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News and Trends 6 May 2016

This Dutch Gene Therapy is on the shelf and seems to Work. But nobody is buying…

uniQure‘s Glybera was approved in Europe in 2012, making it the first gene therapy on the market in the West. But so far this €1M therapy has only been bought once… The approval of Glybera was an important milestone for Biotech. After years of being deemed too risky (after the death of Jesse Gelsinger in 1999), a […]

May 6, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 6 May 2016

Stem cell Biotech gets €26M to Start-off Gene Therapy Development for Children

Orchard Therapeutics has just been launched with a €26M investment led by a major investor. It will be developing gene therapies for a range of blood-related disorders in children. Based in London, Orchard Therapeutics may have just been founded, but it’s based on a long scientific track record. Its founding scientists have been pioneering the area […]

May 6, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 26 Apr 2016

Illumina is Suing over NGS Prenatal Screening… Again

Genoma is being sued by Illumina over four patents covering technology for prenatal testing, that uses NGS to diagnose fetal defects. After suing Oxford Nanopore over porin technology, Illumina is back to another contentious field – their patents for a type of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Illumina has filed a patent infringement suit in the Federal […]

April 26, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 11 Apr 2016

Modern Biotechnology is Now 40 – Happy Birthday!

Genentech has turned 40 years old this month – quite a milestone for the pioneer of modern biotechnology, which is still rocking it in San Francisco, US. It all began with an experiment conducted by a team led by Herbert Boyer of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), studying antibiotic resistance plasmids in E. […]

April 11, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 5 Apr 2016

How can we Optimise DNA Extraction from Human Blood for more Sensitive NGS Analysis?

The increasing relevance of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in genetic research means there is a high demand for nucleic acid isolation from human fluids. So how can we perform efficient DNA extraction from human blood? NGS has revolutionised genetic research, by serving as a powerful processing technology, cutting time taken to run genetic analysis and also the cost. […]

April 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 17 Mar 2016

GSK partners to Scale Manufacturing of CAR-T Therapies

Production of CAR-T therapies seems to be one of the biggest challenge of this promising technology. Miltenyi Biotec (Germany) and GSK have entered a new partnership to combine the clinical development of cell and gene therapies with manufacturing expertise. Milteniy is a German company of 1600 employees developing products for biomedical research and cellular therapy. It’s not the first […]

March 17, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 11 Mar 2016

Biotech of the Week: Mission Therapeutics and a Cambridge Pathway against Cancer

From East to West, this week we say goodbye to Hungary and head up towards Queen Elizabeth II’s United Kingdom. Cambridge, known for its World renowned Academia is where Mission Therapeutics, our Biotech of the Week is located. City: Cambridge (UK) Founded: 2011 Employees: 30 Total raised: €110M (as of 02/2016) CEO: Anker Lundemose Mission: Founded in 2011, Mission Therapeutics, […]

March 11, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

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News and Trends 10 Mar 2016

How this Forensic DNA Tool can help Conserve Endangered Species in the UK

This is the story of how the Natural History Museum of Denmark and Molecular Ecology biotech Spygen (France) brought together forensic science techniques to detect traces of Great Crested Newt DNA in UK ponds. The Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) is an amphibian found across Northern Europe and parts of Asia, which has been declining since […]

March 10, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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News and Trends 8 Mar 2016

Irish Gene Therapy for Blindness is Acquired by US Leader in the Field

Spark Therapeutics (US) has paid over €13.5M for Genable Technologies (Ireland) and its gene therapy for a degenerative eye disease which progresses to blindness. Spark Therapeutics is one of the players in the re-emerging field of Gene Therapy (which is already establishing records like the most expensive drug). It focuses on debilitating genetic diseases, like inherited […]

March 8, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 7 Mar 2016

Infographic: The Top 8 Deadliest Cancers and Who in Biotech is Fighting Them

With more than 200 types of cancer, the possibility of developing a Universal Cure is in reality, a myth. However, the fight against the World’s Deadliest Cancers is far from being lost… Simply by having a quick look through our articles, we can easily confirm that cancer is one of the World’s main concerns in […]

March 7, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 25 Feb 2016

High Quality Grade plasmids for a better gene therapy

Quality of RNA and viral vectors used in clinical trials is subject to strict regulation. Plasmids that are needed for production of these complex molecules are also on authorities’ radar. German-based biotech PlasmidFactory, delivers the right solution with its High Quality Grade plasmids. For decades, artificially constructed plasmids have been used as vectors in genetic […]

February 25, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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News and Trends 27 Jan 2016

French Investor Leads €60M Financial Round for the Future of DNA Synthesis

Twist Bioscience is a San Francisco Biotech accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis piece of tech. And now, Twist has completed a $61 million Series D round. An improved silicon-based design compared to the traditional 96-well plates could do wonders for DNA synthesis, including major improvements in cost and time of the process. And the […]

January 27, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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This Dutch Gene Therapy is on the shelf and seems to Work. But nobody is buying…

Stem cell Biotech gets €26M to Start-off Gene Therapy Development for Children

Illumina is Suing over NGS Prenatal Screening… Again

Modern Biotechnology is Now 40 – Happy Birthday!

How can we Optimise DNA Extraction from Human Blood for more Sensitive NGS Analysis?

GSK partners to Scale Manufacturing of CAR-T Therapies

Biotech of the Week: Mission Therapeutics and a Cambridge Pathway against Cancer

How this Forensic DNA Tool can help Conserve Endangered Species in the UK

Irish Gene Therapy for Blindness is Acquired by US Leader in the Field

Infographic: The Top 8 Deadliest Cancers and Who in Biotech is Fighting Them

High Quality Grade plasmids for a better gene therapy

French Investor Leads €60M Financial Round for the Future of DNA Synthesis

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