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News and Trends 31 Aug 2014

Why should you drink tea instead of coffee?

Drinking tea reduces non-cardiovascular mortality by 24%, reveals a study in 131 000 people presented at ESC Congress today by Professor Nicolas Danchin from France. Professor Danchin said: "If you…

August 31, 2014 - 4 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 27 Aug 2014

Synpromics successfully use synthetic biology in plant science projects

Synpromics, a Scottish-based synthetic biology company today announced that it has successfully generated several highly effective synthetic promoters for use in plants. Dr Michael Roberts, Founder and CSO, said: “We…

August 27, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 26 Aug 2014

Adocia launches a Phase III in India for its Diabetic Foot Ulcer treatment

Adocia announced today the initiation of a clinical Phase III study in India of BioChaperone PDGF-BB, the company’s innovative formulation of Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF-BB) for the treatment of…

August 26, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 25 Aug 2014

KalVista start the clinical development of a new treatment for diabetic macular edema

KalVista Pharmaceuticals, an ophthalmology company with a focus on diabetic macular edema (DME), today announces that it has begun a Phase I, First in Human, trial of its novel plasma…

August 25, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 25 Aug 2014

When swimming supports science: Scienion contributes to the “Rheines Wasser” project with micro-array testing

Scienion today announced that the company supports the unique research project ‘Rheines Wasser’ involving a 1,231 km long Rhine marathon swim. SCIENIONs contribution includes water quality testing with a novel…

August 25, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 25 Aug 2014

The new strategy of Novartis to acquire Gamida Cell

The deal for the sale of Gamida Cell to Novartis is back on. Instead of a huge exit in hundreds of millions of dollars, this time the deal is in multiple stages, starting…

August 25, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 21 Aug 2014

Stemedica International succeed in a pre-clinical trial to treat Alzheimer’s disease with stem cells

Stemedica International, a Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc. subsidiary developing stem cell therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, revealed the first results of an intravenous administration of allogeneic, human, ischemia-tolerant mesenchymal…

August 21, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 20 Aug 2014

Danish biotech Forward Pharma files for $200m IPO

Forward Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on a proprietary formulation of dimethyl fumarate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form…

August 20, 2014 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 20 Aug 2014

uniQure acquires the gene therapy start-up InoCard

uniQure, a leader in human gene therapy, today announced the acquisition of InoCard GmbH, an innovative, early-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of gene therapy approaches for cardiac disease.…

August 20, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

Ablynx gain €2.1m to develop a novel Nanobodies for Ocular applications

Ablynx is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of Nanobodies, a novel class of therapeutic proteins based on single-domain antibody fragments, for a range of serious human…

August 19, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

GSK abandon its joint drug project with Galapagos

According to Reuters, Galapagos, a Belgian biotech group announced that GlaxoSmithKline has stopped a joint drug development project over concerns about adverse effects. In June 2006, Galapagos signed a broad alliance…

August 19, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

Sanofi buy Mannkind’s inhaled insulin for $925m

Sanofi and MannKind Corporation announced today that they have entered into a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement for development and commercialization of Afrezza (insulin human) Inhalation Powder, a new rapid-acting inhaled…

August 19, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 19 Aug 2014

ProQR Therapeutics files for a $75m IPO to compete with Vertex Pharmaceuticals

ProQR Therapeutics is a Netherlands-based biotech company focused on developments of drugs to treat genetic disorders. Daniel de Boer, Gerard Platenburg, Dinko Valerio and Henri Termeer (former Genzyme's CEO) founded the company…

August 19, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 15 Aug 2014

Active Biotech and Teva together in a Phase II clinical trial against Huntington’s disease

Active Biotech announced today that its partner Teva Pharmaceutical will initiate a phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral laquinimod for the treatment of Huntington's…

August 15, 2014 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 15 Jul 2014

Relive BIO 2014, the World’s Biggest Biotech Convention

Relive BIO 2014 exhibition was held from the June 23rd to June 26th in San Diego, California and I was lucky to go there. 15667 other people, including 2,500 CEOs from more…

July 15, 2014 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 19 May 2014

Discover Hello Tomorrow Challenge, European largest technological start-up challenge

I was lucky to be invited as a media partner for the first edition of Hello Tomorrow Challenge (HTC) on April 18 at the Museum of Science and Industry in…

May 19, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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