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News and Trends 4 Nov 2022

A new weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

Is edoxudine, an anti-herpes molecule discovered in the 60s, effective against Klebsiella pneumoniae, a common bacterium in hospitals? The excessive use of antibiotics has pushed bacteria to develop resistance mechanisms to treatment. Antibiotic resistance is now considered by the WHO as one of the greatest threats to health. The lack of treatment against multi-resistant bacteria […]

November 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Nov 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 21: CanSinoBIO, HTID, Longevity Science Foundation

This week, we have three interviews, and four guests. We chat with Pierre Corneille VP of the HTFC, which is responsible for HealthTech Innovation Days; Sergey Jakimov, co-founder and managing partner of LongeVC and the Longevity Science Foundation’s CEO Lisa Ireland; and Pierre Morgon, executive vice president of CanSinoBIO. We also have our weekly contribution […]

November 4, 2022

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

New method of observing cell transport could inspire drug development

Membrane proteins are key targets for many drugs. Some of them, called transporters, move certain substances in and out of the cellular environment. Yet, extracting and storing them for observation is particularly complex. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland, in collaboration with the University of Zurich (UZH), has developed an innovative […]

October 24, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Oct 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 19: Bone Health Technologies, Immutep, TAU Systems

This week, we have three guests. We have conversations with Marc Voigt, CEO of Immutep; Manuel Hegelich, CEO of TAU Systems; and Laura Yecies, CEO of Bone Health Technologies. We also have our weekly chat with global commercial real estate services company JLL, with Travis McCready. FDA fast tracks Immutep non-small cell lung cancer candidate […]

October 21, 2022

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Ophthalmology biopharma company Oculis combines with EBAC

Oculis, SA, a global biopharmaceutical company developing treatments to save sight and improve eye care and European Biotech Acquisition Corp (EBAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. Upon closing of the transaction, the company will be named Oculis Holding SA and will work to accelerate the development […]

October 17, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

CRISPR Therapeutics, CRISPR-Cas9, genome editing, biotech

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

CRISPR/Cas9: Challenges and outlook from an investor’s perspective

A Q&A with Fady Riad, CEO of consulting company Centurion Life Sciences. How did CRISPR/Cas9 revolutionize gene editing and the broader life sciences industry? CRISPR/Cas9 is undoubtedly one of the greatest scientific advancements of the last 100 years. In 2012, Jennifer Doudna and Emanuelle Charpentier published a peer-reviewed paper discussing the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in […]

October 17, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 14 Oct 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 18: BiotechX, Cultivated Biosciences, EPFL, Faron Pharmaceuticals

This week, we have four interviews. Our guests are: Juho Jalkanen, COO of Faron Pharmaceuticals; Ardemis Boghossian and Melania Reggente from the EPFL School of Basic Sciences in Switzerland; Tomas Turner, CEO and co-founder of Cultivated Biosciences; and Joanna Magaji, conference manager for the BiotechX event. BiotechX event taking place in Basel in November BiotechX, […]

October 14, 2022

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

Roche launches next-generation SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antibody Test

Roche has launched the SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antibody Test 2.0 in markets accepting the CE Mark. The test is the next generation of Roche’s existing SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antibody Test, which launched in July 2020. The SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antibody Test 2.0 offers broader use than its original configuration, which focused on recovered patients, to now include vaccinated […]

October 3, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Biodiversity Genomic Europe project will tackle biodiversity crisis

News and Trends 28 Sep 2022

Project to tackle biodiversity crisis using the power of DNA data and genomics launched

A project to tackle the biodiversity crisis using DNA data, genomic science that will fundamentally change conservation science and policy has been launched by European experts. The new pan-European Biodiversity Genomic Europe (BGE) consortium was made public day (September 28) is leading the way with this large-scale application of genomic science. Impacts are predicted to […]

September 28, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Study data for glioblastoma treatment confirms safety and tolerability profile

The final results of a phase 1/2 study of a therapy in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have been reported by Australian-based Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The therapy, TLX101 (4-L-[ 131I] iodo-phenylalanine, or 131I-IPA) administered with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and the primary objective was to evaluate and test the safety and tolerability profile of the intravenous therapy […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Swiss scientists reduce resistance of dormant melanoma cells

Small-molecule targeted therapies revolutionized the treatment of metastatic melanoma, provided that the tumors carry the mutations to respond to these treatments. However, despite an initial response that can be seen in a majority of patients, most of them will undergo relapse even after sometimes spectacular initial responses. These relapses are due to “dormant” persistent cells, […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

ten23 health completes superstructure of new sterile production facility

ten23 health, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) has completed the superstructure of its new sterile manufacturing facility. The existing facility of ten23 health’s swissfillon AG company in Visp already offers sterile manufacturing of pre-filled syringes, vials, and cartridges for clinical trial and commercial supplies, in collaboration with ten23 health’s development center in […]

September 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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A new weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

Beyond Biotech podcast 21: CanSinoBIO, HTID, Longevity Science Foundation

New method of observing cell transport could inspire drug development

Beyond Biotech podcast 19: Bone Health Technologies, Immutep, TAU Systems

Ophthalmology biopharma company Oculis combines with EBAC

CRISPR/Cas9: Challenges and outlook from an investor’s perspective

Beyond Biotech podcast 18: BiotechX, Cultivated Biosciences, EPFL, Faron Pharmaceuticals

Roche launches next-generation SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antibody Test

Project to tackle biodiversity crisis using the power of DNA data and genomics launched

Study data for glioblastoma treatment confirms safety and tolerability profile

Swiss scientists reduce resistance of dormant melanoma cells

ten23 health completes superstructure of new sterile production facility

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