Cancer drug discovery system is broken, global summit hears
24 October 2014 | By The Institute of Cancer Research, London
Leading expert calls for major changes to restock pipeline with innovative cancer treatments...
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Global network collaboration between major translational health research centres announced
22 October 2014 | By The European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine
EATRIS, TIA, NCATS and CDRD join forces to share knowledge and insight..
Rosetta Genomics and the Institute of Molecular Translational Medicine partner on development of Thyroid Cancer Diagnostic
22 October 2014 | By Rosetta Genomics Ltd
Rosetta Genomics Ltd. announces the initiation by the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, of a new public-private translational research project between Rosetta Genomics and the Institute of Molecular Translational Medicine (IMTM) at Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic...
Mucosis presents data on intranasal RSV vaccine SynGEM® at Vaccines 2014 Conference
22 October 2014 | By Mucosis B.V.
Mucosis B.V. will present research on its lead intranasal vaccine candidate SynGEM®, a vaccine candidate being researched to prevent infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), at Vaccines 2014...
Calixar and Aston University together in collaborative research to tackle multidrug resistance targets
21 October 2014 | By Calixar
Aston University (Birmingham - UK) and Calixar SAS (Lyon-France) have concluded a new research agreement through the “BBSRC Industrial CASE Studentship Competition 2013” framework...
Seahorse Bioscience and University of Alabama partner to advance validation of bioenergetic health index for personalized medicine
15 October 2014 | By Seahorse Bioscience
Seahorse Bioscience and the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced that they have entered into a partnership to study the bioenergetic health of cells in cryo-preserved blood – a step that will ultimately produce a first-of-its-kind clinical test of metabolic bioenergetic health...
Auspherix and Domainex announce collaboration to develop new drugs to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections
15 October 2014 | By Domainex
Domainex Ltd. and Auspherix Pty Ltd announced a collaboration that will progress Auspherix’s novel anti-infective drug discovery programme towards the nomination of a clinical candidate...
Imaxio signs an option for a license agreement with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
14 October 2014 | By Imaxio
Imaxio announces that it has signed an option for a license agreement with the world-renowned German Center for Cancer Research (DKFZ – Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum), based in Heidelberg...
New Oncology and Gustave Roussy announce collaboration on genetic testing
14 October 2014 | By New Oncology
New Oncology announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Paris...
Rigontec GmbH raises €9.45m in a first closing of a Series A financing round to advance RNA-based immunotherapeutics for cancer and viral diseases
14 October 2014 | By Rigontec GmbH
Rigontec GmbH, a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing RNA-based immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer and viral diseases, announces the first closing of its Series A financing round, raising €9.45 million...
ABPI and OBN announce Memorandum of Understanding
13 October 2014 | By ABPI and OBN
The ABPI, which represents large, medium and small innovative research-based biopharmaceutical companies in the UK and OBN, the membership organisation that brings together the UK’s emerging life sciences companies, corporate partners and investors are delighted to announce their commitment to working together under a Memorandum of Understanding...
Horizon Discovery Group plc acquires Sage Labs Inc. for $48M (£29M)
13 October 2014 | By Horizon Discovery Group
Horizon Discovery Group plc announced it has agreed to acquire Sage Labs Inc. (Sage) for up to $16M (£9.8M) in cash and up to $32M (£19.6M) through the issue of new ordinary shares...
Advanced Cell Diagnostics awarded $1.4 million NCI Grant to develop ultrasensitive diagnostic test for B-cell lymphoma
10 October 2014 | By Advanced Cell Diagnostics
Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. has been awarded a two-year, $1.4 million grant from National Cancer Institute under its SBIR Phase II Program...
Novartis announces clinical collaboration to evaluate Bristol-Myers Squibb’s novel immunotherapy in combination treatments for NSCLC
9 October 2014 | By Novartis
Novartis announced that it has entered into a clinical collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of three molecularly targeted compounds in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s investigational PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, Opdivo® (nivolumab)...
New study shows UK public are largely unaware of stem cells as the potential uses are still being realised
9 October 2014 | By On Broadcast
18 years since the first cord blood transplants were performed in the UK, public knowledge on this life-saving process is still sorely lacking. A study of over 4,000 people found that nearly a third (32%) of Britons did not know you can store umbilical cord blood and tissue, while the…
