Collaboration - December 18, 2018
Novo Nordisk and Staten Biotechnology collaborate
Staten Biotechnology and Novo Nordisk have announced that they have entered into a collaboration and exclusive option agreement to develop novel therapeutics for the treatment of hypertriglyceridaemia. Under the collaboration agreement, Novo Nordisk will provide research and development (R&D) funding and support for Staten to develop its lead asset STT-5058 for treatment of dyslipidaemia. “Novo […]
Collaboration - December 14, 2018
Thinking outside the box in Umeå
If any city could lay claim to the title of Sweden’s intellectual capital, Umeå would be it. Located in northeastern Sweden and home to about 120 000 people - and growing – Umeå made its mark in the life sciences’ field in the 1980s with work in molecular biology. That research drew the attention of […]
Collaboration - December 11, 2018
AstraZeneca and Chalmers Ventures enter partnership
Through the new partnership AstraZeneca will become a Knowledge Partner to Chalmers Ventures and selected startups from Chalmers Venture’s portfolio will get the opportunity to receive counselling from AstraZeneca’s mentor program AZ Exchange Mentoring. “This setup is both an important and a fun step forward for us as an incubator and accelerator,” says Linnéa Lindau, CEO […]
Collaboration - December 10, 2018
AstraZeneca and Cancer Research UK launch functional genomics centre
AstraZeneca announces a new collaboration with Cancer Research UK to launch a centre of excellence in genetic screening, cancer modelling and big data processing aimed at accelerating the discovery of new cancer medicines. The Functional Genomics Centre will further develop CRISPR technology to better understand the biology of cancer, creating biological models that may be more reflective […]
Collaboration - December 5, 2018
Evotec and LEO Pharma form drug discovery alliance
The new integrated drug discovery alliance’s goal is to generate new leads against innovative targets for a range of dermatological conditions and initially runs for two years. The collaboration leverages Evotec’s hit identification platform including the screening, structural biology and fragment-based drug design capabilities and expertise together with LEO Pharma’s drug development and advancing science in […]
Collaboration - November 27, 2018
BC Platforms and University of Nottingham create health data discovery platform
BC Platforms has entered into a research collaboration with the UK’s national biobanking platform in order to enable clinical and genetic data to be integrated, supported by the recently established Health Data Research UK; a research institute set up to help improve lives through better use of data. The biobanking platform – directory.biobankinguk.org – is […]
