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Can This New Electrophysiology Technology Boost Neurology Research?

An emerging new electrophysiology technology, known as high-density microelectrode arrays, enables researchers to study in vitro models of human brain…

March 30, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By Julia Kaiser

Best in Biotech 10 Feb 2021

Top Neurotech Startups Unlocking the Brain in Russia

Russia has established itself as a hub for neurotech startups, attracting scientists and business people keen to understand, treat, and…

February 10, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas

News and Trends 21 Dec 2020

Late-Stage Success Raises Hopes to Tackle Alzheimer’s via Inflammation

Paris-based AB Science has scored a rare late-stage clinical triumph in the Alzheimer’s disease field with a drug that puts…

December 21, 2020 - 5 minutesmins - By Victor Kotsev

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News and Trends 7 Dec 2020

Swiss Startup Tackles Tourette’s Syndrome Despite Recent Failures

In spite of recent failures of clinical trials from others in the field, Swiss company Noema Pharma is gearing up…

December 7, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 7 Oct 2020

Investment Is Pouring Into Neuromodulation Treatments

The last month has seen several big investments in European neuromodulation and neurostimulation companies, which aim to treat neurological conditions…

October 7, 2020 - 6 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

Interview 2 Sep 2020

An Alzheimer’s Vaccine Challenged the Consensus for 25 Years

For decades, Alzheimer's disease research focused on a hypothesis that has increasingly been contested. A team of scientists in Slovakia…

September 2, 2020 - 8 minutesmins - By Farhan Mitha

News and Trends 18 Aug 2020

Women’s Health Gains Traction as Bayer Pays €736M for UK Firm

Bayer’s recent €736M ($875M) acquisition of KaNDy Therapeutics could herald growing investor interest in women’s health – a historically neglected…

August 18, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 1 Jul 2020

UK Startup Bags €3M to Develop Psychedelic Medicines for Mental Health

A €3.3M (£3M) Series A round raised by the Oxford-based biomedicine company Beckley Psytech will allow the company to study…

July 1, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Kostas Vavitsas

News and Trends 11 Jun 2020

Evox and Lilly Partner to Develop Neuro RNA Drugs in Deal Worth €1.1B

British biotech Evox Therapeutics has signed a collaboration deal worth up to €1.1B with US big pharma Eli Lilly to…

June 11, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

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News and Trends 5 Jun 2020

Israeli-Dutch Biotech Raises €55M to Fight Huntington’s Disease and ALS

Prilenia Therapeutics has raised €55M in Series A funding to launch late-stage clinical trials of its small molecule candidate drug…

June 5, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

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News and Trends 29 May 2020

Spanish Neurology Biotech Launches with €7.6M Series A

Accure Therapeutics, a neurology biotech targeting central nervous system (CNS) conditions such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease, has launched…

May 29, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

News and Trends 8 May 2020

Phase III Failure Sinks Drug for Rare Neurological Disorder

The Italian biotech Newron is halting the development of the experimental drug sarizotan after it failed to meet efficacy endpoints…

May 8, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty

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News and Trends 28 Apr 2020

AskBio Takes Over French Gene Therapy Company to Treat Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s

The Paris-based BrainVectis, a biotech developing gene therapies for Huntington’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, has been acquired by the US…

April 28, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By David Kirk

News and Trends 21 Apr 2020

Idorsia’s Drug Improves Sleep in First Phase III Trial for Insomnia

The Swiss pharmaceutical company Idorsia has announced that its drug candidate daridorexant significantly improved sleep onset, sleep quality, and daytime…

April 21, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Karen O’Hanlon Cohrt

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News and Trends 9 Apr 2020

Two European Alzheimer’s Disease Treatments Show Promise in Phase II

An epigenetics drug developed by the Spanish biopharmaceutical company Oryzon has reduced aggressive behavior in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and…

April 9, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By David Kirk