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How business models shaped our current drug development trends

Written by ALB on Tuesday 17 December 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags finance, drug discovery, vc views.

With the soaring cost of drugs for rare indications, many biotech and pharmaceutical companies are focusing R&D efforts on orphan diseases. Will the pendulum swing back towards more common maladie…

Magic mushrooms in modern medicine

Written by Guest Author on Tuesday 26 November 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags neurology, drug discovery, vc views.

More than 75 years after the initial discovery of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin and other natural psychoactive drugs, and their initial exploitation by the western pharma industry, …

Mining the microbiome for sustainable agriculture solutions

Written by ALB on Thursday 24 October 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags agriculture, microbiology, vc views.

In this month’s VC Views article we take a look at Aphea.Bio, a V-Bio Ventures portfolio company. This startup is developing microbiome products for improved crop growth and pest protection, using…

Closing the gender gap in biotech funding: a follow-up study

Written by Guest Author on Tuesday 24 September 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags finance, vision / opinion / people, vc views.

In this follow-up to a previous VC Views article, V-Bio Ventures takes a look at several questions that were generated by readers. The VC firm carried out a study of the gender composition of inve…

The million-dollar question: How much do you charge for a lifesaving drug?

Written by Guest Author on Monday 26 August 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags finance, gene therapy, vc views.

The newest generation of ground-breaking gene therapy drugs, Zolgensma and Zynteglo, come with eye-catching price tags of more than a million dollars per treatment. Is the pharma industry reckless…

How do we reduce the high cost of clinical trials?

Written by Guest Author on Thursday 18 July 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags finance, clinical trials, vc views.

Drug development is an exorbitantly expensive endeavor. A large expense factor for developing a new therapy is the high cost of conducting clinical trials. Why are clinical trials so insanely expe…

Betting big on blood screens for early cancer detection

Written by Guest Author on Thursday 27 June 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags finance, cancer, vc views.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) just held their annual gathering in Chicago. The event coincided with some interesting new developments in the field of early cancer detection, as …

OCTIMET Oncology tackling cancer with a new captain at the helm

Written by ALB on Wednesday 29 May 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags cancer, startup, vc views.

In this VC Views article, V-Bio Ventures introduces one of their portfolio companies, OCTIMET. This Belgian oncology startup just added a new member to its executive team, with the appointment of …

Cultured meat, plant-based patties and bug burgers: VCs are backing protein alternatives

Written by Guest Author on Tuesday 16 April 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags finance, food.

When it comes to food, our key sources of nutrition haven’t changed much in the last ten thousand years. Though hyped-up food trends and diets come and go, our ancestors established the status quo…

Closing the gender gap in biotech funding

Written by Guest Author on Tuesday 19 March 2019 in the category VC Views with the tags finance, vision / opinion / people, vc views.

Companies with a good gender balance consistently outperform those with only men in their management teams. Yet despite this, start-ups with female founders and management team members are consist…

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How business models shaped our current drug development trends

Magic mushrooms in modern medicine

Mining the microbiome for sustainable agriculture solutions

Closing the gender gap in biotech funding: a follow-up study

The million-dollar question: How much do you charge for a lifesaving drug?

How do we reduce the high cost of clinical trials?

Betting big on blood screens for early cancer detection

OCTIMET Oncology tackling cancer with a new captain at the helm

Cultured meat, plant-based patties and bug burgers: VCs are backing protein alternatives

Closing the gender gap in biotech funding

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