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News and Trends 23 Oct 2017

A Peptide Reduces Bleeding in Surgery in Phase II Trials

Ergomed has announced positive results in Phase II with PeproStat, a peptide solution to stop bleeding during surgery faster. In a Phase II study that recruited 169 patients across 16 European hospitals, London-based Ergomed has demonstrated that itspipeline’s lead candidate, PeproStat, can reduce the time to achieve hemostasis, that is, for the bleeding to stop, […]

October 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Oct 2017

Leading Pharma-Academic Partnership Unravels the Mystery of a Major Cancer Gene

The PTEN gene controls cell growth and behavior, with its loss implicated in cancer. AstraZeneca and Babraham have collaborated to improve our understanding of how this happens. The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK and AstraZeneca have unveiled research that helps us to better understand a key cancer gene, PTEN – reportedly the second most altered gene in cancers. […]

October 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 18 Oct 2017

Biotech Crosses the Channel to Raise €9.7M for its Diagnostics Tools

Novacyt will use the money raised on the AIM market, London, to expand its manufacturing capacity and continue research looking into new techniques. Novacyt specializes in diagnostic tools for a number of indications, including cancer and infectious diseases. Today, it has announced that it has raised €9.7M by placing stocks on the London-based Alternative Investment Market (AIM). […]

October 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 16 Oct 2017

New Stem Cells Could Take Cell Research and Therapies to the Next Level

British researchers have created a new type of stem cell in mice. It has even greater potential than current cell lines in research and in the clinic. Stem cells have huge potential in research and therapeutics and overcome the limitations of current cell lines – embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. Findings published in Nature report that researchers at […]

October 16, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 12 Oct 2017

No More Seasonal Flu Shots: British Biotech’s Universal Antiviral Raises £13M

VirionHealth kicks off the development of a broad spectrum antiviral for all influenza strains and other viruses like RSV with a £13M investment in Series A. VirionHealth is developing a new type of antiviral therapy with the potential to target multiple types of viruses at once. The treatment is based on natural antivirals called defective interfering viruses. They consist […]

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

News and Trends 12 Oct 2017

Deadly Parasite Could be Stopped by Scottish Researchers’ Discovery

A study in Scotland has improved our understanding of how a dangerous parasite functions, creating a new target for combatting deadly infections. Research from the University of Edinburgh has identified a therapeutic target in Leishmania, a parasite that infects 1 million people each year, resulting in 20,000-30,000 deaths. The study, published in the Journal of Molecular Biology, used clever […]

October 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 11 Oct 2017

Scottish Scientists Could Hold the Key to Unlocking Parkinson’s Disease

A decade of work has culminated in researchers reconstructing a protein that is key to defending the brain against Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at the University of Dundee have made a breakthrough by uncovering the 3D structure of an enzyme, PINK1, that can protect the brain against Parkinson’s disease. The disease is characterised by the degeneration […]

October 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 9 Oct 2017

British Scientists Regenerate Bone By Mimicking Nature

Nano-sized vesicles that are generated naturally during bone formation have the potential to regenerate bone, teeth and cartilage. Researchers from the University of Birmingham have mimicked the body’s natural healing process to repair damaged tissue, for example, bone. The study, which is published in Scientific Reports, has found that vesicles produced by stimulated cells outperform the […]

October 9, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 6 Oct 2017

Study Reveals No Evidence to Support Most European Cancer Drug Approvals

A new study concludes the majority of cancer drugs approved by the EMA between 2009 and 2013 weren’t backed by sufficient evidence that they are effective. A team of researchers from King’s College London and the London School of Economics has published a new study reviewing the clinical data used to back the approval of […]

October 6, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 6 Oct 2017

British-Finnish Alliance to Bring Gene Therapy to the Masses

FIT Biotech and Avacta hope to combine their technologies to produce highly specific, best-in-class gene therapy treatments. The two companies have spotted an opportunity to bring together their technologies and form a leading gene therapy system in a market that could be worth over $4.3B (€3.7B) by 2024. FIT Biotech, based in Finland, has been working on […]

October 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 5 Oct 2017

British Biotech To Raise £12.2M to Finish Off Liquid Biopsy Technology

Angle will raise £12.2M, which will allow it to acquire assets from Axela to put the finishing touches to its full liquid biopsies solution. Angle is a leader in the liquid biopsy market, the ‘holy grail’ of cancer diagnostics. The company has developed technology that recently outperformed the gold standard in the field. Angle is hoping to raise £12.2M […]

October 5, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 Richard Henderson Heptares Therapeutics

News and Trends 5 Oct 2017

British Biotech Founder Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017

Richard Henderson, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017, founded Heptares Therapeutics to apply his Nobel-winning technology to discover new medicines. This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for the development of cryo-electron microscopy. This technology, now widely used in structural biology labs, is considered a stepping […]

October 5, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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A Peptide Reduces Bleeding in Surgery in Phase II Trials

Leading Pharma-Academic Partnership Unravels the Mystery of a Major Cancer Gene

Biotech Crosses the Channel to Raise €9.7M for its Diagnostics Tools

New Stem Cells Could Take Cell Research and Therapies to the Next Level

No More Seasonal Flu Shots: British Biotech’s Universal Antiviral Raises £13M

Deadly Parasite Could be Stopped by Scottish Researchers’ Discovery

Scottish Scientists Could Hold the Key to Unlocking Parkinson’s Disease

British Scientists Regenerate Bone By Mimicking Nature

Study Reveals No Evidence to Support Most European Cancer Drug Approvals

British-Finnish Alliance to Bring Gene Therapy to the Masses

British Biotech To Raise £12.2M to Finish Off Liquid Biopsy Technology

British Biotech Founder Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017

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