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Startup Scout 6 Sep 2023

Meet the startup developing novel cancer therapies from snake venom crotoxin

Snake venom is probably not the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about treatments or therapies, but the potential biotechnological and biomedical applications of animal venom components are actually widely recognized in scientific research. Now, Dublin-based startup Celtic Biotech is harnessing the potential of snake venom in an attempt to come up with […]

September 6, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 7 Jun 2023

How Ireland connects AI and life sciences

Depending on your point of view, artificial intelligence (AI) can create jobs, make life easier, and solve many global problems; or, it’s going to cause mass unemployment, take over the world, and enslave humanity. In the life sciences space, AI is capable of tackling some of the biggest challenges when it comes to tasks like […]

June 7, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 25 Apr 2023

Gene therapy and chemotherapy could be new osteosarcoma treatment option

New research has identified a potential therapeutic target and developed a unique delivery system to treat osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that primarily affects children and adolescents. The standard-of-care treatment plan for osteosarcoma today is no different to when first introduced almost 50 years ago. However, nearly one third of patients’ relapse and need new interventions. […]

April 25, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Apr 2023

Aer Therapeutics raises $36M to tackle lung diseases

Aer Therapeutics, a joint University College Dublin (UCD) and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) biopharmaceutical spin-out company developing novel inhaled treatments for muco-obstructive lung diseases, has announced the closing of a $36 million Series A financing round.Funding was received from a syndicate of premier life science industry investors, including Canaan, OrbiMed, and Hatteras Venture […]

April 17, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 17 Mar 2023

Greener Pastures for Biotech? 7 Great Biotechs from Ireland

Shamrocks, leprechauns, rolling green fields and Guinness beer all quickly bring Ireland to mind. Beyond these postcard-ready images, Ireland has an economy on the upswing and is a preferred destination for some big pharmas. But what about biotech? Here we explore 7 biotech companies from Ireland. The low corporate tax policies of Ireland have managed to attract […]

March 17, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

Renexxion goes to FDA with cystic fibrosis drug

Renexxion Ireland Limited has opened an investigational new drug (IND) application with the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for naronapride for the treatment of GI motility disorders in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). This is a first step towards conducting clinical trials of the drug candidate in CF patients. Naronapride, post approval, could be […]

January 11, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

INSPIRE launched to develop inhaled gene therapy for the treatment of lung cancer

OmniSpirant Limited and EVerZom have launched INSPIRE, a €12.8 million ($13.4 million) lung cancer project funded by Horizon Europe. In one of the largest ever grants for preclinical research in lung cancer, OmniSpirant and its European partners in biotechnology, medical devices, cancer research, academia and patient advocacy, met in Galway, Ireland, for the official kick-off […]

December 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

New brain tumor subtypes discovery may help develop treatments for incurable brain cancer

Research led by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Ireland has discovered three new subtypes of brain tumor. This could help to identify new and effective therapies. The novel tumor subtypes are forms of glioblastoma, the most common and most aggressive form of adult primary brain cancer with no cure currently available. The […]

December 6, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Nov 2022

Genomic Data Infrastructure Ireland project to support discovery of genetic causes of disease

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and FutureNeuro are co-leading, with University College Dublin, the Irish element of a new EU project to support the integration of genomics into healthcare and advance new treatments for patients. Jointly funded by the European Commission, under the Digital Europe Programme, and the Health Research Board (HRB), Genomic […]

November 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Poolbeg-led consortium awarded €2.3m to develop oral vaccine platform

EncOVac, a consortium led by Poolbeg Pharma, has been awarded €2.3m ($2.4 million) in non-dilutive grant funding to progress its Oral Vaccine Platform under the Irish Government’s Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF). Taking place over three years, the collaboration between Poolbeg Pharma, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and AnaBio Technologies will result in the […]

November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Nov 2022

Priothera’s Mocravimod improves survival for patients with hematological malignancies

Priothera, a biotechnology company developing its S1P receptor modulator compound Mocravimod, has announced that positive data from a clinical trial reinforces the potential for the drug to improve survival outcomes for patients with hematological malignancies. The study has been evaluating Mocramivod in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation patients and was published in journal Transplantation and Cellular […]

November 14, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 13 Oct 2022

Xcell Biosciences and aCGT Vector pushing ahead with cell and gene therapies

Xcell Biosciences Inc. (Xcellbio), an instrumentation company focused on cell and gene therapy applications, and aCGT Vector, a point-of-care cell and gene therapy-as-a-service (TaaS) company, are collaborating to improve manufacturing and analytic procedures to develop personalized cell and gene therapies for cancer patients. aCGT Vector will provide its point-of-care, GMP-licensed manufacturing platform to validate Xcellbio’s […]

October 13, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Meet the startup developing novel cancer therapies from snake venom crotoxin

How Ireland connects AI and life sciences

Gene therapy and chemotherapy could be new osteosarcoma treatment option

Aer Therapeutics raises $36M to tackle lung diseases

Greener Pastures for Biotech? 7 Great Biotechs from Ireland

Renexxion goes to FDA with cystic fibrosis drug

INSPIRE launched to develop inhaled gene therapy for the treatment of lung cancer

New brain tumor subtypes discovery may help develop treatments for incurable brain cancer

Genomic Data Infrastructure Ireland project to support discovery of genetic causes of disease

Poolbeg-led consortium awarded €2.3m to develop oral vaccine platform

Priothera’s Mocravimod improves survival for patients with hematological malignancies

Xcell Biosciences and aCGT Vector pushing ahead with cell and gene therapies

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