A huge €128 million Series B2 round by German startup Tubulis indicates that the field of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) in oncology continues to capture investor imaginations.
Kate Broderick takes us on her intriguing journey - from being drawn to how science was applied within a medical setting, to the enormous challenge of working around the clock when the pandemic began.
The unprecedented demand for GLP-1 medicines, fuelled by their remarkable ability to help patients shed up to 20% of body weight, has been nothing short of explosive.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo was recently granted FDA approval in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine as a first-line treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).
Austian start-up Sarcura has secured a €1.7 million grant to help the company develop a ‘miniaturized and autonomous’ cell therapy manufacturing platform using deep tech.
One of the most challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic was not being able to assess how individual patients would respond to the virus and how severe their symptoms would be.
Despite previously calling the UK a ‘very unattractive’ place to do business, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot is injecting £650 million into the UK life sciences industry.
Swedish-based company Empros Pharma has announced positive topline data from its phase 2b trial investigating EMP16, an oral therapy for the treatment of obesity.
Biotech company Transgene, IT solutions provider NEC, and biomedical software company BostonGene have expanded their collaboration for the phase 1/2 trial of TG4050, an individualized therapeutic vaccine for patients with head and neck cancers.
Hayley Crowe is executive vice president and general manager of Ecolab’s Global Life Sciences sector, comprised of Ecolab’s Purolite and pharma / personal care businesses. We sat down with Hayley to discuss how adversity inspired her determination to...
Form Bio and Ginkgo Bioworkshave joined forces in what they call a groundbreaking partnership aimed at advancing AAV gene therapy design and development.
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is working to improve treatment for pregnant sickle cell sufferers, publishing first-of-its-kind international consensus recommendations for these patients.
Neurogene, a clinical-stage company developing genetic medicines, is expanding its ongoing phase 1/2 clinical trial investigating NGN-401 as a treatment for female pediatric patients with Rett Syndrome.
SolasCure is moving forward with its maggot-derived wound gel, after publishing the results of its recent phase 2 clinical trial in a leading wound care journal.
California-based biotech company Metabolomycs has released a new study demonstrating how pancreatic cancer could be diagnosed earlier with a blood test.
Biogen’s stance at the upcoming AD/PD 2024 International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease will demonstrate its future plans for treating Alzheimer’s, following the discontinuation of Aduhelm (aducanumab), its anti-amyloid beta...
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recently refused marketing authorization for Nezglyal (leriglitazone).
OneChain Immunotherapeutics has received €1.9m from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation to advance a ‘groundbreaking’ CAR-T therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia type T into clinical development.
Finnish health technology company Solu has launched an online tool to analyse and prevent outbreaks of Candida auris disease, which it claims is the fastest on the market.
Mandziuk is vice president, project management, eClinical Development & Delivery, at ICON and she says nothing could have prepared the health industry for the global impact the Covid pandemic has had.
Allecra Therapeutics, a biopharma company developing novel therapies to combat antibiotic resistance, has received FDA approval for its treatment tackling ‘complicated’ urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Curve Therapeutics, a biotech developing an intracellular screening platform addressing complex disease targets, has closed its £40.5 million Series A financing.
Baseimmune, a biotech company that uses proprietary, deep learning AI to predict future pathogen mutations to generate novel vaccines, has closed its $11.3 million Series A funding round.
Neuraxpharm Group, a European specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, has announced the first launch of BRIUMVI (ublituximab) in Europe for the treatment of adult patients with relapsing multiple...
The Committee of Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended Janssen’s CARVYKTI (cilta-cel) for the earlier treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM).
AN2 Therapeutics recently announced a decision to voluntarily pause enrollment of the phase 3 portion of the phase 2/3 trial, EBO-301, in light of potentially lower than expected efficacy data obtained from the phase 2 trial.
Biora Therapeutics recently announced the initiation of phase 1 clinical trials of BT-600, a novel drug-device combination for ulcerative colitis (UC) patients.
MIP Discovery, a developer of non-biological affinity reagents designed to accelerate the production of cell and gene therapies, has closed a £7 million Series A financing round, led by Mercia Ventures.
Jane Kendrew changed paths after a year of her first degree knowing it was exactly the right way for her. She left university with a first class honours degree and turned down the offer of a PhD to start her dream job as a research scientist.
Novo Nordisk is set to acquire three manufacturing facilities from contract development and manufacturing organization Catalent, in a bold move that has sparked a great deal of debate and some backlash.
QBiotics’ lead intratumoural oncology asset, tigilanol tiglate, has been awarded Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The father of a boy diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of nine, inspired by his son's love of collecting, has created patches of positivity for children going through cancer treatment to collect.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to conduct a formal investigation and place sanctions against biotech firm WuXi AppTec, citing its connections to the Chinese military.
PrecisionLife has partnered with healthcare center the Metrodora Institute to jumpstart the diagnosis and treatment options for a range of chronic diseases including long COVID, ME/CFS, ALS and Sjögren's syndrome.
TILT Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company developing cancer immunotherapies, has received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for a three-year project to treat ovarian cancer using its TILT-123 asset.
The US FDA has granted fast track designation to CAN-3110, a viral immunotherapy candidate from Candel Therapeutics to treat patients with recurrent high-grade glioma (HGG) and improve overall survival.
Stella Vnook, a seasoned veteran in the pharmaceutical industry with extensive experience in senior leadership roles at Catalent, Merck, and Diverse Biotech, has been a prominent figure in the field, particularly in oncology, for over 25 years.
Following positive advice from the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), the first biologic treatment for inflammatory skin disease, hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), is now available in Scotland on the NHS.
Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi has announced the first peer-reviewed publication of its phase 3 study investigating ensitrelvir to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.