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News and Trends 2 Aug 2022

Sosei Heptares and AbbVie enter second collaboration targeting neurological diseases

A new drug discovery collaboration has taken place between Japanese Sosei Group Corporation and UK-based Abbvie with the hope of targeting neurological disease. This is the second partnership between the companies and offers the option to license agreement which is aimed at discovering, developing and commercializing small molecules that modulate novel G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) […]

August 2, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 1 Aug 2022

Arecor Therapeutics adds diabetes product to portfolio after significant acquisition

Arecor Therapeutics plc has bought all of Tetris Pharma Ltd shares adding a key commercial diabetes product to its portfolio. The company says as well as expanding its portfolio, the acquisition of the entire issued share capital complements its existing hospital products franchise and will speed up its revenue growth. Injectable products Tetris Pharma has […]

August 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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News and Trends 26 Jul 2022

Deep Science Ventures deepens CRUK pact to co-found oncology startups

The venture builder Deep Science Ventures (DSV) has expanded an existing alliance with Cancer Research UK’s innovation-focused arm Cancer Research Horizons, with the mission to establish new oncology startups in the U.K. Just months after Cancer Research UK (CRUK) established its industry-orientated division Cancer Research Horizons, the research charity has doubled down on a collaboration […]

July 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 26 Jul 2022

Oxford Biomedica sets up new project and signs LSA

Oxford Biomedica plc, a UK-based gene and cell therapy group, has initiated a new project with Orchard Therapeutics utilizing the company’s LentiStable technology. The group also announced the signing of a new licence and supply agreement (LSA) with an undisclosed US-based private biotech company advancing a new generation of adoptive cell therapies. LentiStable technology As […]

July 26, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Opinion 25 Jul 2022

How to improve patient recruitment in your precision medicine research

Precision medicine research relies on genetic testing at scale, but has long suffered recruitment and retention headaches. The answer, says Patrick Short, CEO of Sano Genetics, is to start early and engage participants deeply. I witnessed first-hand the power of national scale genomics research through my PhD work analyzing genome sequence data from more than […]

July 25, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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News and Trends 22 Jul 2022

Consortium awarded €4M towards platform for personalized cell therapies

A company developing precision T cell therapies that treat solid tumors announced yesterday (July 21) it is leading a consortium that has been awarded a €4 million ($4.2 million) grant from Horizon Europe. The new consortium is being led by Achilles Therapeutics plc and includes CGT Catapult, Leibniz University Hannover (Hannover) as project coordinator, and […]

July 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 19 Jul 2022

Good news for Destiny Pharma’s nasal gel to combat life-threatening infections

Clinical stage biotech company, Destiny Pharma, announced today (July 19) a positive update from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its XF-73 nasal gel phase 3 development plans. The FDA has clarified the phase 3 and U.S. registration pathway for the gel for the prevention of post-surgical staphylococcal infections, and this feedback enables […]

July 19, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 19 Jul 2022

CN Bio opens new lab to meet increasing market demand for organ-on-chip research services

New laboratory facilities have been opened today (July 19) at UK organ-on-chip company CN Bio to meet market demand. The Cambridge-based company’s laboratory space has doubled in response to an increasing need for services as the technology gains traction within drug discovery and development programs. Microphysiological systems CN Bio concentrates on designing single and multi-organ […]

July 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 18 Jul 2022

Positive results for drug combination used to treat rare blood cancer

Exploratory analysis of anti-cancer drug, navitoclax, combined with ruxolitinib – a medication for the treatment of intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis (MF) – has given positive results in a study. The data, announced by US biopharma company, AbbVie, comes from cohort 3 of a phase 2 REFINE study in Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor naïve patients with […]

July 18, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

In Depth 13 Jul 2022

The biggest European biotech investments in June 2022

Oncology and AI-guided drug discovery firms roped in the biggest biotech investments in Europe in June 2022. The leading private rounds went to companies including ImCheck Therapeutics, MiroBio and Charm Therapeutics. In June 2022, we saw bigger private biotech investments in Europe than in May. ImCheck Therapeutics took the top spot; the firm raised an […]

July 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Interview 12 Jul 2022

Where AI can’t go: PhoreMost’s quest to unearth protein degradation targets

Advances in the AI-powered simulation of proteins are making it easier than ever to discover new drugs. Neil Torbett, CEO of PhoreMost, outlines how the firm’s protein screening technology overcomes current limitations of protein structure predictions, with big applications in the emerging field of protein degradation. Proteins are a critical component to a cell’s activities, […]

July 12, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 4 Jul 2022

New home for wet lab incubator in bid to help biotech start-ups and promote life sciences

A lab to bring together the hive minds of those addressing the future challenges in healthcare, including biotech start-ups, is set to open at Discovery Park, Kent, U.K. Barclays has selected the location as the home for its latest Eagle Lab, which will open later this year. The labs are a growing national network currently at […]

July 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Sosei Heptares and AbbVie enter second collaboration targeting neurological diseases

Arecor Therapeutics adds diabetes product to portfolio after significant acquisition

Deep Science Ventures deepens CRUK pact to co-found oncology startups

Oxford Biomedica sets up new project and signs LSA

How to improve patient recruitment in your precision medicine research

Consortium awarded €4M towards platform for personalized cell therapies

Good news for Destiny Pharma’s nasal gel to combat life-threatening infections

CN Bio opens new lab to meet increasing market demand for organ-on-chip research services

Positive results for drug combination used to treat rare blood cancer

The biggest European biotech investments in June 2022

Where AI can’t go: PhoreMost’s quest to unearth protein degradation targets

New home for wet lab incubator in bid to help biotech start-ups and promote life sciences

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