Tag Archive for: life sciences

Mapping out the top life science conferences to attend in the next 6 months

Will we see you there? The Optimum team has taken a moment to map out the top life science conferences to attend in the next six months. Believe it or not, now is the time to be organising your 2025 conference calendar to maximise the opportunities these major life sciences events present. Secure your travel […]

Sofinnova Partners appoints Karl Naegler as Partner

Seasoned investor with 20 years of experience and a strong track record strengthens VC’s leadership in early-stage life science investments PARIS, France – September 10, 2024 — Sofinnova Partners (“Sofinnova”), a leading European venture capital firm in life sciences, based in Paris, London, and Milan, announced the appointment of Karl Naegler as Partner. This strategic hire also […]

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 […]