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More News! 11 Nov 2019

Mereo BioPharma’s Brittle Bone Disease Drug Stumbles in Phase II

The lead drug of the UK company Mereo BioPharma has achieved mixed results in a phase IIb trial in adults with the genetic condition osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease. Mereo tested different doses of its antibody drug in 112 adults with osteogenesis imperfecta in a 12-month phase IIb trial. The drug failed […]

November 11, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 6 Nov 2019

UK Biotech Launched to Target ‘Dark Antigens’ with Cancer Vaccines

The London-based startup Ervaxx has launched with a €15.8M Series A round to develop cancer vaccines and cell therapies that target ‘dark antigens’ — normally silent genes in the genome that are expressed in cancer cells. Ervaxx’s Series A round was funded by the transatlantic venture capital firm SV Health Investors, as well as an […]

November 6, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Startup Scout 1 Nov 2019

This Biotech Turns Seafood Waste into Packaging Using Microbes

The Scottish company CuanTec is developing an energy-efficient way to recycle seafood shells into food packaging via bacterial fermentation, which could reduce plastic waste. Mission: To turn the thrown away shells of langoustines into antimicrobial food packaging. This would cut down both on food waste tipping and modern society’s reliance on plastics. CuanTec was founded […]

November 1, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

More News! 28 Oct 2019

UK Company Synthesizes Long DNA Molecules with 85% Accuracy

The UK biotech Camena Bioscience has proven it can synthesize long DNA molecules with more accuracy than traditional chemical synthesis. Camena tested its technology’s ability to accurately synthesize DNA molecules with a length of 300 nucleotides — the building blocks of DNA. Using Camena’s technology, 85% of the synthesized DNA molecules were accurate to the […]

October 28, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Startup Scout 25 Oct 2019

This UK AI Tool Researches Diseases for Drug Discovery Companies

The Manchester-based company Biorelate is developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can collect biological data from the internet and speed up the drug discovery process. Mission: Develop AI technology that trawls the web for disease and drug data and collects it together like researchers would do manually in drug discovery. Biorelate’s product is able to […]

October 25, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 16 Oct 2019

GammaDelta Therapeutics Spins Out Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech

The UK biotech GammaDelta Therapeutics has founded Adaptate Biotherapeutics to develop cancer immunotherapies based on antibodies that boost a rare type of immune cell. Adaptate Biotherapeutics is a spin-out of GammaDelta Therapeutics, a London company founded in 2016 that specializes in using a rare type of immune cells, known as gamma delta T-cells, to fight […]

October 16, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 16 Oct 2019

UK Firm Raises €51M to Repurpose Drugs for Rare Diseases Using AI

The Cambridge-based artificial intelligence company Healx has raised a Series B round of €50.8M to launch an AI tool that reduces the time it takes to develop treatments for rare diseases by five years. The Series B round was led by the UK VC firm Atomico and includes the returning investor Jonathan Milner, the founder […]

October 16, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 14 Oct 2019

Mogrify Raises €15M Series A to Chase the ‘Holy Grail’ of Cell Therapy

Cambridge-based Mogrify has raised €14.5M to develop a technology that could allow scientists to transform any human cell into another cell type without the arduous process of turning them into a stem cell first. The Series A round was led by Ahren Innovation Capital, an investment firm founded by science entrepreneurs from the UK […]

October 14, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Startup Scout 11 Oct 2019

This Biotech Is Developing a Stem Cell Therapy for Deafness

Sheffield is one of the UK’s historic industrial bases. It also hosts the biotech Rinri Therapeutics, which is developing a stem cell therapy to treat deaf patients who are not eligible for cochlear implants. Mission: To develop a stem cell therapy for a rare form of deafness where the neuronal wiring underlying the auditory system […]

October 11, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Interview 8 Oct 2019

Biotech Hubs: A Tale of Two Cities

Life science investors differ widely across biotech hubs in Europe. At Labiotech’s recent Refresh event, two investors from Cambridge and Paris compared the progress of these hubs and discussed the challenges that need to be overcome in biotech investment. Funding is the lifeblood of early biotech startups, and investors are a crucial supplier. For this […]

October 8, 2019 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

More News! 2 Oct 2019

Engineered Crop Plants Produce Fat Molecules for Formula Milk

A team from the Rothamsted Research center, UK, has developed plants capable of mass-producing fat molecules resembling those in human breast milk. The scientists modified the way a type of oilseed plant generates fat molecules by introducing a mutation that changed the location within the cell of an enzyme responsible for processing fat. As a […]

October 2, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Interview 30 Sep 2019

Taking Your Product Forward Against All Odds

Having to let go of your flagship product after years of development is not easy. Nor is fundraising for another product after a major partner backs out — a challenge that Angela Hildreth had to confront when she joined the British company Futura Medical as Finance Director last year. Angela Hildreth had never worked in […]

September 30, 2019 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Mereo BioPharma’s Brittle Bone Disease Drug Stumbles in Phase II

UK Biotech Launched to Target ‘Dark Antigens’ with Cancer Vaccines

This Biotech Turns Seafood Waste into Packaging Using Microbes

UK Company Synthesizes Long DNA Molecules with 85% Accuracy

This UK AI Tool Researches Diseases for Drug Discovery Companies

GammaDelta Therapeutics Spins Out Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech

UK Firm Raises €51M to Repurpose Drugs for Rare Diseases Using AI

Mogrify Raises €15M Series A to Chase the ‘Holy Grail’ of Cell Therapy

This Biotech Is Developing a Stem Cell Therapy for Deafness

Biotech Hubs: A Tale of Two Cities

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