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News and Trends 6 Apr 2017

This New Biotech counts with the Largest Antibiotic Resistance Database

Curetis has launched Ares Genetics, a company that will use the biggest antibiotic resistance genetic database to advance the diagnose of infections. Ares Genetics, the new subsidiary of Curetis, will investigate the genetic foundation of antibiotic resistance to develop new approaches for the rapid diagnose of specific resistance in patients with infections, as well as tools to […]

April 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 23 Jan 2017

New Fundraising Boosts Ultra-Rapid STD Detection

Atlas Genetics has raised €32.6M in Series D. The funds will help the company bring ultra-rapid diagnostic tests for STDs to the market. Atlas Genetics, a spin-off from the University of Bath, has closed an impressive €32.6M ($35M) Series D round of fundraising. The funds will support clinical trials, manufacturing and the commercial launch of the company’s second ultra-rapid […]

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

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News and Trends 28 Dec 2016

Discussing the Future of Personalized Medicine with Biotech Experts

Personalized medicine has been a popular topic in the last few years, but when will it materialize? Experts discussed the current challenges at Labiotech Refresh. Jean-Pol Detiffe is the CEO of OncoDNA, a company using next-generation sequencing to match patients with a personalized cancer treatment. In his opinion, one of the main challenges in the […]

December 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 14 Dec 2016

Liquid Biopsies: Lowering the Defenses of Resistant Lung Cancer

In response to new treatments, cancer came back stronger and more resistant than ever. Medicine’s counterattack will be more effective with a clear target. How do you solve a problem like drug resistance in cancer research? There’s no clear-cut answer yet, not least because the disease can vary so widely. But there has been some […]

December 14, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Interview 28 Nov 2016

Needle-Free Diabetes Monitoring: Interview with the Co-Founder of GlucoWise

The needle-free revolution for diabetes is coming! We interviewed Panos Kosmas, co-founder of MediWise, to get the juicy details of GlucoWise. This revolutionary wireless device could free the more than 422 million people living with diabetes worldwide from the daily pain of conventional glucose monitoring. Panos Kosmas is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of MediWise, a […]

November 28, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 14 Nov 2016

USB key Diagnostic could help manage HIV Treatment Anywhere

A new method of gene sequencing has brought us an HIV diagnostic on a “USB stick”, which determines the levels of the virus with one drop of blood and in under 30 minutes. Once perfected, the technology could be the tool for HIV management as glucose meters are for diabetes. While pharma and research work […]

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

News and Trends 4 Nov 2016

This Company has developed a Personalized App to Fight Cancer

We say goodbye to the good weather in Spain and cross the Pyrenees to visit Charleroi, an industrial city south of Brussels. There, we find OncoDNA, a young company striving to change the oncology field using DNA. City: Charleroi, Belgium Founded: 2012 Employees: 11 – 50 Financial data: €7.7M raised in September to expand into the global market Mission: […]

November 4, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 28 Oct 2016

Meet Spain’s Gold BIOMEDAList in Celiac Disease

This week we’re heading South back to my hometown, Sevilla! Even well into October, the skies are clear and the sun is shining while we drop by Biomedal, this week’s Biotech. City: Sevilla, Spain Founded: 2000 Employees: 31 Financial data: €2.5M in sales with an impressive 60% growth in the last year Mission: The company has three […]

October 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 25 Oct 2016

This Diagnostic Tool beats the Standard for Respiratory Infection Tests

Curetis is drastically reducing the time required to test for severe infectious diseases. The newest incorporation is expected early next year and could soon substitute the hospital standards. Curetis is a German biotech that commercializes diagnostic technologies for infectious diseases. After a very successful IPO last year, the company is advancing its Unyvero platform for fast diagnostics. The […]

October 25, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Sep 2016

Genfit’s Non-Invasive Diagnostic could unlock the NASH Market

Genfit reinforced its leading place in the race to find a cure for NASH when it announced this morning the launch of a program to validate their new diagnostic tool. Genfit is already leading in the development of a cure for Non-Alcoholic Stato-Hepatitis (NASH) with its candidate, Elafibranor, which is in Phase III trials. Now, the French €600M biopharma has […]

September 20, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 12 Jul 2016

How did Helen Lee overcome barriers to HIV Diagnostics in the ‘Real World’?

How can diagnostics be improved in resource limited settings? And how can the practical limitations of transporting heat-sensitive assay material through hot climates be overcome? The University of Cambridge’s Dr Helen Lee won this year’s ‘Popular Choice’ Award, at the European Patent Office (EPO) awards. The winner of this prize category is selected from 15 other […]

July 12, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 15 Jun 2016

Eva Diagnostics: “We identified the pain points of the Blood testing market” #LBRefresh

Eva Diagnostics was one of the contestants at our Startup Battle during Labiotech Refresh. Take a second look with us at the pitch of Eva’s exciting diagnostic Tech… We had Sabine Dziemian, the head of data analysis at Eva Diagnostics, explain how this spin-off out of Imperial College London is joining the race for MedTech diagnostics. […]

June 15, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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This New Biotech counts with the Largest Antibiotic Resistance Database

New Fundraising Boosts Ultra-Rapid STD Detection

Discussing the Future of Personalized Medicine with Biotech Experts

Liquid Biopsies: Lowering the Defenses of Resistant Lung Cancer

Needle-Free Diabetes Monitoring: Interview with the Co-Founder of GlucoWise

USB key Diagnostic could help manage HIV Treatment Anywhere

This Company has developed a Personalized App to Fight Cancer

Meet Spain’s Gold BIOMEDAList in Celiac Disease

This Diagnostic Tool beats the Standard for Respiratory Infection Tests

Genfit’s Non-Invasive Diagnostic could unlock the NASH Market

How did Helen Lee overcome barriers to HIV Diagnostics in the ‘Real World’?

Eva Diagnostics: “We identified the pain points of the Blood testing market” #LBRefresh

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