Crack Open the Champagne, AiCuris’ Antiviral Launched in Germany
Update (23/02/2018): Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), licensee of AiCuris, has launched letermovir in Germany under…
February 23, 2018 - 3 minutes
Infectious disease
Organ-on-a-Chip Technology Used to Spot New Hepatitis B Drug Targets
Scientists in London are the first in the world to test how pathogens like the…
February 19, 2018 - 3 minutes
GSK’s Company Starts Phase III Trials with Two-Drug HIV Treatment
ViiV Healthcare has just started a clinical trial to test if its two-drug regimen for…
February 8, 2018 - 2 minutes
No More Mosquito Bites? Targeting These Genes Could Prevent Future Outbreaks!
Researchers may have found a way to stop the female mosquitoes from biting you, which…
January 22, 2018 - 3 minutes
Dutch Biotech Joins International Effort to Eradicate Polio
Batavia Biosciences joins an international consortium to develop and manufacture a safer type of polio…
January 16, 2018 - 2 minutes
Young Oxford Biotech Raises €22.5M to Develop a Universal Flu Vaccine
Vaccitech has closed a Series A fundraising that will support clinical trials with its vaccine technology…
January 16, 2018 - 2 minutes
Here’s Another Reason to Eat Plenty of Fruit and Vegetables
Researchers have discovered that bacteria break down fruit and vegetables to produce chemicals that control…
January 11, 2018 - 3 minutes
Israeli Biotech Gets $30M Backing for its Immune Modulators for Severe Infections
Atox Bio develops immune modulators to save patients with severe infections. An oversubscribed Series F financing…
December 4, 2017 - 2 minutes
The World’s Deadliest Diseases: How is Biotech Fighting Them?
With the recent outbreaks of plague in Madagascar and Ebola in West Africa, two terrifying…
November 14, 2017 - 7 minutes
Austrian Biotech’s Vaccine Against Tropical Virus Moves Nicely Through Phase II
Chikungunya fever could be the next big global outbreak. Reassuringly, Themis' vaccine has so far…
November 6, 2017 - 3 minutes
No More Seasonal Flu Shots: British Biotech’s Universal Antiviral Raises £13M
VirionHealth kicks off the development of a broad spectrum antiviral for all influenza strains and other…
October 12, 2017 - 2 minutes
Deadly Parasite Could be Stopped by Scottish Researchers’ Discovery
A study in Scotland has improved our understanding of how a dangerous parasite functions, creating…
October 12, 2017 - 3 minutes
