The key to innovation is seeing opportunity in unlikely places. For Antibe Therapeutics, the place is a cloud of noxious gas; the prize is a new generation of painkillers. In the wake of the opioid crisis, there is an urgent need for safer analgesics. Almost one-in-10 Canadians prescribed opioid medications report problematic use. Meanwhile, non-addictive […]
As the chairman of flanders.bio, an ex-CEO of four (4) start-up companies and an investor in the biotech scene in Europe, my heart and soul lie with Biotech. I have seen the Biotech landscape in Flanders grow to the absolute top in Europe. It is not without reason that the 2021 McKinsey study proclaimed Flanders
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Open Bionics is a Bristol-based robotics company working with global partners like Disney, Konami, Fox, and Eidos-Montréal to turn disabilities into superpowers. Founded by Samantha Payne MBE and Joel Gibbard MBE in 2014, the company has won over 30 engineering and innovation awards including two British Engineering Excellence awards and the global Robotics For Good
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iBET was founded in 1989 by a team of visionaries to explore the potential of creating bridges between academia and industry to stimulate economic growth and social development. At iBET, science and technology are exploited to accelerate the translation of competences from early stage research to the economy. Our mission is to innovate, to
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Cell and Gene therapies are a transformative new category of medicines, with the potential to treat, and even cure many complex, rare, life-limiting, or previously untreatable diseases. Cell and gene therapies are different to “traditional” medicines, and as such have unique manufacturing needs. Many cell therapies for example can involve extracting cells from a patient
Pawsperity Biotechnologies is enhancing veterinary care of companion animals with innovative molecular diagnostic tools that enable precision healthcare. Our driving vision is to tailor healthcare to each of our unique companion cats and dogs. Leveraging core skills in high-throughput biology and artificial intelligence, we are identifying the many individual differences in the genes, molecular signals,
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the University of Florida (UF) is one of 11 departments within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. UF BME was established in 2002 and grew out of a program made possible by a grant from the Whitaker Foundation. In 2006 the department received a
Immunomind is a scientific consulting business established in 2018 to provide biotech companies with a means to get the job done in a streamlined fashion. The modern scientist has increasingly diverse roles to play and tight deadlines to face on a daily basis. Scientific consulting goes against the traditional grain of full-time permanent hiring but
Siebe Vanderzee is a global executive search consultant and performance coach. His clientele includes large multinationals corporations as well as medium sized companies, covering multiple industries. Siebe is a graduate of Thunderbird School of Global Management. During his career, he has lived and worked in 4 countries on 3 continents. Siebe has served as Honorary
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Such was the case with the Ottawa biomaterials startup, Spiderwort Inc., who can trace its origins back to something as simple as an apple. While researching biomaterials at the University of Ottawa, Spiderwort co-founders Andrew E. Pelling, Charles M. Cuerrier, and Daniel Modulevsky created a human ear using material from an apple. This demonstration spawned
The human body is an amazingly complex system, reliant on each component to work together for us to lead healthy lives.One of the most fascinating and fastest- growing frontiers in human health is that of the human microbiome. What if the power of the microbiome could be harnessed to provide new and innovative ways to
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We need faster and cheaper ways to discover life-saving medicines. The pharmaceutical industry spends $150+ billion a year on medical research (aka R&D) but only produces about 25 new medicines a year. Different approaches to pharmaceutical R&D are needed if we are to cure the thousands of remaining human diseases and make new treatments affordable
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PolarityTE is focused on transforming the lives of patients by discovering, designing, and developing a range of regenerative tissue products that mirror the natural healing processes in the human body. Our technology harnesses a patient’s own cells and redeploys them to allow the body to regenerate itself on the site of the defect. Built
The Missouri Cures Education Foundation is a statewide nonprofit public education and advocacy alliance working to promote medical advances to improve the health of Missourians and stimulate the economy so Missourians can look forward to a brighter and healthier future. Originally formed to protect stem-cell research in Missouri, Missouri Cures has broadened its mission to
BioSTL is St. Louis’ bioscience industry leader, driving a new innovation economy by building upon the region’s world-class medical and plant science, training entrepreneurs, investing in startups, building companies, establishing avenues to capital, providing free access to state-of-the-art labs, connecting globally, developing an inclusive workforce, and shaping sound public policy. Startups + Capital + People
The Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE) is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization located on the Kean University campus, established in 2014 by a team of respected executives and entrepreneurs to accelerate life science discoveries to improve human health, including new medicines, devices and transformative technologies. ILSE is a hub for hands-on entrepreneur support and
ELEVATOR PITCH Anyone well acquainted with Bristol will recognise the sign at the entrance to Stokes Croft. It’s an alarmingly apocalyptic countdown to the last harvest, and we don’t seem to have many years left of the clock. Humanity must increase food production by 70% to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050. We must
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ELEVATOR PITCH A nonprofit based and founded at the University of Central Florida, Limbitless Solutions develops personalized prosthetics, bionic limbs, and mobility devices for children and adults, free of charge. The company collaborates with experts from a variety of fields who share a vision of applying leading-edge research and development to the needs of people
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ELEVATOR PITCHOur company is making simple, yet profound changes to overlooked problems, starting with respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE). The N95 is used in both the basic and worst-case scenarios, from cleaning up around the house to full-scale quarantines. On top of that, the N95 is well known to have a significant leakage and induces
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THE CHALLENGEAccording to a recent Johns Hopkins study, more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other sources have the number almost twice as high. In fact, medical errors are the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. One of the root causes of the problem is
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Together, we make the difference. Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company with a unique strategy that leverages the reach and resources of a major pharma company and pairs it with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a biotech firm. We work every day to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail
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Situated in the Bangalore Helix Biotechnology Park, a developing biocluster at Electronic City, Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre’s (BBC) state-of-the-art incubation facilities are a crucial addition to the growing innovation culture of the city. It is part of an ambitious plan to nurture a biotech ecosystem and was created by the Karnataka Biotechnology and Information Technology Services
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Lauded as one of the most outstanding facilities of its kind in India, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) in Bengaluru plays a pivotal role in empowering entrepreneurs in deep science innovation through research, development, training and incubation. An initiative of the Dept of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, C-Camp has, since its establishment
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Biotech company Eyestem is working in the area of cell and gene therapy to cure two hitherto incurable diseases of the eye, macular degeneration which is the leading cause of blindness for people above 50, and retinitis pigmentosa, a key genetic cause of blindness in kids. “Eyestem aims to be the leading company in the space
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