Although Zealand Pharma has been around for 23 years, it has made rapid progress since French national Emmanuel Dulac took the helm as president and CEO in April 2019, with a first new drug application (NDA) and approval, a first…
A roundup of the latest news from European biotech, including BioNTech and CureVac’s German vaccine manufacturing deal; the revival of Valneva’s plans to manufacture its vaccine in Scotland; and Morphosys’…
A rundown of five things to know about the healthcare and life sciences industry in Catalonia. Nestled in Northeastern Spain and bordering France, Catalonia’s capital and largest city is Barcelona.…
Luca Benatti, one of Italian biotech’s most notable entrepreneurs, outlines some of the key challenges of starting a biotech company in Europe, highlights how these barriers can be overcome, and…
Dr Vincent Forster of Versantis, a Swiss biotech aiming to develop a new generation of liver disease therapeutics and diagnostics, introduces the company’s foundation story, proprietary technology, and future development goals. As a start-up company, we try to work in a very lean and dynamic way with a small team that leverages the expertise and support of external partners…
AseBio is the association promoting the development of the Spanish biotechnology industry. Its general manager, Ion Arocena, lays out the main priorities for the country’s sector, including the need to…
The BioInnovation Institute (BII) is an initiative from the Novo Nordisk Foundation which aims to support entrepreneurial researchers and early-stage life science start-ups with up to DKK 18 million in…
While Spain’s scientific infrastructure has long been hailed as world-class, the southern European nation has often struggled to translate its excellent science into viable commercial companies. However, a growing cadre…
Speaking recently to PharmaBoardoom, Assobiotec’s Leonardo Vingiani introduced the key dynamics shaping the Italian biotech industry today and the issues it still has to overcome to become truly globally competitive.…
With advances in technology, an increasing number of stable peptide-based therapeutics are being brought to market today across a wide range of therapeutic areas. Through expert insight, we explain why…
Soon after reaching its 60th anniversary, in 2015, the largest hospital in Catalonia and a group of sister institutions began working on the creation of a new type of campus.…
Europe lags behind the US in terms of biotech success stories, but one company bucking that trend is Denmark-headquartered Genmab, with a market cap of over USD 25 billion. Dual-listed…
At the recent FT webinar, ‘Supporting Pharma Innovation in Europe’, high-level representatives from Roche, Bayer, and the European Commission weighed in on how European pharma’s competitive position on innovation is…
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