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News and Trends 7 Sep 2015

A Slice of Europe: MD Anderson looks to invest in EU Immuno-Oncology

MD Anderson is expanding its Immatics sharehold to spawn new Houston-based subsidiary Immatics US through investing into a $60M (€54M) pot. Also partnering up with French CAR-T pioneers Cellectis, and collaborating with German Merck, MD Anderson is seemingly wanting to immerse itself in the European immuno-oncology field. As a shareholder in the German cancer immunotherapy […]

September 7, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 2 Sep 2015

Carmat’s Artificial Heart is now inside three patients – how’s it doing?

So preliminary trial results look good – it could be that the next phase will go forward too. The artificial heart of French pioneer Carmat shows several device failures but overcomes major side effects of former gadgets, such as thromboembolism or haemorrhage. Heart failure is the world’s leading cause of death. In Europe alone, 15 million patients […]

September 2, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 31 Aug 2015

When Tech and Biotech merge, Google and Sanofi partner up to revolutionize Diabetes Management

Taking care of diabetes is still far too complex currently. In future, Sanofi and Google will jointly take care of this problem, hoping to ease the life of millions of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. When it comes to transforming our diabetes treatment technology, Google loves European Pharmas. Together with Novartis, it […]

August 31, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 7 May 2015

Versantis, using liposomes technology to detoxify the body

What happens when your liver stops working? The toxins your body continuously produces will no longer be eliminated, transforming your own body in a remarkable poison factory. This problem, in reality, is quite common. Liver diseases affect more than 30 million Europeans, and kill more people than both diabetes and road accidents combined! Versantis, a Swiss based biotech […]

May 7, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 2 May 2015

PlugMed has Just Won €2M Funding to Develop an Innovative Device against Kidney Failure

PlugMed has been awarded €2 million of funding, as part of the World Innovation Challenge organized by the French Ministry of Industry. It will enable the company to speed up the Geroneph project that aims at developing an innovative device in the treatment of kidney failure. Nowadays, dialysis is used by more than two million people […]

May 2, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 22 Apr 2015

[Interview] Smartbone, using bioengineering to repair your bones!

Orthobiology is a field of biomedical technology, which develops new devices and products for skeletal regenerative medicine. IBI sa (Industrie Biomediche Insubri sa) is a Swiss-based company excelling in this field. I met Giuseppe Perale, co-founder and President of the company, who not only gave me the big picture on this field, but also on […]

April 22, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 7 Apr 2015

Open Bionics, lending a 3D-Printed helping hand

Little could the young Joel Gibbard have ever imagined that those Meccano games he once used to play with as a child, would one day lead him to become Britain’s Design Engineer of the Year amongst other prestigious awards. Open Bionics, the Bristol-based company he founded, aims at providing low-cost robotic hands. I got to […]

April 7, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 12 Feb 2015

Neurostimulation, an Innovative Approach to Treat Heart Failure

The revolutionary Equilia system, meant to treat heart failure, has been successfully implanted for the first time in a clinical study . The developer of the system, Sorin Group, is an Italian medical device company, leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Heart failure is a chronic progressive disease in which the heart can no longer […]

February 12, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 26 Jan 2015

Is Gecko’s Bio-inspired Glue going to revolutionize Heart Surgery and Tissue Repair?

Imagine you could use a glue to fix a hole or week zone inside your body. Sound promising? Definitely. A new generation of adhesive has been discovered. It can be used in a highly challenging environment and be activated by light. The illustration below shows you how it could be used in heart surgery. The […]

January 26, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 23 Jan 2015

A glimpse of the future: the revolution of bionic eyes

Six months after the surgery, the first Spanish with a bionic eye has gone from the total darkness to discern shapes and distances thanks to the technology developed by Second Sight Medical Products. With the MedTech field moving forward so fast, a new generation of devices meant to restore the sense of vision is about […]

January 23, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 8 Oct 2014

Baden-Württemberg Healthcare Industry Forum 2014, discover one of the largest cluster in Germany

Last September 24th was held the Baden-Württemberg Healthcare Industry Forum 2014, organized by BIOPRO the biotech cluster of this German region. It was an opportunity to review the bilan of the cluster and to learn interesting facts. BIOPRO has listed 159 biotech companies in the Baden-Württemberg area, representing a workforce of more than 22,000 employees and a turnover […]

October 8, 2014 - 6 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

Carmat polemic intelligent artificial heart

News and Trends 24 Sep 2014

The Polemic of First Intelligent Artificial Heart

The first intelligent artificial heart has been twice implanted in France within clinical trials. It has been developed by French company Carmat, and famous cardiologist Alain Carpentier, after 20 years of development. This important breakthrough nevertheless create a polemic. Artificial hearts already existed and voice talks about an artificial financial bubble around Carmat. On September 11th, […]

September 24, 2014 - 4 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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