News and Trends 23 Apr 2020
Sofinnova Invests €20M in Three Italian Rare Disease Biotechs
The French VC firm Sofinnova Partners has invested €20M in three Italian biotech companies via its Telethon Fund, which focuses…
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News and Trends 27 Feb 2020
Scientists Connect Brain Cells to Machines Over the Internet
An international group of researchers has set up a brain-machine interface between cultured nerve cells and electronic chips linked over…
News and Trends 25 Feb 2020
European Researchers to Make Light Bulbs using Bacteria
A team of scientists from Austria, Spain, and Italy is working to make LED light bulbs out of proteins produced…
News and Trends 17 Jan 2020
International Collaboration on Brink of Resurrecting Northern White Rhinos
An international collaboration called BioRescue has taken a step forward in bringing back the Northern White Rhino with the creation…
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More News! 25 Jul 2019
German Biotech Breath Therapeutics Acquired in Deal Worth up to €500M
The Italian company Zambon has acquired the German biotech Breath Therapeutics for up to €500M, getting hold of its treatment…
News and Trends 10 Jul 2019
Anti-Aging Gene Therapy Treats Cardiovascular Disease in Mice
A research group in Italy has reduced cardiovascular disease in mice by expressing an anti-aging gene often seen in centenarians.…
News and Trends 1 Jul 2019
Approval Status of Cancer Cell Therapy at Risk After Halting Phase III Trial
Following an unfavorable interim analysis, Milan-based MolMed has suspended a phase III trial of its cell therapy Zalmoxis that could…
Startup Scout 17 May 2019
This Biotech Detects Fraudulent Food by Checking its DNA
Spun out of the University of Milano-Bicocca, the Italian biotech Fem2-Ambiente aids in the fight against food contamination and fraud…
News and Trends 13 May 2019
‘Guided Missile’ Cancer Immunotherapy Boosted by €62M Funding
The Swiss-Italian biotech company Philogen has raised a private round of €62M to fund the phase III development of cancer…
News and Trends 16 Apr 2019
Male-Pattern Baldness Could See First New Treatment in over 10 Years
A skin cream developed by the Italian company Cassiopea has reduced male-pattern baldness for up to 12 months in a…
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News and Trends 25 Jan 2019
Swiss-Italian Biotech Bags Antibody Deals with Three Big Pharma
The Swiss-Italian company Philogen has announced three different partnerships with Novartis, Celgene, and Janssen to develop new forms of immunotherapy…
News and Trends 19 Dec 2018
Italian Biotech Raises Big Series A for ‘Gene Therapy 2.0’
Altheia Science, based in Milan, has raised €17M to fund the development of gene therapies for autoimmune diseases with the…
More News! 18 Oct 2018
Phase III Triumph for Topical Hormonal Acne Treatment
The Italian biotech Cassiopea reports good news for acne sufferers. Its hormonal anti-acne treatment Winlevi significantly helped to reduce acne…
Startup Scout 17 Aug 2018
This Italian Biotech Makes Wood-Derived Bone Implants
Today, we’re in Faenza, Italy, visiting GreenBone, a biotech developing wood-derived bone implants for patients with bone fractures. [caption id="attachment_59131"…
News and Trends 31 Jul 2018
Recycled Forestry Waste Could Make Cosmetics, Plastics and Biofuel
An EU project is using forestry waste to make 2,3-butanediol, a chemical with a wide range of industrial applications, from…
Interview 25 Apr 2018
Planting the Seeds to Grow the Italian Biotech Industry
Many European countries, including the UK, France, Germany, and Switzerland, boast a thriving biotech industry. Others are still a step behind…
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News and Trends 24 Apr 2018
Fundraising Boosts Italian Red Blood Cell Therapy
EryDel has raised €26.5M to develop a red blood cell drug delivery system to treat a rare disease of the immune…
Interview 18 Apr 2018
What Lies Ahead for European Cell and Gene Therapies?
Cell and gene therapies have recently made big advances in providing effective treatments for a variety of conditions, from cancers…
News and Trends 12 Mar 2018
A Flick of a Switch Can Cause Age-Related Brain Deterioration
Switching certain genes on or off causes the premature aging of stem cells that repair the brain. Identifying them could…
News and Trends 29 Jan 2018
This Italian Biotech Will Sequence 10,000 Genomes in 2 Years
Dante Labs will use its DNA testing kit to sequence the DNA of 10,000 Europeans in an effort to improve…