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News and Trends 17 May 2017

Way to Success: What Role does Company Culture Play in Biotech?

You’ve surely heard how great company culture is the key to the success of tech giants Google and Facebook. Does it also apply to biotech companies? Company culture is what drives employees to give their best every day for a cause they believe in. It’s what makes the best stay loyal to a firm over […]

May 17, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 16 May 2017

Berlin Biotech Advances its Cancer Drug in a New Trial with Keytruda

Noxxon Pharma has teamed up with the NCT in Heidelberg to conduct a Phase I/II trial combining its lead NOX-A12 with checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda. Based in Berlin, Noxxon is yet another biotech looking to bolster the success of checkpoint inhibitors by combining them with its ‘next-generation’ immuno-oncology candidates. The company partnered up with Merck & Co. […]

May 16, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 15 May 2017

German Biotech Clears Phase I with New Gene Therapy for Glaucoma

Isarna Therapeutics showed off positive Phase I data for its lead compound ISTH0036 in patients with Glaucoma at the ARVO meeting last week. Isarna Therapeutics from Munich is developing TGF-β specific antisense RNA therapeutics to treat ophthalmic and fibrotic diseases and cancer. Now the company has cleared its first Phase I trial for its lead candidate ISTH0036 in […]

May 15, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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News and Trends 15 May 2017

How to Save Time and Money when Recruiting in the Life Sciences

The right hiring choice can bring huge benefits to the growth of a life sciences company. How can you make the best decision while saving time and money? In Europe, a bad hire costs employers an average of almost €60,000, starting with a minimum of €6,000 that rapidly escalates with the seniority of the role […]

May 15, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Rebecca Harris Symbiosis Invisible You Microbiome

News and Trends 13 May 2017

Visualizing the Microbiome through Handmade Embroidery

Rebecca Harris is a British artist that uses handmade embroidery to visually communicate the huge diversity of microbes that form part of our bodies. Trillions of microbes live on us and inside us. “Microbes are essential for our well-being and development. The microbes stimulate and develop the immune response, and they detoxify harmful carcinogenic compounds in our […]

May 13, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 12 May 2017

German Biotech Raises €15M to Treat Heart Failure with Non-coding RNA

Cardior Pharmaceuticals will use the funds to develop an innovative technology based on non-coding RNAs involved in cardiac remodeling. Founded less than a year ago, Cardior Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to developing a novel technology to predict and treat heart failure. In such a short timeframe, the German biotech has managed to attract some of the best […]

May 12, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 12 May 2017

Resurrected Proteins could be New Weapon against Crop Viruses

Researchers from Spain have succeeded in expressing a 4 billion year-old enzyme in a present-day E. coli. It’s similar enough to the modern version to work, but different enough to dupe viruses. A new way to create virus resistance in crops? In a lab at the University of Granada, Spain, that specializes in reconstructing ancient gene sequences, researchers have […]

May 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 12 May 2017

UPDATE: Italian Pharma receives €11M for Parkinson’s Drug Approval

UPDATE (12/05/2017): Newron has received €11.3M as a milestone payment for the approval from its partner, Zambon, which has the rights to commercialise Xadago globally. Originally published on 21/04/2017 Newron, an Italian biotech focused on CNS diseases, is on a roll. The latest win? FDA approval of its Parkinson’s drug, Xadago. Just in time for World […]

May 12, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

Celyad heart failure cell therapy C Cure

News and Trends 11 May 2017

Celyad gets FDA Fast Track to Tackle Heart Failure with Cell Therapy

Celyad has received Fast Track Designation from the FDA for C-Cure, a cell therapy aimed to treat heart failure with the patient’s own stem cells. Celyad is confident that the announcement of Fast Track Designation from the FDA will help it accelerate the search for a partner to develop C-Cure, a cell therapy for ischemic […]

May 11, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 11 May 2017

HIV Treatment Development Extends Life Expectancy by 10 Years

According to a new study, the life expectancy of 20-year-olds starting HIV treatment has increased by a decade in the EU and North America. A massive new study from the UK was published today in The Lancet HIV. The study tracked how many HIV patients died during the first three years of HIV treatment, their cause […]

May 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 10 May 2017

Oxford Synbio Startup with Eyes on Therapeutics gets hold of CRISPR

Synbio startup Oxford Genetics has licensed CRISPR from Emmanuelle Charpentier’s company, ERS Genomics, to boost its platform. Synthetic biology has so far remained on the fringe of biotech, but one company, Oxford Genetics, is demonstrating its use in therapeutics. To bolster its efforts, the startup has secured a nonexclusive license from ERS Genomics, which represents […]

May 10, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 10 May 2017

Roche’s Checkpoint Inhibitor Misfires in Late-Stage Trials

Roche’s drug tecentriq just failed a late-stage Phase III study in bladder cancer, raising questions about its future as an anticipated blockbuster. Roche and Genentech have been pushing their checkpoint inhibitor tecentriq onto the market last year, going for a number of different indications including bladder cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). After the FDA handed out accelerated approval in May 2016, […]

May 10, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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Way to Success: What Role does Company Culture Play in Biotech?

Berlin Biotech Advances its Cancer Drug in a New Trial with Keytruda

German Biotech Clears Phase I with New Gene Therapy for Glaucoma

How to Save Time and Money when Recruiting in the Life Sciences

Visualizing the Microbiome through Handmade Embroidery

German Biotech Raises €15M to Treat Heart Failure with Non-coding RNA

Resurrected Proteins could be New Weapon against Crop Viruses

UPDATE: Italian Pharma receives €11M for Parkinson’s Drug Approval

Celyad gets FDA Fast Track to Tackle Heart Failure with Cell Therapy

HIV Treatment Development Extends Life Expectancy by 10 Years

Oxford Synbio Startup with Eyes on Therapeutics gets hold of CRISPR

Roche’s Checkpoint Inhibitor Misfires in Late-Stage Trials

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