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News and Trends 1 Nov 2017

Update: Dutch VC Raises €82M for a New European Medical Biotech Fund

Update (1/11/2017): BioGeneration Ventures has surpassed its third round goal of raising €75M by securing €82M. The VC has received extra support from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Originally published 27/06/2017 BioGeneration Ventures has secured €66M from Dutch and EU investors that will go towards biotechs developing therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. BioGeneration Ventures is a Dutch VC that focuses its investments on […]

November 1, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 30 Oct 2017

German Pharmacist Finds a Way to Put the Brakes on Gallbladder Cancer

Research has identified a protein that drives tumor growth, which opens up a new therapeutic target for gallbladder cancer. Gallbladder cancer is often detected too late to be treated effectively as it shows few symptoms. Research, published in Oncotarget, has identified a pathway that could help to improve prognosis and treatment of the disease. Sonja Kessler discovered […]

October 30, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 30 Oct 2017

French Biotech Closes €19M IPO to Treat Narcolepsy and Alzheimer’s

Theranexus debuts on Euronext Paris raising €19.6M that will support the development of its pipeline of CNS drugs for narcolepsy, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and neuropathic pain. Theranexus, based in Lyon, starts trading on Euronext Paris today. The company starts off with a market cap of €47.5M after closing a €19.6M IPO. With the money raised, the company […]

October 30, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 28 Oct 2017

Biomaterials Take the Stage at Dutch Design Week

The Dutch Design Week featured several biodesign projects that explore how the future will be shaped by the advance of biotechnology. Let’s have a look at some of them. Celebrated annually in Eindhoven, the Dutch Design Week has become a hotspot where designers share the latest trends and technologies. In the last few years, biodesign […]

October 28, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 27 Oct 2017

French Biotech Gets Together with L’Oréal to Clean up our Streets

Carbios and L’Oréal have had enough of the plastics bags and packaging littering our streets and will form a consortium for the bio-recycling of plastic on an industrial scale. Today, you’ll struggle to walk along a street without seeing plastic bottles, bags, and wrappers dropped by the wayside… but thankfully, help is at hand. Carbios, […]

October 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 26 Oct 2017

The FDA Recruits British Organs-on-Chips to Speed Up Drug Development

CN Bio Innovations and the FDA have entered a research collaboration to better predict drug safety in drug development by using human organs-on-chips. CN Bio Innovations, a spin-out from the University of Oxford, will be working with scientists from the FDA’s Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research with the aim of integrating organ-on-a-chip technology in the […]

October 26, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 26 Oct 2017

New and Improved CRISPR: More Precise Genome Editing Now Possible

US Scientists have developed a new form of CRISPR, base editing, which can repair tiny genome segments, smaller than a single gene. Here at Labiotech, we focus on European biotech, but this was too big to miss: Researchers based at MIT and Harvard have described a new way of editing DNA and RNA — base […]

October 26, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 26 Oct 2017

Here’s a Flashy New Technique to Model Disease

Although we have come very far in understanding cells and their functions, many undiscovered characteristics still keep us in the dark. Creating experiments that mimic the cell’s in vivo environments as closely as possible is one of the many challenges researchers face when working with cells in their labs. Micropatterning is a technique that addresses […]

October 26, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 25 Oct 2017

Shire’s Hemophilia Gene Therapy Boosted by Orphan Drug Designation

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to Shire’s hemophilia A gene therapy, giving it the boost it needs to catch up with others in the field. Shire specializes in the development of drugs for rare diseases, including hemophilia A – a bleeding disorder caused by a lack of clotting factor VIII activity in the […]

October 25, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Alex Dale

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News and Trends 25 Oct 2017

British Researchers Develop Clever Nanoparticles to Kill Cancer Cells

The University of Surrey has developed nanoparticles that heat up to kill cancer cells, but can then be controlled to protect healthy tissue. Research from the University of Surrey, published in Nanoscale, has been put forward as a new form of thermotherapy. Although it has been available for a long time, thermotherapy’s use is limited by […]

October 25, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 25 Oct 2017

The UK Recommends the use of GSK’s €594,000 Gene Therapy

Amidst uncertainty about the commercial future of expensive gene therapies, the UK’s NICE has declared GSK’s Strimvelis offers “value for money.” Approved by the EMA last year, Strimvelis is one of the most expensive drugs on the market. Although GSK is offering a money-back guarantee and payment through instalments, the price of the gene therapy, […]

October 25, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Oct 2017

Update: GSK’s Shingles Vaccines Impresses FDA Panel who Push for its Approval

Update (24/10/2017): Shingrix has been approved by the FDA and will cost $280 (€238) for the required two shots, which should be covered by most insurance plans. Originally published on 13/9/2017 An FDA panel voted 11-0 to support the approval of GSK’s new shingles vaccine based on “impressive” efficacy and safety results in a Phase III […]

October 24, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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Update: Dutch VC Raises €82M for a New European Medical Biotech Fund

German Pharmacist Finds a Way to Put the Brakes on Gallbladder Cancer

French Biotech Closes €19M IPO to Treat Narcolepsy and Alzheimer’s

Biomaterials Take the Stage at Dutch Design Week

French Biotech Gets Together with L’Oréal to Clean up our Streets

The FDA Recruits British Organs-on-Chips to Speed Up Drug Development

New and Improved CRISPR: More Precise Genome Editing Now Possible

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Shire’s Hemophilia Gene Therapy Boosted by Orphan Drug Designation

British Researchers Develop Clever Nanoparticles to Kill Cancer Cells

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