Tag Archive for: Healthcare

Weekly Roundup: Running Into September

New Copenhagen facility to strengthen Europe’s quantum manufacturing capabilities On Friday, Quantum Foundry Copenhagen and the Novo Nordisk Foundation announced plans to establish a new 5,300 m² quantum chip fabrication facility in Copenhagen. The facility will develop and scale the advanced manufacturing equipment needed to produce the next generation of quantum chips and strengthen Europe’s […]

Sector updates in August

  Investment funds  Reach Capital raised $265M for its Fund V dedicated to supporting early-stage companies pioneering AI applications including health  Investors   Bryan Faust appointed Investment Director at Roche Venture Fund   Gabriela Ecco appointed Investment Director at Roche Venture Fund   Fidah Alsagoff appointed Executive Partner and Head of Global Initiatives at Flagship Pioneering   Analysts/Banking  Emily […]

Hot Topic: Who do you trust – man or machine?

Last month I went to Copenhagen for the LSX Nordic conference, which was great. The metro ride from the airport to the city centre in a driverless train was a novelty for me, as tube trains on the London Underground all have drivers. I thought no more about it. What if, though, the aeroplane in […]

Hot Topic: Lilly’s big investment into vaccines

 ARE vaccines coming in from the cold? That’s the question this week after Eli Lilly splashed out almost $4 billion on three vaccine biotechs, two of which are in the early stage of clinical development. All are developing jabs for or related to infectious diseases. Why’s this a big deal? Because everyone knows that […]

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