Financing - April 2, 2015
NEA Raising Investment Money
One of the largest venture capital players in the world, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), has raised $3.51 billion for two new “opportunities” funds, with as much as $900 million possibly becoming invested in the biotech sector, BioScience.com notes. The two new NEA vehicles surpass the industry standard setting $3 billion fund that Technology Crossover Ventures […]
Clinical Trials - April 2, 2015
Antipsychotic Trial Results Published
Results from a multicenter study evaluating the effects of the investigational compound brexpiprazole as monotherapy in adult patients with schizophrenia recently were published online by the American Journal of Psychiatry. Brexpiprazole is an investigational psychotropic compound discovered by Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Co., Ltd. and under co-development with Lundbeck. The study, “Efficacy and Safety of Brexpiprazole for […]
Uncategorized - April 2, 2015
Lönnberg Named Swedish Life Science Coordinator
Anders Lönnberg has been named the Swedish government’s national coordinator for life science. In his new position, scheduled to last eight months, Lönnberg will support the government’s life science work, including overseeing a group of experts from various areas of the life science sector. He also will address issues raised by the National Innovation Council, […]
Collaboration - April 1, 2015
Medicon Valley, U.S. Cluster Partner
The Medicon Valley group, which includes Copenhagen, the capital and Zealand regions of Denmark and the Skåne region in Sweden, has entered a partnership with the Massachusetts (U.S.) Life Science Cluster (MLSC) to develop new drugs and healthcare technology. Among the projects is an effort to develop a new drug for prostate cancer, which is […]
Uncategorized - April 1, 2015
Cheese Is Good For You
Scientists from Aarhus University have tracked down the reason why the French can drink red wine, eat lots of cheese and baguettes and still have a relatively low level of cardiovascular disease. It’s the cheese. The results are from a research project that postdoc Morten Rahr Clausen from the Department of Food Science at Aarhus […]
Uncategorized - April 1, 2015
Using Heart Rate Variability
Heart rate analytics technology developed by Firstbeat measures heart rate variability, which can be part of digital models of users’ physiology. The analytics provide data on different body functions. The model helps to turn heart rate data into personalized feedback on users’ wellbeing and performance and helps them to better understand their bodies, according to Firstbeat […]
