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News and Trends 31 Aug 2015

When Tech and Biotech merge, Google and Sanofi partner up to revolutionize Diabetes Management

Taking care of diabetes is still far too complex currently. In future, Sanofi and Google will jointly take care of this problem, hoping to ease the life of millions of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. When it comes to transforming our diabetes treatment technology, Google loves European Pharmas. Together with Novartis, it […]

August 31, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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News and Trends 31 Aug 2015

Review: The Future of Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology

Immuno-oncology is a Biotech field that is more than just hype – it could solve one of humanity’s biggest health challenges: Cancer. In order to bring more effective treatments with fewer side-effects, Biomarkers will play a key role. I wanted to get an expert view on the subject, so I called Bernhard Sixt, CEO of the […]

August 31, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 28 Aug 2015

[Update] Valneva’s duck stem cells attract two new Vaccine-deals

French Valneva continues to sign license agreements for its duck derived stem cell line that produces novel vaccines. Lyon-based Valneva was formed from the 70-year old duck breeder Group Grimaud. It entered the biotech scene in 2000 as Vivalis and today is on Euronext-Paris and the Vienna stock exchange, has a market cap of about €275M […]

August 28, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 22 Aug 2015

What happened this week? Biotech revolutionizes Coffee, Paris N°1 Biocluster, a DNA-made Computer…

Welcome in our Top of the week list! This week is full of uncommon stories. Did you know that we can create the best coffee from Biotech techniques? The New York-based startup Afineur can do this! Even more crazy, what do you think of a DNA-made computer? Quite strange, right! Well, if you’re curious, read […]

August 22, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 21 Aug 2015

Researchers dismantle one of Bacteria’s most wicked weapons: The Molecular Crossbow

Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris have elucidated the molecular structure of a crossbow-like weapon from bacteria’s arsenal. Ultimately, this could help to fight infectious diseases. Bacteria are in a constant battle with innumerable other microbes in their environment, so they have to bring in the big guns to […]

August 21, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 19 Aug 2015

Paris is Europe’s biggest Biocluster, but nobody knows it …

Paris is well-known for being the most beautiful city in the world. But did you also know that it concentrates most of the French Biotech industry and is Europe’s biggest biocluster? If not, why didn’t you know? The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame and so many other monuments makes Paris outstanding and unique. But Paris […]

August 19, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 17 Aug 2015

Pfizer uses HiFiBiO’s brand-new technology to discover unique antibodies

French biotech startup HiFiBiO announced today it has achieved a milestone in its research collaboration with American giant Pfizer to develop new antibody therapeutics. The new milestone is triggering an undisclosed payment to HiFiBiO. The focus of the collaboration, originally signed in 2014, is the development and validation of HiFiBiO’s proprietary, high throughput antibody discovery platform […]

August 17, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 17 Aug 2015

What if the Best Coffee could be obtained thanks to Biotechnologies?

French bioengineers Camille Delebecque and Sophie Deterre founded the food Start-up Afineur in New York to revolutionize coffee. You may have heard of the Kopi Luwak or Civet Coffee from Indonesia. If not, it’s a very special coffee and one of the most expensive with prices reaching €550/kg. The raw coffee beans are eaten by Asian Palm […]

August 17, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 13 Aug 2015

Emmanuelle Charpentier, co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9 Technology, comes to Berlin!

French, young and brilliant, Emmanuelle Charpentier will now be working as a director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin! Emmanuelle Charpentier is labeled one of the most influential scientists by the Time magazine when she discovered THE new technology of the century: CRISPR-Cas9. Among numerous honors, she won the $3M Breakthrough Prizes […]

August 13, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 11 Aug 2015

18-year-old French Hybrigenics goes to the US with its Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment

Hybrigenics is one step closer to enter the American market. The FDA granted Orphan Drug designation to the company’s Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Treatment. Currently in preclinical stage, the therapy showed efficacy in combination with two AML-drugs that are already approved. AML is the second most frequent form of leukemia and accounts for about 30% […]

August 11, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 11 Aug 2015

Pili Printed their First Page with Bacteria-Made Ink!

Pili is a group of seven young dedicated entrepreneurs that dream of replacing the toxic pigments used in today’s ink with natural, non-toxic, recyclable ink made by bacteria. A dream that could soon become reality as the start-up just achieved the first proof of concept and printed its first page with a bacteria-made biodegradable ink! It […]

August 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 10 Aug 2015

Evotec enters Immuno-Oncology and Diabetes Therapy with Help from Sanofi

Evotec had to announce a setback recently when its Alzheimer’s treatment in collaboration with Roche failed in Phase IIb. However, another strong partner on its side, Sanofi, never lost trust in the German biotech’s value. In the last three days, the French giant entered into two new projects with Evotec, which target diabetes and immuno-oncology. […]

August 10, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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When Tech and Biotech merge, Google and Sanofi partner up to revolutionize Diabetes Management

Review: The Future of Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology

[Update] Valneva’s duck stem cells attract two new Vaccine-deals

What happened this week? Biotech revolutionizes Coffee, Paris N°1 Biocluster, a DNA-made Computer…

Researchers dismantle one of Bacteria’s most wicked weapons: The Molecular Crossbow

Paris is Europe’s biggest Biocluster, but nobody knows it …

Pfizer uses HiFiBiO’s brand-new technology to discover unique antibodies

What if the Best Coffee could be obtained thanks to Biotechnologies?

Emmanuelle Charpentier, co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9 Technology, comes to Berlin!

18-year-old French Hybrigenics goes to the US with its Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment

Pili Printed their First Page with Bacteria-Made Ink!

Evotec enters Immuno-Oncology and Diabetes Therapy with Help from Sanofi

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Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

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