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News and Trends 4 Jul 2017

British Liquid Biopsy for Ovarian Cancer Outperforms the Gold Standard

The British company Angle has announced results from a large-scale trial that seem to indicate its liquid biopsy technology could surpass the gold standard in ovarian cancer diagnosis. Angle, in the UK, is developing liquid biopsy tests to replace biopsies in the diagnosis of cancer. The company has announced results from a 400-patient trial in […]

July 4, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 3 Jul 2017

Scottish AI Biotech Recruits Another Pharma Partner in €37M Deal

After Sanofi recruited Exscientia in a €250M deal last May, GSK has taken an interest in the startup and invested in a collaboration of its own. Artificial intelligence has been carving out a niche for itself in biotech, and Exscientia is fast establishing itself as a key player in the field. In May, the company signed a […]

July 3, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 30 Jun 2017

€40M in Series C for a British Biotech Treating Blindness with Gene Therapy

NightstaRx has raised €39.5M that will go towards three clinical programs testing gene therapies for rare diseases that cause blindness. NightstaRx is developing gene therapies for genetic retinal diseases that cause blindness, with technology from the University of Oxford. Now getting closer to the market, the company has closed a Series C round with $45M (€39.5M) […]

June 30, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

cancer research uk grand challenge award

News and Trends 22 Jun 2017

What are the Biggest Cancer Challenges? The UK Offers £20M Prizes for Solutions!

Cancer Research UK is taking applications for £20M prizes from research groups worldwide that want to solve the biggest challenges in cancer research. Cancer Research UK is launching today its second round of the Grand Challenge to tear down some of the biggest barriers to the advancement of cancer therapy. The charity will shortlist the most promising […]

June 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 22 Jun 2017

LAB282 Awards Second Funding Round to 5 Academic Projects at Oxford

Evotec and the University of Oxford have announced the academic projects that will receive a financial award to push them towards launching spin-outs. LAB282 is a partnership between the German biotech Evotec, Oxford University Innovation and Oxford Sciences Innovation, the University’s venture fund manager. Set up with the aim to bridge academia and industry in life sciences, LAB282 […]

June 22, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 21 Jun 2017

Video: Can Synbio Cure Malaria? – Fireside Chat with Oxitec’s CEO Hadyn Parry

In our fireside chat with Hadyn Parry, Clara had the chance to hear all about Oxitec’s exciting technology that could save us from Dengue and Zika. Oxitec’s GM mosquitoes have the potential to halt epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika or Dengue, which according to Hadyn are actually causing more problems every year. As Hadyn explained, “we’re […]

June 21, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

Cell Medica Catapult Therapy TCR Acquisition

News and Trends 21 Jun 2017

British Biotech Tops up its Cancer Pipeline with New TCR Therapy

Cell Medica just acquired Catapult Therapy TCR, set up by UK’s CGT Catapult, gaining the rights to its TCR therapy candidate to treat solid tumors. Cell Medica says it’s all set to leverage its Dominant T cell receptor (TCR) platform technology, which the company licensed from University College London (UCL) last year, to enhance existing T cell […]

June 21, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 15 Jun 2017

UK-based VC Launches Massive $300M Fund to Fill Gap for Late-Stage Biotech

The UK-based VC Medicxi has raised a massive $300M (€268M) fund backed by Novartis and Google’s Verily to invest in late-stage drug development. After the former life science branch of famous Index Ventures went solo in 2016 and became Medicxi, the VC was able to raise a huge sum of €210M in its first round to support early-stage, single-asset […]

June 15, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 15 Jun 2017

MRC Technology, now LifeArc, Set to Invest £500M in UK’s Life Sciences

LifeArc will draw funds from royalties of MSD’s successful checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda to invest in life sciences in both academic and business sectors. Born from the UK’s Medical Research Council, MRC Technology is a charity focused on supporting medical scientific research. Today, it becomes LifeArc and starts an ambitious new plan to invest up to […]

June 15, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 12 Jun 2017

This Italian Academic-turned-CEO also Launched 7 Cancer Drugs at GSK

Paolo Paoletti might have been forced to reconsider his career as a professor in medicine, but academia’s loss was biopharma’s gain! Before becoming CEO of one of London’s most exciting biotechs, GammaDelta Therapeutics, Paolo Paoletti had a long run through the corporate ranks of pharma. He was coaxed out of academic medicine to join Eli […]

June 12, 2017 - 9 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

Interview 8 Jun 2017

Cambridge Antibody Technology: The History of the UK’s Best Biotech

CAT was the first of Greg Winter’s three antibody-related companies and one of the UK’s biggest success stories in biotech. How did he pull it off? Sir Greg Winter is one of the biggest names in European biotech. As a Professor of Biochemistry at Cambridge University, he developed phage display technology that became the foundation […]

June 8, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

Imperial College London incubator Hammersmith Hospital White City

News and Trends 6 Jun 2017

Imperial College Moves its Startup Incubator to a Bigger Facility in West London

Last Friday, the Duke of York opened Imperial’s newest facilities in the White City campus, where the university is relocating its startup incubator. Imperial College’s startup incubator, previously located at Imperial’s South Kensington campus, just got a significant upgrade with brand new facilities that opened last week in Imperial College’s White City campus. The new space, aptly renamed the White City […]

June 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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British Liquid Biopsy for Ovarian Cancer Outperforms the Gold Standard

Scottish AI Biotech Recruits Another Pharma Partner in €37M Deal

€40M in Series C for a British Biotech Treating Blindness with Gene Therapy

What are the Biggest Cancer Challenges? The UK Offers £20M Prizes for Solutions!

LAB282 Awards Second Funding Round to 5 Academic Projects at Oxford

Video: Can Synbio Cure Malaria? – Fireside Chat with Oxitec’s CEO Hadyn Parry

British Biotech Tops up its Cancer Pipeline with New TCR Therapy

UK-based VC Launches Massive $300M Fund to Fill Gap for Late-Stage Biotech

MRC Technology, now LifeArc, Set to Invest £500M in UK’s Life Sciences

This Italian Academic-turned-CEO also Launched 7 Cancer Drugs at GSK

Cambridge Antibody Technology: The History of the UK’s Best Biotech

Imperial College Moves its Startup Incubator to a Bigger Facility in West London

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