News and Trends 3 May 2017
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News and Trends 27 Mar 2017
You Can Now Search Worldwide Genomic Data in a Single Platform
Access to data is still the main bottleneck for genomic researchers. Repositive has created a free online platform to solve this problem once and for all. Repositive is building an online platform that makes genomic data from different sources easily searchable and accessible from a single portal. Its mission is to speed up genetic diagnostics […]
More News! 27 Feb 2017
Fundraising in the UK will Support Rare Disease Diagnostics Worldwide
Congenica has raised £8M in its Series B financing round to sustain the international rollout of its clinical genome analysis platform Sapientia. Congenica is a genomic diagnostics company in Cambridge’s biotech cluster. Its genome analysis platform, Sapientia, takes on the challenge of interpreting the avalanche of genomic data becoming available in healthcare. The £8M (€9.5M) raised will sustain the […]
News and Trends 16 Jan 2017
Merck partners with Big Data Unicorn to help Cancer Patients
Merck will use Palantir’s big data software to improve drug development and patient services, starting with cancer treatments. Merck will step up its data analytics capabilities in partnership with Palantir. The US company, co-founded by PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel, provides data integration and analysis software that Merck plans to use to improve patient care and […]
News and Trends 3 Jan 2017
Bacteria can Protect each other: a New Challenge in Antibiotic Resistance
Researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which antibiotic-resistant bacteria can protect non-resistant pathogens. What are the implications? Scientists have described a new strategy that pathogens use to survive our efforts to eliminate them: resistant bacteria can inactivate antibiotics and allow their neighbor pathogens to grow once the active compound has reached low enough levels. The […]
News and Trends 2 Jan 2017
An EU Project will tackle Multiple Sclerosis using Personalized Multi Omics
The MultipleMS Consortium has been granted €15M by the EU Horizon 2020 to improve the treatment of multiple sclerosis using personalized medicine. The EU Horizon 2020 has kicked off the year with a project to develop, validate, and exploit methods for the personalized treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). The 21 institutions from 12 European countries and […]
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News and Trends 28 Dec 2016
Discussing the Future of Personalized Medicine with Biotech Experts
Personalized medicine has been a popular topic in the last few years, but when will it materialize? Experts discussed the current challenges at Labiotech Refresh. Jean-Pol Detiffe is the CEO of OncoDNA, a company using next-generation sequencing to match patients with a personalized cancer treatment. In his opinion, one of the main challenges in the […]
News and Trends 16 Nov 2016
Microbiomics recruited for Immuno-Oncology in a Huge New Partnership
What if the bacteria in your gut could help fight cancer? Enterome is partnering with Bristol-Myers Squibb to explore this possibility and develop microbiome-related therapeutics and diagnostics for immuno-oncology. Enterome, one of the coolest biotechs in Paris, specializes in the isolation of bacteria and microbial targets linked to immune modulation and inflammation. With an impressive […]
News and Trends 4 Nov 2016
This Company has developed a Personalized App to Fight Cancer
We say goodbye to the good weather in Spain and cross the Pyrenees to visit Charleroi, an industrial city south of Brussels. There, we find OncoDNA, a young company striving to change the oncology field using DNA. City: Charleroi, Belgium Founded: 2012 Employees: 11 – 50 Financial data: €7.7M raised in September to expand into the global market Mission: […]
News and Trends 29 Sep 2016
Debunking the Immuno-Oncology Hype: is it as good as it sounds?
CAR-T therapies have gained plenty of attention lately by promising to end cancer with a one-off treatment. But all that glitters is not gold; experts remind us it is important to be critical about the immuno-oncology hype. Immuno-oncology has become all the rage lately, and the hype has led to some major investments, acquisitions, deals and partnerships. It seems […]
News and Trends 15 Jul 2016
Infographic: What are the key challenges in Personalized Medicine?
Personalized medicine is the way forward in tackling hard-to-treat indications. Here are some of the challenges in R&D of such therapies in biotech. By exploring use of autologous therapies, the chance of adverse responses from immunogenicity is reduced, making the treatment more targeted and effective (as doses can be higher). However, there are challenges in […]
News and Trends 22 Jun 2016
What is Microsoft doing with this French Precision Medicine Biotech?
Median Technologies is partnering up with software giant Microsoft to integrate big data into its oncology imaging systems – and deliver Precision Medicine from the cloud. Medical imaging is an important part of the rise of digital medicine. Cool projects in the field include the aortic graft simulation of EVARplanning (one of the startups at Italian incubator […]
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