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News and Trends 2 Dec 2022

Partnership to deliver oncology workflow for 7 European hospitals

A BC Platforms (BCP) partnership that includes Finland’s Euformatics and Hungary’s Oncompass Medicine has been awarded a contract for the second phase of developing standardized oncology workflows for a buyer consortium of seven European hospitals, represented by the Medical University Graz. The consortium is formed by hospitals from the Medical University of Graz in Austria, […]

December 2, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 Dec 2022

Creating designer immune cells at scale

To prevent testing on animals and create more precise ways of testing therapeutics, the pharmaceutical industry is turning to human immune cells. However, the availability of cells has been limited to date. Now, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM) and Hannover Medical School (MHH) in Germany have succeeded in scaling […]

December 2, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 25 Nov 2022

New function of CRISPR gene scissors discovered

For several years, the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors have been causing a sensation in science and medicine. Researchers from the Institute of Structural Biology at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) in Germany and the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn, in cooperation with the partner University of St Andrews in Scotland and the European Molecular […]

November 25, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Ulrich dauer vivoryon alzheimers disease

Interview 23 Nov 2022

What recent mixed clinical results can teach about Alzheimer’s disease

2022 has provided mixed fortunes for companies aiming to slow Alzheimer’s disease. Ulrich Dauer, CEO of the German biotech Vivoryon, explains the lessons these events provide. The quest for a treatment to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has endured decades of disappointments. The most common treatment strategy — clearing up harmful deposits, or “plaques,” […]

November 23, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

Concern as study says new covid sub-variant is resistant to all therapeutic antibodies

All approved antibody therapies for Covid-19 are ineffective against the Omicron sub-lineage BQ.1.1. That’s the worrying news following a recent study by researchers at the German Primate Center (DPZ) – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Omicron sub-variant BQ.1.1 is currently on the rise worldwide. As a result of an infection with […]

November 23, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Nov 2022

CatalYm raises €50M to boost solid tumors trial

CatalYm has announced the close of a €50 million ($49 million) series C financing round. The oversubscribed round was co-led by new investors, Brandon Capital and Jeito Capital with participation from existing investors Forbion, Novartis Venture Fund, Vesalius Biocapital III, Bayern Kapital, BioGeneration Ventures and Coparion. The financing will support the clinical development of its […]

November 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 18 Nov 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 23: World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, PsychoGenics

This week, we have three interviews on the theme of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), to mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. We spoke with Holger Zimmermann, CEO of anti-infectives company AiCuris; Neil Clark, CEO of Destiny Pharma, and Fredrik Almqvist, co-founder of QureTech Bio. We also have an interview with the chief scientific officer at PsychoGenics, Mark Varney. […]

November 18, 2022

News and Trends 17 Nov 2022

FundaMental Pharma launches with €10M to advance first-in-class neuroprotectant

FundaMental Pharma GmbH, a preclinical neuroscience company spun out of Heidelberg University in Germany, has launched with €10 million ($10.4 million) in seed financing. The funding was led by BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) and Thuja Capital, with participation from other investors, including coparion and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). Built on the research of Hilmar Bading and Jing […]

November 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Nov 2022

InfanDx tackles early detection of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

InfanDx AG, a privately held diagnostics company focusing on the development and commercialization of novel diagnostic solutions for newborns, has completed the validation of metabolic biomarker panels for the early detection of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in newborns. The validated biomarkers of such panels will be the target of the company’s HypoxE blood test for […]

November 14, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Nov 2022

Researchers develop new nanoparticle to deliver drugs direct to macrophages

How can a drug be delivered exactly where it is needed, while limiting the risk of side effects? The use of nanoparticles to encapsulate a drug to protect it and the body until it reaches its point of action is being increasingly studied. However, this requires identifying the right nanoparticle for each drug according to […]

November 10, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Nov 2022

New radiopharmaceutical shrinks prostate cancer tumors

Researchers in Japan and Germany say a radiopharmaceutical treatment targeting a prostate-specific membrane antigen effectively shrinks prostate tumors in mice. The team reported the anti-cancer treatment zeroes in on tumor cells with ‘laser precision.’ Recent developments, such as targeted α-therapies as a type of theranostics, are trying to tackle cancer. Theranostics is a one-two punch […]

November 10, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Nov 2022

Does covid vaccination boost cancer treatment?

Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer are often treated with drugs that activate their immune system against the tumor. It was feared that vaccination against Covid-19 could reduce the success of cancer treatment or cause severe side effects. However, a recent study by the universities of Bonn, Germany, and Shanxi, China, say this isn’t the case. According […]

November 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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