Entries by Thomas Gabrielczyk

The CO2 opportunity

Although most people still view carbon dioxide (CO2) as a climate killer, industry is beginning to realise that CO2 could actually provide an abundant, low-cost feedstock for carbon-based processes. A number of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) schemes are evaluating the many different pathways that could play a role in the field in the future.

IPO pay off for French biotechs

Europe’s first gene therapy company has floated on Euronext: Gensight raised €40m in its IPO. And it is not the only French company that has taken the leap in an uncertain market climate – Alzheimer’s expert Pharnext also went public.

Biosimilars: A crippling lack of information

The US has opened the floodgates to cheaper versions of biologic medicines, and analysts predict that by 2020, bio­similar protein meds could seize a significant share of a projected €390bn market. That’s good news for national health services and insurers, which stand to save billions in payouts. As expensive biologics begin to go off-patent, competitors with knockoffs are planning their onslaughts. But for biosimilars to have a future, both physicians and patients have to be sold on the idea – and many of them remain uninformed and unconvinced. The field is at a crucial juncture.

TxCell licenses CAR-T tech

TxCell has jumped on its option for a licensing agreement with the Weizmann Institute of Science’s tech transfer arm after it was granted a far-reaching patent for redirected, genetically engineered T regulatory cells by the EPO.

INVIEW ONCOPANEL

GATC Biotech, a leading provider of advanced genome analysis and diagnostic services, launched today INVIEW ONCOPANEL, a comprehensive multigene cancer panel for solid tumour profiling.

Novozymes Biopharma’s recombinant human albumin

A novel ophthalmic solution from R-Tech Ueno (Tokyo, Japan) made using Novozymes Biopharma’s recombinant human albumin has recently obtained FDA approval to undergo Phase I/II clinical trials in the United States.