A decade ago, the news about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch went viral. Since then, a multitude of startups proliferated on a mission to create ecological alternatives to the ubiquitous fossil-based plastics. At ECBF, we are closely monitoring the emerging materials for packaging applications, by far the main use case of plastics.
Rewind Therapeutics extends Series A financing
Latest NewsWith Sunstone Life Siences A/S as a new investor, Belgian remyelination specialist Rewind Therapeutics has increased its 2018 Series A funding.
New polymer can stop biofilm formation
Latest NewsBritish researchers have created a new polymer material that may help to prevent urinary tract infections caused by catheters
Henkel buys FDCA from Avantium NV
Latest NewsBioplastics specialist Avantium N.V. has inked a 5-year agreement to supply Henkel with plant sugar based furandicarboxylic acid , a building block of PEF bioplastics.
Ultra-low freezers: Stability of cancer biomarkers
BackgroundMaintaining the integrity of tumour biomarkers during processing and storage is of great importance for the accurate diagnosis and prognosis of many diseases, including cancers. To safely store samples for research or clinical uses, freezing procedures are used to arrest the degradation of biomarkers. However, the stability of these molecules depends upon long-term storage conditions.
New partnerships push InDevR for Series B financing
Latest NewsInDevR Inc., a provider of analytical technologies for vaccines and biotherapeutics, has raised $9m in Series B financing.
Vésale Bioscience wins R&D grant
Latest NewsPhage therapy specialist Vésale Bioscience gas bageds €1.8m from European Innovation Council (EIC) to fight antibiotic resistance (AMR).
Its on: the race for sustainable packaging
BackgroundA decade ago, the news about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch went viral. Since then, a multitude of startups proliferated on a mission to create ecological alternatives to the ubiquitous fossil-based plastics. At ECBF, we are closely monitoring the emerging materials for packaging applications, by far the main use case of plastics.
Abionyx Pharma announces success in fighting sepsis-triggered AKI
Latest NewsAbionyx Pharma SA has announced positive data from Phase IIa testing of iCER-001, a recombinant apoA-I, as a treatment for septic patients at high risk of developing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
BioNTech bags Instadeep for £562m
Latest NewsBioNTech SE will pay £562m in cash to acquire its former partner InstaDeep Ltd. to expand its capabilities in AI-based drug discovery.
At the interface of AI, healthcare, and data science
BackgroundThe AI Health Innovation Cluster is bringing together leading scientists at the interface
of artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare, and data science. The goal is to combine and further develop the outstanding research networks and infrastructures in modern health data sciences that have emerged in the Rhine-Neckar region in Germany in recent years.