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News and Trends 2 Nov 2015

How Big can be Small in Biotech – #BIO-Europe 2015 Keynote

As usual at BIO-Europe, the fair starts with an opening keynote, this time with speakers from Merck Healthcare, MedImmune/AstraZeneca and Baxalta. The keynote is basically a discussion between high-level speakers,…

November 2, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 18 Dec 2015

64 Million RSV Infections Per Year: Perhaps Alpaca Nanobodies Will Save Infant Lives

Ablynx, the Alpaca Nanobody Biotech from Belgium, has completed target enrollment of the first-in-infant Phase I/IIa study with its anti-Respiratory Syncytial virus, which is linked to 3,000-8,500 infant deaths each…

December 18, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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

News and Trends 22 Oct 2015

For when it actually is Lupus: New Autoimmune Crisis Drug reaches Human Trials

ArGEN-X from Ghent (BE) and Breda (NL) has initiated its phase I human trials for Auto-immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythmatosus (SLE) - a rare chronic disease which has…

October 22, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 30 Jan 2018

Two Biotechs Team Up to Test their Cancer Antibody Combo in the Clinic

Innate Pharma and MedImmune will test the combination of Innate’s cancer antibody and the checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab in patients with solid tumors. Innate Pharma uses antibodies to enhance the immune system's ability…

January 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 6 Apr 2017

How is Biotech Transforming Pharma’s R&D Model?

Since the early 2000s, pharma has undergone a major reorganization. What roles do strategic alliances and acquisitions play in this new model? For almost two centuries, medicinal products have brought…

April 6, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 2 Jan 2017

An EU Project will tackle Multiple Sclerosis using Personalized Multi Omics

The MultipleMS Consortium has been granted €15M by the EU Horizon 2020 to improve the treatment of multiple sclerosis using personalized medicine. The EU Horizon 2020 has kicked off the year…

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

News and Trends 1 Dec 2016

7 European Institutions in the Largest Cancer Bioinformatics Collaboration

Europe's best companies using bioinformatics to tackle cancer will take part in a huge collaboration aimed at developing personalized cancer vaccines. Three biotech companies and four research institutions from Europe…

December 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 21 Jul 2016

‘Winner Antibody’ holds promise as universal Influenza A Vaccine

MedImmune and Humabs have reasons to be happy. Their candidate for an Influenza A vaccine has made it into well-known journal, Cell, boasting a unique affinity to the virus with multiple mechanisms to…

July 21, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 24 Mar 2016

Novel Antibody for Influenza gets FDA Fast-Track Approval

Humabs (Switzerland) has gotten some serious recognition for its antibody platform, as its candidates for Influenza have received FDA fast-track designation. A biologic therapy for Influenza A has been granted…

March 24, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 26 Nov 2015

The UK-Israeli €378M Small-Molecule Offensive Against Migraines

The Israeli TEVA and UK Heptares Therapeutics (now owned by Japanese Sosei) have partnered up on novel drug therapies targeting Migraines. The pain and disruption migraines can cause pain that lasts…

November 26, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 20 Nov 2015

Get to Know the Top 50 Women in the UK’s Biotech Scene

The Movers & Shakers Report 2015 lists 50 of the Top female Bio-Entrepreneurs... here's a select few I found particularly impressive in the Biotech Industry! Written by Miranda Weston-Smith, the…

November 20, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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