October 16, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] German pharmaceutical company Evotec has expanded its partnership with Scottish artificial intelligence drug design pioneers Exscientia, investing a further €15m in exchange for a minority […]
Biotechnology & Biopharmaceutical Industry News, Analysis and Commentary.
October 5, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The global therapeutic IPO market has failed to maintain the upward momentum established throughout a busy Q2 2017, with just over $1B raised by 13 […]
August 31, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gilead Sciences has ended its M&A moratorium with an $11.9B all-cash acquisition of CAR-T Cell Therapy pioneers Kite Pharma. Kite’s leading drug Axi-Cel is expected […]
August 22, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Scientists at e-Genesis, a Massachusetts-based biotech firm, recently announced that they have successfully utilised CRISPR gene-editing technology to inactivate Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses (PERVs) in a line […]
July 14, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] England’s Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, recently called for making genomic testing as common as blood tests in order to usher in the era […]
July 6, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After a well-documented lull in 2016 and a sluggish start to 2017, the global therapeutic IPO market has started to bounce back in Q2, […]
May 23, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dutch Contract Development & Manufacturing Organisation Patheon has been acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in a $7.2B deal. The acquisition, which includes the assumption of […]
April 12, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]GE Healthcare recently announced the acquisition of British cryogenic processing company Asymptote for an undisclosed price, strengthening its cell therapy portfolio with technologies designed to enable […]
April 4, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] California-based Immunodiagnostics company Singulex have announced that they have received CE marking for the Sgx Clarity® system, a fully-automated IVD platform powered by the company’s […]