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News and Trends 8 Oct 2014

Once a Week Insulin Shot : Novo Nordisk’s new Idea

Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, the world’s largest insulin seller, is betting on a new way to stay ahead in the $40 billion-plus diabetes market by trying to develop the world’s first once-weekly insulin injection. Almost 592 million people are expected to live with diabetes by 2035, up 55 percent from last year’s level, according to the International Diabetes […]

October 8, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 8 Oct 2014

Baden-Württemberg Healthcare Industry Forum 2014, discover one of the largest cluster in Germany

Last September 24th was held the Baden-Württemberg Healthcare Industry Forum 2014, organized by BIOPRO the biotech cluster of this German region. It was an opportunity to review the bilan of the cluster and to learn interesting facts. BIOPRO has listed 159 biotech companies in the Baden-Württemberg area, representing a workforce of more than 22,000 employees and a turnover […]

October 8, 2014 - 6 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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News and Trends 4 Oct 2014

A Hydrogel to treat Advanced Heart Failure in Europe

LoneStar Heart, Inc. announced that it received the CE Mark (European Conformity) for its Algisyl-LVR® hydrogel implant,a product for the treatment of advanced heart failure (HF). The CE Mark indicates a product’s compliance with European Union legislation and that it can be sold throughout the European Economic Area. Classified in Europe and in the U.S. as a medical device, Algisyl-LVR is […]

October 4, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 3 Oct 2014

A new way to develop therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against Cancer

Up to now, a vast majority of antibodies targets proteins. Why not targeting something else? ImmuSmol, a start-up based in Bordeaux South of France is developing monoclonal antibodies against small molecules involved in tumor immune escape. This French start-up has just raised €500k to complete its preclinical proof-of-concept. Bordeaux is one of the biggest wine […]

October 3, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 2 Oct 2014

BioNTech and Ganymed Pharmaceuticals Open One of the Largest Research Facilities in Germany

BioNTech AG and Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG, two leading German biotechnology companies, announced today the joint- opening of a new headquarters and research facility of approximatively 10,000 square-meters. The new facility brings together 300 employees and is located close to academic institutions (Johannes-Gutenberg University), hospitals (University Medical Center) and cancer research institutions such as the leading translational oncology […]

October 2, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 30 Sep 2014

New Collaboration for New Cancer Therapies

Medimmune, the global biologics research and development arm of Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca, has entered into a collaboration to establish a joint lab in Cambridge, UK, with Cancer Research Technology, the commercial arm of Cancer Research UK. The new laboratory will be the first partnership of its kind of both organizations, and will focus on […]

September 30, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 29 Sep 2014

How to Save Thousands of Lives Thanks to Tuberculosis Test Fitting in your Pocket?

The EU-funded POCKET project is developing a low-cost urine test that can quickly detect tuberculosis (TB), a preventable disease that kills nearly 2 million people every year. Started in November 2013, the initiative already started and develops a low-cost urine test that will make TB detection accessible to all. Right now, researchers working on POCKET […]

September 29, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 26 Sep 2014

An Innovative Test to Detect Colon Cancer on Time

The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, BioVendor and SCIENION today announced that the three organizations will partner on the development of an in-vitro diagnostic test for colon cancer. The innovative test kit shall identify cancer at an early stage based on tumor autoantibody biomarkers. The three structures will work closely together to develop the in-vitro diagnostic test […]

September 26, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 25 Sep 2014

A New Financial Hope for Start-ups Focused on Cancer

Aglaia is a new venture capital fund that will invest in about ten to fifteen biotechnology start-ups developing groundbreaking technologies to prevent and cure cancer. The Dutch venture has announced the launch of Aglaia Oncology Fund II. Investors contribute with $65M (EUR 51M) for the fund, to reach $80M (EUR 63M) to $100M (EUR 80M). Like […]

September 25, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

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News and Trends 24 Sep 2014

Natural Cosmetics thanks to Enzymes?

A 7 million euros European-funded project has been launched with the intention of replacing chemical cosmetic production techniques with eco-friendly alternatives. This is the OPTIBIOCAT project which wants to provide technical improvement to the natural cosmetics sector, required to satisfy consumer demand for natural and ecological products. Building on a diverse consortium of 16 partners from […]

September 24, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

Carmat polemic intelligent artificial heart

News and Trends 24 Sep 2014

The Polemic of First Intelligent Artificial Heart

The first intelligent artificial heart has been twice implanted in France within clinical trials. It has been developed by French company Carmat, and famous cardiologist Alain Carpentier, after 20 years of development. This important breakthrough nevertheless create a polemic. Artificial hearts already existed and voice talks about an artificial financial bubble around Carmat. On September 11th, […]

September 24, 2014 - 4 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 22 Sep 2014

Is a new revolution in lung cancer drug treatment coming ?

A new revolutionary treatment could help cure lung cancer. It is based on mRNA instead of antibodies and chemotherapy. Instead of delivering the protein or the drug, only a message is delivering and the body will produce the therapeutics. Curevac, the historic and one of the leading Biotech company in this field announced a 465 million […]

September 22, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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