News and Trends 12 Jan 2023
Anticancer drugs could lead to new sepsis treatment
Researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) in Oeiras, Portugal, say because anti-cancer drugs limit inflammation, they could be…
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News and Trends 21 Dec 2022
Watch: Biocant Park – a biotech hub in the heart of Portugal
Biocant Park is a science and technology park specializing in biotechnology, with a unique innovation environment among the sector in…
News and Trends 10 Oct 2022
Biocartis starts European commercialization of liver cancer test
Biocartis Group NV has started the commercialization in Europe of the HepatoPredict test as a CE-IVD marked manual kit. The…
Best in Biotech 15 Jul 2022
The 15 biotech companies in Portugal you should know
Portugal has a rich biotech ecosystem that is rapidly growing, despite sometimes being overlooked compared with other countries in Europe.…
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Startup Scout 31 Jan 2020
This Cancer Immunotherapy Attacks the Sugar Coat of Tumor Cells
The Portuguese company CellmAbs is developing cancer immunotherapies that prevent tumor cells from evading the immune system by hitting sugar…
Startup Scout 26 Oct 2018
This Biotech Develops Biodegradable Antimicrobial Paint For Your Yacht
It is time to sail to Portugal for our Lisbon-based biotech of the week, BioMimetx. The company is developing biodegradable…
Startup Scout 27 Apr 2018
This Portuguese Biotech is Developing a Faster Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test
Today, we're in Matosinhos, Portugal, visiting FASTinov, a biotech that is developing an antimicrobial susceptibility test that are faster than…
Startup Scout 9 Mar 2018
This Portugese Biotech is Developing a Vaccine for Life-Threatening Multibacterial Infections
This week, we're in Cantanhede, a small city near the coast in Portugal, to visit Immunethep. The company is developing immunotherapies…
Interview 29 Nov 2017
What’s Going on in the Biotech Ecosystem of Portugal?
The biotech ecosystem in Portugal is rapidly growing. Ricardo Perdigao, Investment Manager at Portugal Ventures, discusses the country's potential in…
News and Trends 20 Sep 2017
Biotech in Portugal gets a Boost with New Investment Fund
Vesalius Biocapital and the Portuguese National Promotional Bank have announced a new joint venture that will invest in late-stage healthcare companies. …
News and Trends 24 Sep 2016
The Future of Portugal as explained by Microorganisms
Microbiology makes its mark at the first edition of the London Design Biennale taking place in Somerset House. Portugal's exhibition…
News and Trends 2 Apr 2016
BioArt: Joana Ricou shows the Beautiful Similarities of the Microbiome
Joana Ricou has been dwelling on the frontier of biology and science since she enrolled an Art&Biology programme at Carnegie…
News and Trends 19 Feb 2016
Biotech of the week: NZYTech, one of the biggest Portuguese Biotech companies
This week, we leave the cold of Norway and head South-West to warmer climates. Not Spain this time, we arrive…
News and Trends 18 Nov 2015
Nanomedicine Inside Out: A Nestlé Advance in Cuboid Drug Delivery Systems
A New feat in Nanomedicine: The Cubosome drug delivery system has now been 3D-mappped and studied internally by Scientists from…
News and Trends 2 Oct 2015
Biotech of the week: Cell2b, the Promising Portuguese Cell Therapy Biotech
As it's a new month, we thought we would try something a little different on Labiotech.eu. Every week we are…
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…
