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News and Trends 27 Nov 2015

Biotech of the week: PsiOxus, “non-traditional” Immuno-oncology from Oxford

This week we leave Ireland and head South-East across the Irish Sea where we arrive at the ancient city of Oxford, our location of interest. ‘The city of dreaming spires’ is known for it’s world famous university, the Shark House (if you don’t know it, have a search, you won’t regret it :p) and the location for […]

November 27, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 26 Nov 2015

The UK-Israeli €378M Small-Molecule Offensive Against Migraines

The Israeli TEVA and UK Heptares Therapeutics (now owned by Japanese Sosei) have partnered up on novel drug therapies targeting Migraines. The pain and disruption migraines can cause pain that lasts from 4 to 72 hours, and around 10 million worldwide suffer such episodes on a regular basis. Signs and symptoms of a migraine include photosensitivity […]

November 26, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 23 Nov 2015

Making Propane From Gut-Bacteria: A UK-Finland Team Want to Say Ciao to Fracking

Five genes introduced in the bacterial genome of E.coli can modify its metabolism to synthesise propane, which can be then converted to liquified petroleum gas (LPG) as an alternative source of fuel. Escherichia coli is a facultative anaerobe of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine. An international team of researchers […]

November 23, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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News and Trends 20 Nov 2015

Get to Know the Top 50 Women in the UK’s Biotech Scene

The Movers & Shakers Report 2015 lists 50 of the Top female Bio-Entrepreneurs… here’s a select few I found particularly impressive in the Biotech Industry! Written by Miranda Weston-Smith, the BioBeat15 report is sponsored by Horton Ruston Poole, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, MedImmune and Pfizer to celebrate what women working in bio-business have brought to […]

November 20, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 18 Nov 2015

The UK Catapults Cell Therapy Manufacture into Europe with a €78.5M New Facility

The UK Government’s Innovate has invested over €78.5M into a new Cell-therapy manufacturing facility for the major UK biotech Catapult Cell Therapy to be located in the growing Biotech cluster in Stevenage. Catapult is a big deal in the UK Biotech scene (apparently) and their division in Cell therapeutics founded in 2012 already has a […]

November 18, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 12 Nov 2015

Sanofi’s COBRA Research to Tackle the Challenge of A Universal Influenza Vaccine for Winter

Sanofi Pasteur is the infectious disease division of the French Giant Sanofi, responsible for producing 1 Billion vaccine doses each year. Now they are looking to ‘evolve’ the vaccine R&D field, adapting their approach to find a broader spectrum defense against seasonal Influenza strains. However, the UK NIHR and PepTCell are also after the same […]

November 12, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 11 Nov 2015

Oxford’s Nightstar Gene Therapy for Blindness in Men Shines with $35M Fundraiser

Choroideremia is a rare X-linked recessive retinal disease which eventually leads to blindness. A series B funding round has landed the NightstaRx (‘Nightstar’) biotech in Oxford an additional $35M for their vision-improving gene therapy. Since the mutation causing Choroideremia is sex-linked, sufferers are almost always males, with the onset of symptoms in childhood often starting […]

November 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 10 Nov 2015

The 10 Hottest Bioincubators in Europe

A Bioincubator is a launch-pad structure for entrepreneurs to make their project in the sciences real. In Europe, we have many incubators within each industry, responsible for strategic investment, development and providing a support network for start-ups. Bioincubators are considered as the first ‘home’ for young biotech companies, providing entrepreneurs access to research laboratories, technology platforms, specific […]

November 10, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Nicolas Sainte-Foie

News and Trends 9 Nov 2015

Leading TCR Immuno-oncology Biotech shows Promising Results against Cancer

Cell-based Immune-oncology therapies continue to deliver amazing results. After Cellectis wondersaving from last week, Oxford’s Adaptimmune has some surprisingly good results too. Adaptimmune is a British, Oxford-based immuno-oncolgy company. It held a massive IPO last year, raising up to €150M on the NASDAQ, and its CEO was interviewed by BIO (video here) where he seemed […]

November 9, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 6 Nov 2015

Cellectis’ Miraculous Saving of a Baby Girl. What’s the impact on the CAR-T field?

About 30%. That’s how Cellectis‘ NASDAQ stock price has jumped between the 4th and the 5th of November. But why? Basically, because of the first human success of their allogeneic CAR-T therapy! The Great Ormond Street Hospital (UK) treated a young patient with refractory relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) with Cellectis’ allogeneic UCART19 product candidate in June. To […]

November 6, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Jerome Topsent

News and Trends 6 Nov 2015

Biotech of the Week: Synpromics, the Scottish company enabling precise Gene Expression

This week we leave the wonderful weather of Mallorca and head North, through France, England and across Hadrian’s Wall where we land in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. This city is famous for many things, being one of the most haunted cities in the world to being built on an extinct volcano however, it […]

November 6, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 5 Nov 2015

Living Buildings ‘Self-Heal’ in the UK with Calcium Carbonate Secreting Bacteria

Using Biotech to make living, self-sustaining buildings is a new level of innovation which could revolutionize construction engineering. The ‘Materials For Life‘ Project in Wales (UK) is literally producing stones which self-repair and resist erosion! The University of Cardiff (Wales) leads a team with the University of Bath (SW England) and the University of Cambridge […]

November 5, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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