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News and Trends 21 Jul 2016

‘Winner Antibody’ holds promise as universal Influenza A Vaccine

MedImmune and Humabs have reasons to be happy. Their candidate for an Influenza A vaccine has made it into well-known journal, Cell, boasting a unique affinity to the virus with multiple mechanisms to stop infection. The promising candidate is MEDI8852, an antibody initially developed by Humabs (Switzerland). It targets Influenza A virus (the group of viruses known as avian flu), […]

July 21, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 21 Jul 2016

Former uniQure and Evotec CEO pushes new viral candidate into Clinical Trials

Hookipa is starting its first clinical trial for a vaccine against human cytomegalovirus. This is the leading candidate of its platform for novel viral vectors, which promises to yield better vaccines for infections and cancer. Based in Vienna, Hookipa was founded in 2011 and is developing a new class of immunotherapies. Its strategy for novel […]

July 21, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 14 Jul 2016

Institut Pasteur & Austrian Biotech also join the World Zika Vaccine Plan

Themis is a Vienna-based vaccine developer. Together with the Institut Pasteur, it is now planning to use a measles vaccine construct to develop and start Zika vaccine trials within the next 12 months. Themis has successfully extended its existing license agreement with Institut Pasteur in Paris, which grants the company a broad access to a well-established virus vaccine vector technology. The […]

July 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 29 Jun 2016

Vienna-based Biotech raises €10M to fight Metabolic diseases and Parkinson’s

AFFiRiS has received €10M from previous investors and one additional backer, adding up to €130M in total funding (half from grants and licensing incomes). This money fuels a pipeline in cardiometabolic and neurodegenerative diseases as more candidates break into clinical development. Based at the Campus Vienna Biocenter (Austria), AFFiRiS is developing immunotherapies to prevent chronic diseases. […]

June 29, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 10 Jun 2016

Gates Foundation is funding EU Biotech to make Vaccines more affordable

Batavia Biosciences has won a €3.3M grant from the Gates Foundation, to fund new research in making cell culture cheaper – and drive down the price of some key vaccines. Within its goal of pushing science forward and bringing to developing countries, the Gates Foundation has outlined vaccine delivery as a key part of its strategy. […]

June 10, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 10 Jun 2016

Genticel is vaccinating against Cervical Cancer AFTER Infection

Estonia, our previous destination by the Baltic Sea, was a delightful and a full of potential place to visit. This week, we are heading down to the relaxing and sunny south of France, more precisely to Toulouse, once the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom and current to the Midi-Pyrénées region, the largest region in metropolitan France. It […]

June 10, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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News and Trends 20 May 2016

Biotech of the Week: Immunicum, Immuno-oncology made in Sweden

We like Scandinavia so much we just don’t want to leave, therefore, we’re heading back East again! This time, Gothenburg is our destination. Being the second biggest city in Sweden and having the biggest harbor in the Northern countries (and once the hosting city for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1985) it is also where […]

May 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 7 May 2016

BioArt: Vibrant Paper Vaccines, Vitamins and Controversial Farming

Zim & Zou are a French duo making colourful 3D models. Their vibrant art raises awareness of the food industry, healthy eating and children’s vaccination. Zim & Zou is the graphic design studio of Thibaut Zimmerman and Lucie Thomas, based in Nancy (France). After studying design, the two 28-year olds moved away from digital work to focus on tangible installations […]

May 7, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 27 Apr 2016

Interviewing the CEO who uses Probiotics as Needle-free Vaccines

This is my first interview from BioTrinity 2016 in London. I met with Tom Johnston, CEO of Mucosis, to learn more about the needle-free vaccine platform he is developing. Mucosis is a biotechnology company based in Gröningen, Netherlands (a city we covered here for its medtech innovation). It was founded in 2007 and has raised over €20M so […]

April 27, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 29 Jan 2016

Pei-Ying Lin’s BioArt: Stunning Smallpox, Nutritious NanoFood and Microbial Fractals

Pei-Ying Lin founded the Taiwanese BioArt community with her Science-Humanities and programming background to tackle complex BioArt statements all across the EU. Lin is a Scientist-turned-artist, with her fascination in BioArt having stemmed from a Life Sciences degree from the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and a Masters at the Royal College of Art in London. She’s also […]

January 29, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 20 Jan 2016

Swiss Biotech Merger: Bones + Oncology + Vaccines?

Kuros Biosurgery in Zürich (Switzerland), the bone remodelling biotech for trauma patients, today officially acquired Cytos Biotechnology in Schlieren, the two of which are now to be rebranded ‘Kuros Biosciences’ in a Swiss Stock Exchange merger. Kuros is developing innovative products for tissue repair and regeneration. The company is a spin-off of the Swiss Federal […]

January 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

In Depth 5 Jan 2016

Ultimate Review: How Could mRNA Overtake all other Biologicals in Medicine?

What if we could send the body an instruction to produce its own drug? That’s what messenger RNA (mRNA) could achieve. A whole new area of therapeutics could be opened. Let’s try to get an overview of how… So for those who don’t know what a mRNA is, here are some basics. This diagram below […]

January 5, 2016 - 7 minutesmins - By Jerome Topsent

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‘Winner Antibody’ holds promise as universal Influenza A Vaccine

Former uniQure and Evotec CEO pushes new viral candidate into Clinical Trials

Institut Pasteur & Austrian Biotech also join the World Zika Vaccine Plan

Vienna-based Biotech raises €10M to fight Metabolic diseases and Parkinson’s

Gates Foundation is funding EU Biotech to make Vaccines more affordable

Genticel is vaccinating against Cervical Cancer AFTER Infection

Biotech of the Week: Immunicum, Immuno-oncology made in Sweden

BioArt: Vibrant Paper Vaccines, Vitamins and Controversial Farming

Interviewing the CEO who uses Probiotics as Needle-free Vaccines

Pei-Ying Lin’s BioArt: Stunning Smallpox, Nutritious NanoFood and Microbial Fractals

Swiss Biotech Merger: Bones + Oncology + Vaccines?

Ultimate Review: How Could mRNA Overtake all other Biologicals in Medicine?

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