Drug Discovery

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How Hazel Jones is charting new horizons in genomics

By Isabel Cameron

Hazel Jones is the interim CEO and chief operations officer at Enhanc3D Genomics. We sat down with her to discuss her leap of faith into 3D genomics, and how she is scaling the business and driving operational change.

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What innovations are reshaping the pharma services sector?

By Isabel Cameron

We sat down with Jay Ferguson, director at Houlihan Lokey's Healthcare Group, to discuss why he views the pharma services sector as a highly promising investment opportunity. He outlines his prediction that a confluence of tailwinds is set to sustain...

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Kuano raises £1.8 million to accelerate quantum drug discovery

By Isabel Cameron

Kuano, a drug discovery company combining quantum mechanics with AI, has announced the close of its £1.8 million seed funding round, led by Mercia Ventures, and including ACF Investors, Ascension Ventures, o2h Ventures, Meltwind Advisory LLP, and other...

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BenevolentAI progresses BEN-34712 for ALS treatment

By Isabel Cameron

BenevolentAI, a clinical-stage AI development company, has announced the successful delivery of its pre-clinical candidate for the potential treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), BEN-34712.

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Adcendo raises $34 million to fund ADC treatments for sarcoma

By Jonathan Smith


The Danish biotech Adcendo has bagged a Series A extension round of €31 million ($33.8 million), taking its Series A winnings so far to €82 million ($89.5 million). The round will bankroll the development of Adcendo’s pipeline of antibody-drug...

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BigHat Biosciences enters AI research collaboration with Merck

By Rachel Arthur

BigHat Biosciences, a US biotech with a machine learning-guided antibody discovery and development platform, has announced a collaboration with Merck to apply its technology to design candidates for up to three drug discovery programs.