In Depth 7 Feb 2024
The biggest private biotech investments in January 2024
Jixing Pharmaceuticals, COUR Pharmaceuticals, and OnCusp Therapeutics bagged the biggest private biotech investments in January 2024.
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Best in Biotech 16 Jan 2024
Five biotech companies taking Florida by storm
Check out five of the top Florida companies taking the state’s biotech industry by storm with their innovative technologies.
In Depth 10 Jan 2024
The biggest private biotech investments in December 2023
The companies Tome Biosciences, Bicara Therapeutics, and Seismic Therapeutic bagged the biggest biotech investments in December 2023. Around the world, food, immunology, oncology, central nervous system (CNS), and biofermentation players attracted the biggest funding rounds overall. Although December is generally a quiet time for biotech fundraising, there were still some big rounds raised in the […]
In Depth 7 Dec 2023
The biggest private biotech investments in November 2023
The companies Cambrian Innovation, Terremoto Biosciences, and VectorY Therapeutics bagged the biggest biotech investments in November 2023. Around the world, oncology and central nervous system players attracted the biggest funding rounds. As we edge closer to Christmas, biotech fundraising appears to be drying up a bit; there was a significant decrease in funding rounds in […]
Best in Biotech 28 Nov 2023
Five companies shaping Texas’ growing biotech hubs
Thanks to the U.S. government’s ambitious plans to advance American biotech and biomanufacturing, Texas’ life sciences hubs, particularly in Dallas and Houston, are now one of many in the country that are currently thriving. In this article, we take a closer look at several biotech companies in Texas taking advantage of the additional investment in […]
In Depth 6 Nov 2023
The biggest private biotech investments in October 2023
The companies Aiolos Bio, MapLight Therapeutics and Agomab Therapeutics bagged the biggest biotech investments in October 2023. Around the world, biomaterials, central nervous system and musculoskeletal disorder players attracted the most investor interest. October 2023 saw a lot of fundraising taking place both in and out of healthcare in the U.S. and Europe. However, the […]
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Chronic inflammation and cancer: how can preclinical models revolutionize our understanding?
In most cases, chronic inflammation is known to lead to cancer, however, the mechanisms behind this are not fully understood. Preclinical models in immuno-oncology are the first step towards a better understanding of cancer mechanisms, improved treatments and prevention of cancer caused by inflammation. Inflammation is the immune system’s natural response to bacterial, viral, and […]
Can we overcome the challenges of bispecific antibody production?
Thanks to their unique features, bispecific antibodies are the fastest-evolving class of biotherapeutics. However, the enormous clinical potential of their unconventional design is accompanied by equally large challenges. How can we ensure reliable production and quality control of therapeutic bispecific antibodies? Compared to monoclonal antibodies, bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) have two different binding areas that recognize […]
In Depth 11 Oct 2023
Project NextGen: The U.S. government’s $5 billion initiative to stay one step ahead of COVID-19
When SARS-CoV-2 spread out of Wuhan, China, to the rest of the world, it became only the fifth pandemic to be documented since the 1918 flu pandemic. As the entire world went into lockdown, waiting in anticipation for a miracle treatment, the scientific community accomplished what had never been accomplished before, developing first-of-their-kind vaccines against […]
In Depth 9 Oct 2023
The biggest private biotech investments in September 2023
The companies Generate Biomedicines, Apollo Therapeutics and Nimbus Therapeutics bagged the biggest biotech investments in September 2023. Around the world, drug discovery and oncology players attracted the biggest funding rounds. As we made our way into autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, September 2023 saw some big funding rounds take place around the globe, particularly within […]
In Depth 6 Oct 2023
Will the U.S. Cancer Moonshot program land its target to halve cancer death rates?
It was predicted that more than 600,000 people would die from cancer last year in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. But what if those figures could be halved over the next couple of decades? Although no small feat, that’s precisely what the Cancer Moonshot program aims to do. The White House initiative, […]
Podcast 6 Oct 2023
Beyond Biotech podcast 66 – treating rare diseases with tRNA
Compared to the smallest mRNA molecule, which is 300 nucleotides long, the largest transfer RNAs (tRNA) is less than a third of the size at 76 nucleotides. Scientists at Alltrna are harnessing the unique biology of tRNAs to engineer a single tRNA medicine that could treat thousands of rare diseases that share the same genetic […]
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