Tag Archive for: life sciences

The ‘must-attend’ Healthcare conferences Autumn / Winter 2024

With the summer holidays drawing to a close, now is the time to be organising your conference calendar to maximise the opportunities these major events in life sciences present. Secure your travel and accommodation while prices are attractive, and availability is high.  As an official partner to many of the top events, Optimum is pleased […]

Weekly wrap-up: Novo Holdings leads $105 million financing of Magenta Medical to support FDA approval for world’s smallest heart pump

Novo Holdings, a leading life science investor, on Tuesday announced that it has led a $105 million financing in Magenta Medical, developer of the Elevate™ System, the world’s smallest heart pump. The financing will be used to advance the company’s US clinical programs in multiple mechanical circulatory support (MCS) indications and to secure the first […]

Death cap poison: the latest weapon in the fight against cancer

The death cap mushroom is feared throughout much of the world because of the deadly toxin it contains, amanitin. But could the poison reputedly used by Agrippina to murder her husband, the Roman emperor Claudius, be used to destroy cancer, asks Richard Staines. Known to modern science as an inhibitor of RNA polymerase II, alpha-Amanitin […]

ON Helix Conference | 4th July 2024

Optimum is a proud sponsor of ON Helix. This one-day conference will address key bio innovation trends, from developments in life science and technology research to their translation into new diagnostics, prevention tools or treatments. Delegates and Supporters will connect with the One Nucleus network to explore New Horizons for Bio Innovation. ON Helix Key […]

Poolbeg Pharma – Results for the year ended 31 December 2023

Significant pipeline advancements Strategic expansion into cancer immunotherapy-induced CRS unlocking a market opportunity exceeding US$10Bn Key senior management hires 30 April 2024 – Poolbeg Pharma (AIM: POLB, OTCQB: POLBF, ‘Poolbeg’ or the ‘Company’), a biopharmaceutical company focussed on the development and commercialisation of innovative medicines targeting diseases with a high unmet medical need, announces its audited results for the […]