Best in Biotech 20 Apr 2023
6 of the top biotech companies to know about in South San Francisco
South San Francisco is known as the birthplace of biotechnology, after Robert Swanson and Dr. Herbert Boyer founded biotech giant…
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News and Trends 20 Apr 2023
FDA approves Genentech’s lymphoma drug
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Polivy (polatuzumab…
In Depth 23 Dec 2020
Humble Beginnings: The Origin Story of Modern Biotechnology
The history of modern biotechnology began around four decades ago with the invention of genetic engineering. Genentech, one of the…
News and Trends 20 Nov 2018
Genentech and Immunocore Expand Partnership to Develop Cancer Immunotherapy
Immunocore and the US biotech giant Genentech are building on their existing partnership to boost the clinical development of Immunocore's…
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In Depth 4 Sep 2018
The Past, Present and Future of Genome Sequencing
The last two decades have seen a revolution in genome sequencing with dramatic increases in speed and efficiency coupled with…
More News! 30 Nov 2017
Cha-Ching! Danish Biotech Gets $5M as Antibody-Antibiotic Combo Enters Phase Ib
A Phase Ib trial will assess the capacity of Symphogen’s antibody to direct an antibiotic to Staphylococcus infections for their…
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…
News and Trends 28 Feb 2017
Hopes are up: A Second Phase III Trial for Alzheimer’s Disease
The Swiss biotech AC Immune announced that its partner Genentech (Roche) will start a second phase III clinical trial for its…
News and Trends 26 Dec 2016
The Largest Deals, Fundraising and Exits of 2016 in European Biotech
Curious about which technologies have attracted the most cash in biotech finance this year? Here's a list of the most impressive cash…
News and Trends 19 Dec 2016
Following Eli Lilly’s Failure, what’s Next in Alzheimer’s Treatments?
Hopes for an Alzheimer’s cure took a hit with Eli Lilly’s recent failure, but it’s not over yet. Probiodrug explains…
News and Trends 19 Oct 2016
The ‘First and Only’ Metastatic Lung Cancer Immunotherapy is approved
Roche's Genentech has received FDA approval for an immunotherapy targeting the highly sought-after PD-L1. The treatment may be able to…
News and Trends 10 Oct 2016
Big Pharmas Battle to be the Lung Cancer Leader at ESMO
Merck, Roche and BMS have unveiled updated results in Copenhagen as the companies duke it out for the leadership in…
News and Trends 21 Sep 2016
German Biotech allies with Genentech in battle for Cancer Vaccine
BioNTech has turned up the heat in the race to bring an mRNA immunotherapy for cancer to the clinic. The…
Best in Biotech 2 Aug 2016
7 Books to turn you into a Biotech Genius over the Summer
As summer is approaching its peak, we thought that you would like to discover some of the Biotech books we…
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…
News and Trends 9 Feb 2016
When the Biggest Tech Investors Go Wild for Biotech
Biotech is catching new investors' interest. Just in 2015, Google Ventures, the accelerator Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz (one of the…
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News and Trends 3 Dec 2015
History of Biotech: How the “First” Biotech Patent Generated Millions
The Cohen-Boyer patents were now issued 35 years ago at Stanford University… so what were they and how did they…
News and Trends 23 Oct 2015
#Sorry: The World-leading Oncology Company fails in Phase III
Antibody Drug Conjugate is a smart way to improve chemotherapy. That is the strategy of Roche / Immunogen's drug Kadcyla®, which…
News and Trends 9 Oct 2015
TauRX, the leading Alzheimer-focused Biotech, earns funding after Phase II breakthrough
The Tau protein has already been implicated in the onset of Alzheimer's, with many biotechs on the hunt for a…
News and Trends 8 Oct 2015
Rabbit Antibodies proven to be more specific than Mice in Immuno-oncology PD-L1 Research
Abcam is a Cambridge (UK) Biotech who have developed a monoclonal antibody (mAB) production platform from rabbits. This platform is…
