Longevity Foundation to Fund Geroscience Research with €860M
The newly-created Longevity Science Foundation aims to extend the human lifespan to more than 120…
11/10/2021 - 5 minutes
News and Trends
Exscientia IPO Attracts Tech Investor Bets to AI Drug Discovery
Exscientia’s lucrative entry onto the Nasdaq last week demonstrated investors are still excited by efforts…
07/10/2021 - 5 minutes
Non-Viral Gene Therapies Get €51M Boost, Though Challenges Remain
Although most gene therapy still relies on non-infectious viral vectors for delivery, a recent venture…
04/10/2021 - 5 minutes
Novo Nordisk Foundation Pumps €85M into Carbon Capture Research
As pressure mounts to tackle climate change, the Danish Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted €84.7M…
01/10/2021 - 6 minutes
Breath Testing To Be Tapped by UK Pioneer with €50M Fundraising
After years of under-fulfilled promise, breath tests for cancer, liver disease, and respiratory conditions appear…
24/09/2021 - 3 minutes
Europe’s Antibiotic Investments Stagnate As Resistance Crisis Looms
Despite the urgent danger of antibiotic resistance, investments into European biotech antibiotic players have remained…
21/09/2021 - 7 minutes
Cell Therapy Firm Raises €64M to Revolutionize Manufacturing
This week’s €64M Series B fundraise from the French firm TreeFrog Therapeutics is the latest…
17/09/2021 - 8 minutes
UK Startup Surfs Investment Wave in Microbiome with €18M Series A
As increasing attention turns to microbiome-based therapeutics, the Scottish biotech Enterobiotix has closed a Series…
15/09/2021 - 4 minutes
The Top European Biotech Funding Rounds in August
UK and German companies led the European biotech funding race in August, specializing in cell…
10/09/2021 - 4 minutes
As J&J Vaccine Fails Phase II, the Quest for an HIV Vaccine Continues
Johnson & Johnson became the latest company to have a failed vaccine trial against HIV…
08/09/2021 - 5 minutes
AC Immune’s Mixed Phase II Results Buoy Alzheimer’s Research
An Alzheimer’s disease drug developed by AC Immune and Genentech has drawn conflicting phase II…
02/09/2021 - 5 minutes
Slow-Release Jab for Child Growth Hormone Deficiency Gets FDA Nod
The FDA has given the green light to Danish company Ascendis Pharma for the first…
01/09/2021 - 5 minutes
