech. This program is the most popular such medium […]

January 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 14 Dec 2015

World’s First Microbiome Fund Swells to €160M With Major Pharma Also Chipping In

The French VC firm Seventure‘s Health for Life Capital investment fund for Microbiome and Biotech has had an additional €60M pumped into it by Swiss Pharma Giant Novartis and other investors. Health for Life Capital is the first and unique microbiome focused investment vehicle. Now it has been announced that Novartis and other investors have also become […]

December 14, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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Gene editing in the microbiome could provide acne solution

Get to know 15 of the best biotech companies in Paris

GSK Acne Deal Heralds Growing Interest in Skin Microbiome

French Biotech Gets $20M to Treat the Microbiome with CRISPR Nanobots

Check Out these 42 European SynBio Startups Reimagining the Industry

Way to Success: What Role does Company Culture Play in Biotech?

Experts say the Microbiome could overtake Genetics as the Next Big Thing

Infographic: Europe’s Best Biotechs Mining the Microbiome

Our Startup Battle Winner uses CRISPR in a Whole New Way

Who are France’s Young Innovators in Biotech and Medicine this year?

This Young CEO is Making Biotech Popular in France

World’s First Microbiome Fund Swells to €160M With Major Pharma Also Chipping In

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