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News and Trends 17 Jul 2015

GSK and Partners Bavarian Nordic and J&J Ebola vaccine candidates both reach Phase II

In outbreak situations such as the Ebola crisis, vaccines play an essential role that was largely needed during the 2014 health emergency, especially when the plague reached the First World. To ensure preparedness against Ebola, now and in the future, companies have been rushing to develop vaccines against this disease. GSK has come up with […]

July 17, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 12 Jun 2015

MRC Technology and Peptinnovate partnered to cure bone diseases

MRC Technology and Peptinnovate teamed up to target bone diseases using peptides derived from the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The partnership was created at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, a UK-based life sciences cluster. Natural peptides from M. tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes this feared disease, are able to modify the immunological and inflammatory response in humans. The bacteria employ […]

June 12, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 15 May 2015

European Union supports Bavarian Nordic to cure Ebola

Bavarian Nordic has been granted €50M loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the companies’ pipeline including novel vaccines against Ebola and other infectious diseases as well as cancer immunotherapies. The loan is a three-to-five year bullet loan with fixed or variable interest payment. Bavarian Nordic has up to 18 months to draw […]

May 15, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 2 May 2015

PlugMed has Just Won €2M Funding to Develop an Innovative Device against Kidney Failure

PlugMed has been awarded €2 million of funding, as part of the World Innovation Challenge organized by the French Ministry of Industry. It will enable the company to speed up the Geroneph project that aims at developing an innovative device in the treatment of kidney failure. Nowadays, dialysis is used by more than two million people […]

May 2, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 13 Apr 2015

Humabs and MedImmune partnership to develop an Influenza A treatment

Medimmune starts phase I clinical trial to investigate an antibody developed under a collaboration with Humabs BioMed for the treatment of influenza A. The novel antibody developed through Humabs’ Cellclone technology will be investigated a trial being conducted by MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca. The investigational antibody, which has broad influenza-neutralizing […]

April 13, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 20 Feb 2015

GNA Biosolutions Leads the Consortium for Ultra-Fast Detection of Ebola

The ultra-fast diagnostic instruments developer, GNA Biosolutions (GNA), started the FILODIAG (Filovirus Diagnostics) project for developing a high-speed Ebola detection system based on GNA’s novel Laser PCR technology. There is an urgent need for fast and accurate diagnostic tests in the current and any future Ebola crisis. The rapid diagnosis of Ebola during early and […]

February 20, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 7 Dec 2014

Ebola, the fever falls

This article provides an update of the 2014 Ebola outbreak relating to other past outbreaks of this disease. It provides demographic and economic insights into both the disease and the regions affected. It highlights lessons learnt and those that need to be learned. Which sectors are most impacted by this outbreak, and what is the […]

December 7, 2014 - 15 minutesmins - By Cédric Brock

News and Trends 27 Nov 2014

Curetis Raised Additional €14.5M to Diagnose Severe Infectious Diseases

Curetis AG, a developer of next-level molecular diagnostic solutions, has closed a EUR 14.5 million extension of its Series B financing round, which was originally led by HBM Partners in April 2013. Curetis is a young, dynamic and creative molecular diagnostics company. They are specialized in the diagnosis of severe infectious diseases in hospitalized patients. The company helps to combat […]

November 27, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 30 Oct 2014

Review : Ebola, The True Story

The first outbreaks of Ebola (also known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) have occurred in isolated villages in central Africa, near tropical forests, but the recent outbreak in West Africa has affected major urban centers as well as rural areas. The Ebola virus disease shows an average fatality rate about 50%. In previous outbreaks, the rate […]

October 30, 2014 - 26 minutesmins - By Cédric Brock

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

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GSK and Partners Bavarian Nordic and J&J Ebola vaccine candidates both reach Phase II

MRC Technology and Peptinnovate partnered to cure bone diseases

European Union supports Bavarian Nordic to cure Ebola

PlugMed has Just Won €2M Funding to Develop an Innovative Device against Kidney Failure

Humabs and MedImmune partnership to develop an Influenza A treatment

GNA Biosolutions Leads the Consortium for Ultra-Fast Detection of Ebola

Ebola, the fever falls

Curetis Raised Additional €14.5M to Diagnose Severe Infectious Diseases

Review : Ebola, The True Story

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

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