The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved elinzanetant (branded as Lynkuet™) for the treatment of moderate to severe hot flushes and night sweats associated with menopause. These symptoms, also known as vasomotor symptoms, affect a significant proportion of women and can have a considerable impact on quality of life.
The Head of Research Data & Technology is fundamental to the continuing success of the NIHR BioResource. As part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) the role is actively involved in overall strategy and planning, along with providing expert advice to the SMT, Oversight Committees and the Director of the NIHR BioResource.
Research conducted by Pioneer Group in collaboration with Beauhurst into the UK life sciences landscape reveals a growing trend of investment into more mature companies. The report also highlights a persistent regional imbalance, with ‘Golden Triangle’ university spinouts attracting significantly more funding than those elsewhere.
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Cambridge, UK – 4 August 2025: Microbiotica, a clinical-stage biopharma company developing a pipeline of oral precision microbiome medicines called live biotherapeutic products (LBPs), announces that patient recruitment is complete in its Phase 1b First-in-Human trial, COMPOSER-1, of MB310 in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients.
This international trial has recruited 29 adult patients at clinical centres in the UK, Austria, Bulgaria, Poland and Spain. Initial results are expected by the end of 2025.
RxBiologics has an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated scientist to join us and help develop our services to support our growing client base. The position is based within the RxBiologics team, working at the Babraham Research Campus, a leading site within the Cambridge biotechnology hub.
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EMBL-EBI and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute share the Wellcome Genome Campus. This proximity fosters close collaborations and contributes to an international and vibrant campus environment. Researchers are supported by easy access to scientific expertise, well-equipped facilities and an active seminar programme.
The EMBL-EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral (ESPOD) Programme builds on the strong collaborative relationship between the two institutes, offering projects which combine experimental (wet lab) and computational approaches.
In an article in Pharmexec, May 2024, the author identified seven essential attributes that investors look for before investing in Life Sciences. Among the seven was a “proven management team”. And this was described as “paramount”.
I remembered seeing something similar in Excedr’s online piece on ‘Top VC Firms for Biotech in 2024: Supporting Innovation & Growth’, where they cited “fostering a strong management team” as “the biggest factor that smart investors consider”.
