The much-discussed digital transformation in the healthcare sector is in full swing. European Biotechnology spoke with Dr. Sabrina Graf, COO of the globally active Tenthpin Group, about how the right software can improve quality management, keep the system landscape lean, and safe both, time and money.
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University of Oxford spinout Brainomix Ltd has closed a £14m Series C round to advance its commercial expansion in the US. Funding will also support clinical uptake of its AI imaging technology in stroke and lung fibrosis.
The Dutch-Swiss company with operations also in Zurich, Switzerland, has raised US$73m in a Series B and will continue to expand its AI research, sales, and operations teams. The new announcement comes around a year after raising €21.92m in a Series A funding round.
Biotech CSOs, CDMOs, CROs, lab specialists and AI developers gave an in-depth insight into next-generation antibody-based therapies to about 1,500 attendees at the 16th PEGS Europe in Barcelona. Several new formats are expected to enter the market in the next few years, promising to significantly reduce the side effects of CAR-Ts, bispecific antibodies, ADCs, etc. and improve their efficacy.
Digital pathology specialist AIgnostics GmbH has topped up its cash position to US$55m with a US$34m Series B financing. The money will be used to optimise the company’s RudolfV Foundation Model and to develop and offer new services for target and biomarker identification selection, particularly in the US pharma market.
Swiss Ikerian AG’s US-subsidiary, RetinAI U.S. Inc. has announced the first close of an CHF6.73m Series B financing with new and existing investors to advance its AI-based image analysis platform alongside a strategic partnership.
German antibody specialist YUMAB GmbH has inked a collaboration agreement with Japanese MOLCURE Inc aimed at using the company’s zero-shot AI technology for antibody discovery.
Sino Biological, a leading recombinant protein production company, is pleased to announce an expansion of its strategic partnership with BioGeometry, a pioneer in digital biology. This collaboration brings together Sino Biological’s advanced protein expression and wet-lab capabilities with BioGeometry’s generative AI protein design and optimization platform. The two companies aim to enhance their joint offerings and explore high-value market opportunities globally.
Danish AI expert Francesco Pesce and collegues have expanded the toolbox for computational protein design. Their new algorithm will facilitate the design of proteins whose functions exploit the many properties afforded by protein disorder.
A brand-new AI analysis of 1,500 climate policies across 41 countries between 1998 and 2022 reveals that only 4% achieved significant emission reductions.