News and Trends 11 Jan 2018
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 our genes and could help…
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Interview 4 Dec 2017
Meet the CEO Leading Italy’s Charge to Become a Major Biotech Player
Riccardo Palmisano is CEO of MolMed, the most important Italian biotech, which focuses on gene and cell therapies. We chatted…
News and Trends 28 Nov 2017
Cheap DNA Tests for Everyone! Italian Biotech Launches €149 Kit
Dante Labs has developed the first DNA tests available in Europe, which will allow the public to test their health…
News and Trends 21 Nov 2017
Welcome to Amsterdam, EMA! Your New Home Post-Brexit
Last year’s Brexit vote left the European Medicines Agency (EMA) searching for a new home. Last night, it was revealed…
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News and Trends 9 Nov 2017
Doctors Use Genetically Modified Stem Cells to Give a Boy New Skin
The 'butterfly child' who lost 80% of his skin has been successfully treated. The boy is now able to go…
In Depth 24 Oct 2017
Where to Find the Money to Get Your Biotech Startup Up with the Big Boys
What do you need to kickstart your own biotech company? A great idea, of course. Industry knowledge, a plus. Money……
Best in Biotech 10 Oct 2017
Buongiorno Biotech! Top 4 Companies Making Milan Europe’s Next Biotech Hub
Italy may not be the first country that comes to mind when you think of biotech, but the sun is…
News and Trends 13 Sep 2017
Italian Biotech Closes €7M Series B for Stem Cells to Treat Cancer
Genenta Science has raised $8M (€7M) in the Series B fundraising round to continue investigating its use of hematopoietic stem…
News and Trends 7 Jul 2017
Better than CRISPR? New Genetic Analysis Method ropes in Long-Read DNA Cloning
After CRISPR, there's a new genetic technique with a tongue-in-cheek name in town: LASSO cloning. Researchers from four institutions, including the…
News and Trends 18 May 2017
Italy is Getting its First-Ever Early Stage Biotech Fund for Tech Transfer
AurorA-TT is making plans to raise €50M for what will be the first fund dedicated to investing in tech transfer…
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News and Trends 13 Apr 2017
Coming from Behind: How Italy is Revamping its Biotech Industry
Italy's biotech industry lags behind in Europe, but the situation is starting to change with coordinated efforts in research, finance…
News and Trends 22 Nov 2016
Fighting for the next Asthma Blockbuster: Italy gets in the way of Novartis
Chiesi has bought Atopix Therapeutics and stepped into the fight for the next asthma blockbuster. Can it take on Novartis…
News and Trends 12 Nov 2016
The sound of this Spider Silk Violin surprises Expert Musicians
Last week, Imperial College London hosted the International Student Innovation Awards. The winner astonished everyone with a violin made with spider…
News and Trends 12 Oct 2016
Italy has new €100M Factory for Biobased Butanediol
With an industry worth €3.5Bn, butanediol is an important chemical intermediate. Novamont has recently opened the first industrial plant to…
News and Trends 20 Sep 2016
This company just turned the lights ON for NanoMed Bioplastic
Bio-ON just patented the first application of bioplastic in nanomedicine with a diagnostic tool for cancer that will grant it…
News and Trends 20 Sep 2016
This European Biotech Initiative wants to remediate Contaminated Land
It has been estimated that the impact of potentially polluting activities has affected around 3 million sites in Europe alone…
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News and Trends 19 Sep 2016
Italian Gene Therapy Biotech aims high by Collaborating with US Giant Amgen
Genenta Science and Amgen have teamed up to develop gene therapies for cancer. The Italian biotech from Milan raised €10M…
News and Trends 16 Aug 2016
GSK Pioneers Money Back Guarantee for Biotech Treatments
The second-ever gene therapy to get European approval finally has a price tag. It will be sold at 'only' €594k,…
News and Trends 29 Jul 2016
Philogen targets Angiogenesis for cancer and Autoimmune Therapies
Barcelona was pleasant but once again it's time to go away! We won't go far... we're just crossing the Balearic…
News and Trends 28 Jun 2016
Will the Leading Italian Biotech soon have its First Cell therapy on the Market?
MolMed has received conditional market approval for Zalmoxis, an ex vivo genetically engineered cell therapy that stops immune rejection of transplanted hematopoietic stem…