Turning Science into Business

DDW’s Diana Spencer speaks to Peter Hamley, Chief Scientific Officer of Samsara Therapeutics, to understand the role autophagy plays in neurodegenerative diseases and how boosting this process could increase healthspan. DS: Samsara’s autophagy inducing candidate SAM001 will be the first agent of its class to enter clinical trials. What is autophagy? How does SAM001 work? […]

DDW’s Reece Armstrong speaks to Hendrik Streefkerk, Chief Medical Officer and Drug Safety Officer of CellProthera about the company’s cell therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and why regenerative medicine could be key to treating cardiac diseases.   Based in France, CellProthera is a small, regenerative cell therapy developer that specialises in cardiovascular diseases. The […]

DDW’s Diana Spencer chats to Macomics’ co-founder and VP Immunology Dr Luca Cassetta about the company’s approach to tumour suppression and the challenges of launching a new business in early 2020. DS: Congratulations on the publication of your discoveries in Nature Reviews Cancer. Your studies focus on tumour associated macrophages (TAMs). What role do they play in the tumour microenvironment (TME)? LC: […]

From humble beginnings in the founder’s basement, UK-based Aptamer Group is now supplying its Optimer binders to clients across big pharma. DDW’s Diana Spencer caught up with co-founder and CEO Dr Arron Tolley. DS: What motivated you and Dr David Bunka, CTO, to create Aptamer and did you imagine you would one day be operating on […]

New kids on the block, Atomic AI, recently closed a $35 million series A financing. DDW’s Diana Spencer speaks to Raphael Townshend PhD, Founder and CEO of Atomic AI, about the company’s successes so far, plans for the future and the unique approach of combining RNA structural biology and AI models.  DS: Congratulations on closing a […]