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News and Trends 19 Sep 2016

How Tech Transfer brings Science from the Bench to the Bedside

There are so many exciting discoveries in scientific research that could be used to cure, feed and fuel the world, but there is a giant gulf between science and business. Tech transfer aims to bridge the gap! I interviewed a number of experts in the field to tell you how. Since the first modern biotechnology […]

September 19, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Marie Godar

News and Trends 17 Sep 2016

This Slovenian Artist creates gorgeous Soundscapes from Underwater Worlds

The annual Ars Electronica festival for digital art took Linz, Austria, last weekend and featured Slovenian bioartist Robertina Šebjanič in the Underworld bunker of its POSTCITY venue. She builds beautiful underwater gardens and translates them into sound, and one of them, Aurelia 1+Hz, won an Honorary Mention at the festival! Based in Ljubljana, Robertina explores living […]

September 17, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 26 Jul 2016

What is Lithuania’s role in European Biotech?

Since the days of the Soviet Union, Lithuania has always been considered as a leader in life sciences discoveries in Eastern Europe due to its infrastructure. But what about for Biotech? Nowadays, as a member of the NATO, the European Union, and Eurozone, Lithuania’s life science sector is growing around 20-25% annually; with special focus on […]

July 26, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 25 Jul 2016

Merck and Sigma-Aldrich: Together to solve the toughest problems in life science

In late 2015, the life science business of Merck joined forces with Sigma-Aldrich, bringing together two major life science players and completing the largest acquisition in the history of Merck KGaA, a leading science and technology company based in Darmstadt, Germany. We met with Klaus-Reinhard Bischoff, Head of Global Research & Applied Solutions Commercial Area […]

July 25, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 23 Jun 2016

How did we grow from 0 to 40,000 Monthly Visitors in 18 Months?

The first 18 months of our startup have been a marathon for us, where each new visitor was like one more kilometer to conquer. Growing a digital media is not an easy task, especially if you want to build a good reputation based on the quality of your content. In this article, I share the […]

June 23, 2016 - 7 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 27 Apr 2016

‘Disappointing results’ for Novartis & MorphoSys phase III in Muscle Disease

MorphoSys confirms that its antibody (bimagrumab) failed to meet the primary endpoint of a phase IIb/III trial for a muscle disease (sIBM), conducted by Novartis. Sad news for Novartis and MorphoSys. The two companies are developing bimagrumab for muscle diseases, as part of their ongoing collaboration, which has already resulted in 11 programmes. Bimagrumab was initially […]

April 27, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 11 Feb 2016

Sanofi-Genzyme: Still successful 5 years after the acquisition?

Back in 2011, France’s biggest Pharmaceutical company Sanofi decided to purchase Genzyme Corp. for more than $20 billion, thus becoming the latest global drug giant to acquire a big biotech to foster its R&D pipeline. 5 years later, what’s the situation for Genzyme and Sanofi? So often when a large Pharma acquires a smaller Biotech, […]

February 11, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 3 Dec 2015

History of Biotech: How the “First” Biotech Patent Generated Millions

The Cohen-Boyer patents were now issued 35 years ago at Stanford University… so what were they and how did they shape the Modern Biotechnology Field? Recombinant DNA (rDNA) products provided a new technology platform for a range of industries, resulting in over US$35 billion in sales for an estimated 2,442 new products. After Genentech was […]

December 3, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Marie Godar

News and Trends 19 Oct 2015

Synbio Perfumery: Making Smells and Flavors with Microbes

Isobionics is a biotech from the Netherlands that specializes in synthetic bio-production of natural essential oils and flavorings for use in the food, perfume and detergent industry. On the other hand, Evolva, from Basel, are estimated to produce up to $500M worth of synthetic vanilla essence for the industry each year. Using bacteria and yeast […]

October 19, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 20 Apr 2015

So, what is actually Biotech?

Biotechnology is a broad domain, which includes numerous areas such as healing, feeding and fueling the world. Historically-speaking, the biotech sector started in the 80s with the discovery of gene cloning. The first “Biotech” ever born was Genentech (contraction of Gene and Technology), founded in South San Francisco, which successfully produced human insulin in bacteria. The Organisation […]

April 20, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Nicolas Sainte-Foie

News and Trends 11 Mar 2015

Vitic database, the new must-have tool

The latest version of the Vitic Intermediates database, chemical database and information management system, has been released by Lhasa Limited, a leading global supplier of knowledge based software and associated databases. Initiated in 2006, Vitic Intermediates is a cross industry data sharing consortium created and co-ordinated by Lhasa Limited, through the Vitic Nexus platform, supported by […]

March 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 19 Sep 2014

Public launch of LaBiotech.eu at Betahaus Berlin

Hello everyone, Yesterday, we publicly launched LaBiotech.eu at Betahaus Berlin, the biggest co-working space of the city. It was the big day for the third project of LaBiotech Group after LaBiotech.fr, the leading French biotech news website, and LaBiotech Tour, the first World Tour of Biotech ecosystem. Europe had until now several well-established printed newspaper […]

September 19, 2014 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

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How Tech Transfer brings Science from the Bench to the Bedside

This Slovenian Artist creates gorgeous Soundscapes from Underwater Worlds

What is Lithuania’s role in European Biotech?

Merck and Sigma-Aldrich: Together to solve the toughest problems in life science

How did we grow from 0 to 40,000 Monthly Visitors in 18 Months?

‘Disappointing results’ for Novartis & MorphoSys phase III in Muscle Disease

Sanofi-Genzyme: Still successful 5 years after the acquisition?

History of Biotech: How the “First” Biotech Patent Generated Millions

Synbio Perfumery: Making Smells and Flavors with Microbes

So, what is actually Biotech?

Vitic database, the new must-have tool

Public launch of LaBiotech.eu at Betahaus Berlin

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Illuminating biotech in the City of Light: Inside Paris’s thriving ecosystem

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