Horizon Discovery Archives

Home Horizon Discovery

Latest Posts

win horizon centauri antibody avvinity cancer alphamer

News and Trends 2 Mar 2016

New Joint Venture to Shake Up Immuno-Oncology in the UK

Avvinity Therapeutics is the new child of two UK Biotechs: Horizon Discovery and Centauri. The goal? To create the ultimate immuno-oncology toolbox with€32M. Just created, Avvinity is a joint venture targeting the…

March 2, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

Best in Biotech 30 Jan 2017

The Shiniest Golden Vertex? 15 Great Biotechs in Cambridge

Cambridge's image is tied to its Hogwarts-like University and Nobel-hoarding academia, but there's also an exciting entrepreneurial scene at the cutting edge of technology. We took a look at how…

January 30, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

In Depth 6 Feb 2018

CRISPR/Cas9: Could the Gene Editing Technology be the Future of Drug Discovery?

The emergence of CRISPR/Cas9 technologies has enabled almost unlimited gene editing opportunities. Not only could it be used as a therapeutic tool, the genome editing tool could kickstart a revolution…

February 6, 2018 - 9 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

Interview 5 Apr 2021

Base Editing: The Next Frontier in Genome Editing Technology

Jonathan Frampton, Corporate Development Partner at Horizon Discovery, a Perkin Elmer company, shares his insights into the promises of base editing technology. In less than a decade, the advent of…

April 5, 2021 - 4 minutesmins - By Larissa Warneck-Silvestrin

Interview 1 Apr 2019

Chasing the Holy Grail of Cell Therapy

Biotech entrepreneur Darrin Disley, ex-CEO and co-founder of the successful Cambridge gene editing biotech Horizon Discovery, has a new quest -- creating the perfect cell therapy. He spoke to me…

April 1, 2019 - 7 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

News and Trends 14 Jan 2020

Update: Horizon Discovery to Offer Partners Precise CRISPR Gene Editing

Update (14/01/20): Horizon Discovery will offer partners access to a precise version of CRISPR gene editing technology it has licensed from researchers at Rutgers University in the US. After a…

January 14, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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…

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

News and Trends 27 Mar 2017

You Can Now Search Worldwide Genomic Data in a Single Platform

Access to data is still the main bottleneck for genomic researchers. Repositive has created a free online platform to solve this problem once and for all. Repositive is building an…

March 27, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 16 Jan 2017

The UK Steps Up its Game in Automated CRISPR Gene Editing

Horizon Discovery now has full access to CRISPR technology and will develop an automated gene editing platform in collaboration with Solentim. Horizon Discovery, based in Cambridge, UK, uses gene editing…

January 16, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Oct 2016

€365M deal for a Danish ‘DNA barcode’ Drug Screening Platform

The giant Amgen has offered Nuevolution €365M to develop oncology and neuroscience drugs. The small Danish Biotech claims to count with an unprecedented drug discovery platform that can screen billions of compounds…

October 5, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 7 Sep 2016

Promising Boston-based CRISPR Startup hits up Horizon to fix Gene Misregulation

An American outfit from Third Rock Ventures, Fulcrum Therapeutics, has made a deal with Horizon to access its catalogue of genetic anomalies. The collaboration will target diseases arising from gene misregulation.…

September 7, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 28 Oct 2015

The Cambridge Gene-Editing Biotech Success Story: Horizon Discovery is Doubling in Size with new HQ

Horizon Discovery is a gene-editing tools specialist with various biotech partnerships over their cell-line catalogues. A UK expansion for Horizon is now underway, with the launch of a new genomics…

October 28, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

Report: new Frontiers in Vaccinology

Listen to our podcast

View all sectors A-Z

Power your event with partnering to deliver attendee ROI. Learn more!

Download Inpart’s latest report

View all countries A-Z

Report: The European Biotech Startup Ecosystem

Subcribe to our newsletter

Learn more about Inpart, the leading platform for biopharma partnering