Biotech news
Pharma
Novartis has created a platform called Nerve Live that will tap into its “huge data pool” in order to aid drug development. 3 July 2018
Americas
Holland & Hart has added Loren Hulse as a partner to the firm’s Salt Lake City office. 2 July 2018
Pharma
Mathys & Squire has added Peter Arch and Craig Titmus to the firm’s partnership. 29 June 2018
Americas
The US is leading the way in synthetic biology patent filings, according to a report released earlier this month from patent search software company PatSnap. 28 June 2018
Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted ERS Genomics its first US patent covering the use of CRISPR/Cas9 technology for gene editing. 20 June 2018
Americas
Switzerland-based Roche has agreed to pay $2.4 billion to acquire the remainder of Foundation Medicine, a molecular and genomic analysis company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 20 June 2018
Biotech
Germany-based drug discovery company Evotec has signed a deal to acquire most of Sanofi’s infectious disease unit. 19 June 2018
Americas
Clinical technology company Medidata has bought Shyft Analytics, a cloud data analytics platform, for $195 million. 13 June 2018
Americas
The healthcare industry and governments around the world are turning to precision medicine as an opportunity and a potential saviour. Daniel Lim of Kirkland & Ellis discusses the issues around translating the promise of precision medicine into real world clinical practice. 13 June 2018
Americas
China-based pharmaceutical technology company WuXi AppTec has partnered with artificial intelligence specialist Insilico Medicine to integrate Insilico’s AI technology with WuXi’s laboratory infrastructure. 13 June 2018