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News and Trends 22 Mar 2016

5 Cool Biotechs in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is home to fascinating culture and rising economies, but how is the Biotech scene developing there? Here are some of the companies that caught our eye. Due to popular demand, we have updated the Labiotech Map to also include Eastern European Biotechs – which we published just last month. We were not sure what we were […]

March 22, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 21 Mar 2016

Ferment the Next Bio-Revolution with IndieBio Accelerator

IndieBio is an accelerator program for new ideas in Synthetic Biology – to transform them into startups during a Summer in Ireland. The potential of Synthetic Biology ranges from biofuels to perfumes to healthcare – and it will be at the forefront of the biotechnological revolution. The concept is already implemented by big Biotechs (with a big presence in France) […]

March 21, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 21 Mar 2016

This CEO was responsible for the Only German Biotech IPO in 2015…

Whilst at the Sachs conference last week, I had the chance to meet with Oliver Schacht, the CEO of Curetis. It’s the only German Biotech which went public last year and this was a good enough reason to have a chat (the company is also really interesting, obviously). Curetis is based in Stuttgart in the […]

March 21, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 21 Mar 2016

CAR-T Startup Gets €51M from Top&New Investors

Autolus (UK) has secured over €51M in a recent series B round, led by the biggest Biotech VC in Europe – and a new player in life science investment. Autolus is a 1-year-old spin-off of the University College London (UCL) focusing on the development of next-generation CAR-T therapies, addressing current limitations of this ‘wonder therapy‘. […]

March 21, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 18 Mar 2016

ITW: GapSummit, the Event for the European Bio-leaders of Tomorrow

Where can you meet the next generation of European Biotech leaders in one single event? For sure at GapSummit 2016, which will be held next April 4th to 6th in Cambridge, UK. We had a chat with the young Director and President of the event, Lisa Altmann-Richer, to have more details. Could you first present Global Biotech […]

March 18, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 18 Mar 2016

Roche signs a €900M deal with an Immunotherapy Biotech in Boston

Roche (Switzerland) has picked 5 candidates from Blueprint Medicines (US) to complement its leading oncology pipeline. Roche is a leader in cancer therapies, but its position is threatened by intense competition, not to mention its stakes in the biosimilar war and some bad results from advanced trials. However, it seems that this Big Pharma still […]

March 18, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 18 Mar 2016

Biotech of the Week: Addex Therapeutics, a Swiss Biotech on a Rollercoaster ride

This week we wave goodbye to the United Kingdom and all its glory and through the English channel, we head south to charming Switzerland. Geneva is our destination and it is where Addex Therapeutics, our Biotech of the Week, is based. City: Geneva (Switzerland) Founded: 2002 Employees: 5 Market Capitalization: €30M (3/2016) CEO: Tim Dyer Mission: Founded in […]

March 18, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 17 Mar 2016

“We have Reshaped how Innovation occurs inside Pierre Fabre”

This is what Laurent Audoly, Head of R&D of Pierre Fabre, told me at the SACHS conference in Zurich last Tuesday. The French Big Pharma recently opened its fund for innovation and it was a great opportunity to get a better insight into it. Pierre Fabre is the 3rd largest Pharma in France, counting over […]

March 17, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 17 Mar 2016

Leading European VC believes this is the “Post-It of Surgery”

Gecko Biomedical (France) has raised €22.5M to get its innovate biopolymers to surgery rooms, and caught the eye of the biggest French Biotech investor, Sofinnova. Gecko has a hot piece of MedTech in its hands: a surgical glue that can stop bleeding from sutured tissues, and in the future could replace stitching altogether. This technology was […]

March 17, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 17 Mar 2016

GSK partners to Scale Manufacturing of CAR-T Therapies

Production of CAR-T therapies seems to be one of the biggest challenge of this promising technology. Miltenyi Biotec (Germany) and GSK have entered a new partnership to combine the clinical development of cell and gene therapies with manufacturing expertise. Milteniy is a German company of 1600 employees developing products for biomedical research and cellular therapy. It’s not the first […]

March 17, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 17 Mar 2016

A Relief for Migraines at last? The Biotech race for the Ultimate Cure

A Migraine is more than just a headache; it is a neurological disorder affecting a staggering 10% of the worldwide population. So where are we on fighting a viable therapy – and who is working on Migraines? People of all ages are at risk of migraine, with women being three times more likely to suffer from […]

March 17, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Ekaterina Perets

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News and Trends 16 Mar 2016

‘Cyborg’ Heart Patch to Revolutionize Treatment of Heart Attacks

Researchers from Tel Aviv University (Israel) have managed to engineer a Nanotech ‘heart patch’ which could enable remote monitoring and regulation of a patient’s heart – bionic! MedTech continues to blur the boundary between man and machine. A new project combines organic, living tissue and a complex nanoelectronic system to create a bionic heart patch that could help […]

March 16, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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