News and Trends 16 Dec 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 26: CellCentric, MicrofluidX, Potter Clarkson This week, we have three guests. We have conversations with Antoine Espinet, CEO of MicrofluidX; Will West, CEO of CellCentric; and Sara Holland, patent attorney at Potter Clarkson. MicrofluidX raises £3.3M to develop advanced therapy manufacturing platform MicrofluidX (MFX), a U.K. based provider of next-generation bioreactors for cell research and manufacturing, today announces £3.3 million […] December 16, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022 Alchemab Therapeutics receives £1.7M grant to work on therapy for Huntington’s disease Alchemab Therapeutics has been awarded a grant of £1.7 million ($2 million) from Innovate UK’s Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) 2022 funding competition to accelerate development of a first-in-class disease modifying therapy for Huntington’s disease. Working in collaboration with Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), Alchemab is carrying out preclinical studies to progress its panel of antibodies towards first […] December 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Dec 2022 STORM Therapeutics closes $30M Series B financing STORM Therapeutics Ltd., which is working on discovering and developing novel small molecule therapies targeting RNA modifying enzymes (RMEs) for oncology and other diseases, has successfully completed a $30 million Series B financing round. The financing was co-led by existing investors M Ventures, Pfizer Ventures, Taiho Ventures LLC, Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) and new investors […] December 14, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Dec 2022 Planning application submitted for Europe’s largest life sciences building Canary Wharf Group (CWG) and Kadans Science Partner are submitting a detailed planning application for a commercial health and life sciences building at Canary Wharf, London. The companies said the 23-story 823,000 sq ft tower will be Europe’s largest and most technologically advanced life sciences facility. Energy efficiency is at the forefront of the building’s […] December 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Dec 2022 Tachmed aiming to make healthcare more accessible Tachmed is looking to transform access to healthcare through technology. The company’s CEO, Paul Christie, tells us how. What is the driving force behind Tachmed? What motivated you to work towards transforming digital diagnostics technology? It was during my private equity career that the idea of Tachmed was born. I was with a team running […] December 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 13 Dec 2022 Blood clotting research holds hope for sepsis Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the U.K., who identified a novel mechanism for platelet activation in pathogenic blood clotting (thrombosis), are now turning their attention to sepsis. Identified by associate professor Julie Rayes and Martina Colicchia from the Birmingham Platelet Group, and described in a recent paper in Blood, this previously unknown axis […] December 13, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Opinion 12 Dec 2022 Artificial intelligence: a new era in rare genetic disease diagnosis Despite the onset of the genomics era, rare disease diagnosis remains a challenge. Nostos Genomics’ co-founder, Rocío Acuña Hidalgo, and chief operating officer, Ansgar Lange, shed light on how artificial intelligence (AI) could fill in the gaps. It is estimated that 300 million people worldwide are affected by rare diseases and around 80% of these […] December 12, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Dec 2022 New targeted drug shows benefit against breast cancer in first phase III trial A new type of targeted medicine has shown ‘remarkable’ benefits for patients with advanced breast cancer in a major phase III clinical trial. The drug capivasertib combined with hormone therapy doubled the time it took for cancer to progress in people with advanced forms of the most common type of breast cancer. The findings, presented […] December 9, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Dec 2022 The Native Antigen Company expands infectious disease portfolio The Native Antigen Company (part of LGC Clinical Diagnostics), today announced the commercial release of its Sudan Ebolavirus Boniface 1976 Glycoprotein (SEBOV GP). The addition of this latest recombinant protein expands the company’s comprehensive portfolio of antigens and antibodies for infectious diseases and has been designed to support immunoassay and vaccine development. The Native Antigen […] December 9, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Dec 2022 MicrofluidX raises £3.3M to develop advanced therapy manufacturing platform MicrofluidX (MFX), a U.K. based provider of next-generation bioreactors for cell research and manufacturing, has announced £3.3 million ($4 million) of secured investments. This brings the company’s total funding to date to £7 million ($8.5 million). MicrofluidX’s next generation platform, the Cyto Engine, addresses the need for an affordable, scalable cell culture platform to revolutionize […] December 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Dec 2022 Allergy Therapeutics moves ahead with peanut and grass pollen allergy trials Allergy Therapeutics has announced the first subject has been dosed in the pivotal phase III G306 trial, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Grass MATA MPL. Grass MATA MPL is Allergy Therapeutics’ short-course subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy (SCIT) candidate, which aims to address the cause of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis due to grass pollen. Grass […] December 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Dec 2022 Ibex and Source announce agreement to aid pathologists with diagnostic accuracy An agreement has been announced between Ibex Medical Analytics and Source LDPath, part of Source BioScience. It will expand the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to Source’s entire pathology network. Ibex works with AI-powered cancer diagnostics and the expansion builds on its previous work with LDPath. Source, which provides integrated laboratory services and products, acquired […] December 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email