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News and Trends 12 Jul 2023

New venture capital company Biovance Capital Partners launches

Bionova Capital has started a new venture capital company, Biovance Capital Partners. Bionova Capital is a healthcare-focused investor in early-stage life science companies across Europe. Founded in 2015, Bionova Capital…

July 12, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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…

January 26, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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 a potential treatment for sepsis. The study, published in eLife,…

January 12, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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 Portugal. Located in Cantanhede, between Porto and Lisbon, the park…

December 21, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

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 test, developed by Portuguese biotech company Ophiomics, is a prognostic…

October 10, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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 molecules on their surface. Mission: To develop drugs that bind…

January 31, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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. Here are some of the companies driving forth innovation in…

July 15, 2022 - 9 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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 antimicrobial paint additives to help marine industries keep their surfaces…

October 26, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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 standard assays. The technology could help battle antibiotic resistance by identifying…

April 27, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

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 going to showcase a company of our choice found on…

October 2, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

Immenthep Multibacterial Infection Vaccine 2 min

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 against life-threatening multibacterial infections using a virulence mechanism common to different…

March 9, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

Portugal Ventures Ricardo Perdigao Henriques

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 this field. Portugal has seen the number of life sciences…

November 29, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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