News and Trends 24 Jan 2017 Spanish Researchers Create a Human Skin 3D Printer Scientists in Spain have created a 3D printer that uses bioink to recreate authentic human skin for drug testing and regenerative medicine applications. Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3) and collaborators, including the Spanish bioengineering firm BioDan, have presented a prototype of a 3D printer that can create completely functional human skin. An industrial model could […] January 24, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 19 Jan 2017 I heard about these Hot Topics at JPM: Devices, Politics & Personalities Last week, I had the pleasure of attending one of the smaller satellite events of the JP Morgan biotech conference. Here are some of the day’s themes. The JP Morgan conference extends far beyond the confines of the Westin that hosts the main event with smaller, more specific or exclusive events, networking nights, and happy […] January 19, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Dec 2016 Paris takes the lead in Digital Health for Diabetes Type 2 The smell of freshly baked baguettes and good news from the capital have brought us this week to France. Voluntis has received market approval for a device that could change the life of millions of people with diabetes type 2, check out this cool company! City: Paris, France Founded: 2001 Employees: 100 Financial data: Total of €29.8M raised in […] December 9, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 28 Nov 2016 Needle-Free Diabetes Monitoring: Interview with the Co-Founder of GlucoWise The needle-free revolution for diabetes is coming! We interviewed Panos Kosmas, co-founder of MediWise, to get the juicy details of GlucoWise. This revolutionary wireless device could free the more than 422 million people living with diabetes worldwide from the daily pain of conventional glucose monitoring. Panos Kosmas is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of MediWise, a […] November 28, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Nov 2016 The Mind Behind the Artificial Pancreas that Could Change the Lives of Diabetics We had the opportunity to talk with Roman Hovorka, from The University of Cambridge, who’s working on a revolutionary medical device that can automatically improve glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes. An artificial pancreas is a device that measures glucose levels and responds by injecting the right amount of insulin required at any […] November 7, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 25 Oct 2016 The First Peanut Allergy Therapy might soon hit the Shelves DBV Technologies announced outstanding Phase IIb results for Viaskin Peanut, which could be the first-ever commercial peanut allergy therapy in the near future. However, competition is stiff. DBV Technologies, the first French Biotech to enter the NASDAQ, aims to be the first to attain approval for a food allergy therapy. The company’s lead pipeline candidate […] October 25, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 25 Oct 2016 This Diagnostic Tool beats the Standard for Respiratory Infection Tests Curetis is drastically reducing the time required to test for severe infectious diseases. The newest incorporation is expected early next year and could soon substitute the hospital standards. Curetis is a German biotech that commercializes diagnostic technologies for infectious diseases. After a very successful IPO last year, the company is advancing its Unyvero platform for fast diagnostics. The […] October 25, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Oct 2016 Do we hear a Tinnitus Cure? This techno-loving CEO might have one… It’s Friday, and here in Berlin, we’re ready for the club. A German company, Sonormed, is developing an app that can reduce the consequent ringing in our ears. Sonormed’s co-founder and CEO, Jörg Land, loves techno, and he started a company to help his fellow beat lovers with their common affliction of tinnitus. His soon-to-be […] October 7, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Sep 2016 This French Founder is on a mission of Connecting Medical Devices What happens when you mix Internet of Things and Medical Devices? That’s what the French Startup, Instent, and its co-founder, Franz Bozsak, intend to find out. I had a chat with him after he won the EY prize of the Best Parisian Entrepreneur of the Year for his startup. My first question was which language should we speak? Bozsak is […] September 26, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 access to a whole new market previously inaccessible to this industry. Italy-based Bio-ON is trying to change the world by producing alternative sustainable chemicals and bioplastic materials with industrial applications. Their newest product, minerv BIOMEDS, will be used […] September 20, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Sep 2016 Genfit’s Non-Invasive Diagnostic could unlock the NASH Market Genfit reinforced its leading place in the race to find a cure for NASH when it announced this morning the launch of a program to validate their new diagnostic tool. Genfit is already leading in the development of a cure for Non-Alcoholic Stato-Hepatitis (NASH) with its candidate, Elafibranor, which is in Phase III trials. Now, the French €600M biopharma has […] September 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Jul 2016 What is Lithuania’s role in European Biotech? Since the days of the Soviet Union, Lithuania has always been considered as a leader in life sciences discoveries in Eastern Europe due to its infrastructure. But what about for Biotech? Nowadays, as a member of the NATO, the European Union, and Eurozone, Lithuania’s life science sector is growing around 20-25% annually; with special focus on […] July 26, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email