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News and Trends 16 Apr 2016

What happened this week? 18 Top-VCs, CAR-T and CRISPR

1. 18 of the Best European VCs for Biotech in 2016 2. How CAR-T Cells Kill Cancer: Pictures start Moving 3. Meet the CEO who wants to transform Pretty Corals into therapies for Cancer 4. It’s World Parkinson’s Disease Day! #EndParkinsons 5. Modern Biotechnology is now 40 – Happy Birthday! From Inside Labiotech: Secret unveiled: CRISPR […]

April 16, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 16 Apr 2016

First Euronext Biotech IPO of 2016 is Swiss, and for Multiple Sclerosis!

We last wrote about GeNeuro in January, when they announced the launch of an IPO for their Multiple Sclerosis phase IIb trial. Now, as of yesterday they are listed on the Euronext Paris market. GeNeuro (in Geneva) is developing therapies and diagnostic tools for diseases associated with the expression of the human endogenous retrovirus MSRV, such […]

April 16, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 15 Apr 2016

Qiagen Deal to make Genetic Diagnostic Test for Lung Cancer

Qiagen and Mirati will collaborate on the development of a companion diagnostic for a specific type of form of Non-Small Lung Cancer – supporting Mirati’s new therapy. With its operational headquarters near Düsseldorf (Germany), Qiagen is an EU giant in Molecular Diagnostics, and even stepped into the NGS battleground after the acquisition of an important supplier. Qiagen is now entering […]

April 15, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 15 Apr 2016

Pierre Fabre partners for Open Innovation in Infectious Disease

Pierre Fabre has a new partnership for its Open Innovation programme based on an extensive plant library. It will now count with VibioSphen to develop new phyto-chemicals to fight infectious diseases. Pierre Fabre is the 3rd largest Pharma in France, employing over 10,000 people and generating revenues of over €2Bn. Lately, this mid-sized company made efforts […]

April 15, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 15 Apr 2016

Biotech of the Week: ThromboGenics & Therapies against Eye Disease

This week, we say Auf wiedersehen to Vienna and move on to the North west. Leuven, the capital city of the Flemish Brabant province in Belgium, fairly close to the country’s capital Brussels. And it is also where ThromboGenics, our Biotech of The Week is located. City: Leuven (Belgium) Founded: 1998 Employees: 85 (including US) Market cap: […]

April 15, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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News and Trends 14 Apr 2016

We met the Biotech with the First & Only US Approved Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the US, but Epigenomics could dramatically improve this sad figure. A problem Berlin-based Epigenomics want to solve and just got a significant milestone: an FDA approval for commercialisation. I met with Thomas Taapken, the CEO of the company, in his office in Berlin, a nice historical building with 4 meters ceiling […]

April 14, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 14 Apr 2016

European Biotech teams up with US Navy to engineer Military Materials

Evolva will join the US Navy to make new materials with its biosynthetic molecules – which could make it into aircrafts and ships. Evolva is a Synthetic biology Biotech headquartered near Basel (Switzerland), but with offices and R&D also in Denmark. It has developed its yeast platform to produce high-value chemicals via fermentation. So far, […]

April 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 14 Apr 2016

Meet the CEO who wants to transform Pretty Corals into therapies for Cancer

The dream of Coral Biome in France is to use marine coral species to develop therapies against Cancer. We had the chance to meet Fréderic Gault, the co-founder and CEO. With an Education in biology followed by a specialism in aquaculture engineering, Fréderic immediately understood the importance of corals and their therapeutic potential in human health. […]

April 14, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Marie Godar

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News and Trends 13 Apr 2016

Mobile Pancreas to Change Life of Diabetics in New EU Programme

A new €4M European project brings a mobile insulin pump from France, computer models from Romania, and research from the UK & Spain together, in order to improve living with diabetes. Cellnovo, a MedTech split between France and the UK, was selected to participate in a new diabetes project funded by Horizon 2020, the EU grant […]

April 13, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 13 Apr 2016

Leading Biotech VC in Europe Raises over €180M

Forbion has raised €183M for its 3rd capital fund – a big win for this top-notch Dutch VC, especially when stock markets are getting ever less friendly. Forbion is one of the best European VCs in Europe for Biotech. Based primarily near Amsterdam (it also has offices in Munich), it is probably a factor in […]

April 13, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 13 Apr 2016

A New Cellular ‘Back Door’ has been found to fight Malaria

Paris & Strasbourg (France) researchers have discovered an ‘Achilles Heel’ for malaria: A specific molecule the parasite needs from the host. Could this spawn a new generation of Parasitic disease drugs? Malaria is a parasitic disease that was responsible for over 400,000 deaths worldwide just in 2015, according to the WHO – especially in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the current […]

April 13, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 12 Apr 2016

What sort of Biotech Startups are coming out of Italy at the moment?

BioUpper in Milan has launched the first acceleration platform for new entrepreneurs in the field of biotech and Medicine. Here are 3 of the winners awarded €50,000 each in funding. The project is funded by Novartis and Fondazione Cariplo – the Italian cultural and Scientific grant foundation now worth over €8Bn. The aim of the project is to enhance promising projects and finance […]

April 12, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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What happened this week? 18 Top-VCs, CAR-T and CRISPR

First Euronext Biotech IPO of 2016 is Swiss, and for Multiple Sclerosis!

Qiagen Deal to make Genetic Diagnostic Test for Lung Cancer

Pierre Fabre partners for Open Innovation in Infectious Disease

Biotech of the Week: ThromboGenics & Therapies against Eye Disease

We met the Biotech with the First & Only US Approved Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer

European Biotech teams up with US Navy to engineer Military Materials

Meet the CEO who wants to transform Pretty Corals into therapies for Cancer

Mobile Pancreas to Change Life of Diabetics in New EU Programme

Leading Biotech VC in Europe Raises over €180M

A New Cellular ‘Back Door’ has been found to fight Malaria

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