Interview 16 Oct 2017 Meet the Former Banker at the Helm of Denmark’s Healthcare Giant, Novo Holdings Kasim Kutay has ridden the biotech investment wave. First, he helped build Morgan Stanley’s European healthcare group, then did the same at Moelis & Co and now he heads Novo Holdings, the majority shareholder of Danish household biotech names NovoZymes and Novo Nordisk. I asked him about the company’s healthcare investment strategy and his CEO […] October 16, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 27 Sep 2017 What’s this Top Swiss VC Up To These Days? General Partner Tells All Philip caught up with Markus Hosang to find out which companies the VC is keeping an eye on after its next round of fundraising. General Partner, Markus Hosang has a strong background in pharma and VC, which serves him well when searching through the bustling biotech industry in Europe. BioMed Partners is a very active […] September 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Sep 2017 Biotech in Portugal gets a Boost with New Investment Fund Vesalius Biocapital and the Portuguese National Promotional Bank have announced a new joint venture that will invest in late-stage healthcare companies. The Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento (IFD), or Portuguese National Promotional Bank, is launching its first joint investment with an international VC, Vesalius Biocapital. Though its size hasn’t been revealed yet, the new fund is a 50/50 venture […] September 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 4 Sep 2017 Meet this Blockbuster Developer turned Partner at a Headlining VC Kevin Johnson told me the story and lessons of his career, from CTO of Cambridge Antibody Technology to General Partner at Medicxi. Since starting his biotech career as the lead developer of one of biotech’s biggest success stories, Humira, Kevin Johnson has continued in biotech as a force to be reckoned with. He joined the […] September 4, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 19 Jul 2017 The Humanities of Scientific Investment: Perspectives from Europe’s Top Biotech Hub Deep human connections are the key to success in business, and biotech is no exception. The secret to amplifying this effect? Women. Commenting on the personal dimension of business usually comes as an aside in broader discussions, but at the ON Helix conference in the Cambridge area last Thursday, Sharon Vosmek, CEO of Silicon Valley-based […] July 19, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 18 May 2017 #Live# Labiotech Hangout: Join our first webcast on anti-aging therapies! As we grow as a company, our content is growing too! Hang out with us and anti-aging VC managing partner, James Peyer, online next week. Join Now! We can’t wait for an event to produce videos for our readers, and we realized we don’t have to! Next week, we’re trying out a new feature and bringing additional […] May 18, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 27 Apr 2017 Spain: An Emerging Star in the European Biotech Community Take note, Spain is becoming a new hotspot for biotech in Europe. More than €400M of venture capital, counting recent fundraising and anticipated closings, is forecasted to be available this year to fund the creation and growth of start-ups in the life sciences sector. Behind the growing interest among investors are novel opportunities with breakthrough potential […] April 27, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 22 Mar 2017 Watch a Partner at Spain’s Largest VC talk Investment Strategy At BIO Europe Spring, we met Karen Wagner, a General Partner at Ysios, the VC dominating Spain’s investment scene. She told us what’s on the firm’s radar. Spain’s largest VC has positioned itself in Barcelona, having identified the city’s potential to be the next biotech hub in Europe. It has funded key biotechs in Spain, including Sanifit, which claimed the […] March 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 20 Feb 2017 Investment CEO shares Tips for Academics on Succeeding in Business With decades of experience, the CEO of Touchstone Innovations tells us about funding the development of academic projects into commercialized products Formerly known as Imperial Innovations, the investing arm of Imperial College in London has since morphed into Touchstone Innovations, an UK technology commercialization and investment company with the same core mission in bridging the gap […] February 20, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Dec 2016 These are our 10 Most Read Biotech Articles of 2016 From the hottest research areas to the most popular city for biotech, which biotech articles have managed to hook our readers the most this year? After an exciting journey of 2 years, Labiotech.eu is now the leading biotech media in Europe, with over 50k monthly readers. To celebrate the end of another amazing year, we wanted […] December 20, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 Nov 2016 How much of a Gamble is Investing in CRISPR? CRISPR is going to change a lot in the life science industry and is perceived as THE discovery of the 21st century. Within the past 6 months, 3 companies went public, raising between €50M and €100M each (with valuation close to the billion), to bring about the CRISPR revolution. But the problem is, there is absolutely […] November 15, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email