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British drug-delivery company Phoqus blamed "unfavourable market" conditions for meeting only its minimum target of £10 million in its initial public offering.

A spin-out from Sheffield University and Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research says it has created a compound using carbon monoxide that could save lives by helping with organ transplants.

A spin-out from Sheffield that uses stem cells to help with conventional drug discovery is looking for investment to continue pre-clinical research on therapeutic applications and business development activities.

UK-based AMDG's monitor for early detection of heart conditions particularly associated with diabetics is already selling in Germany. Now the company is now looking for support to enter into the US market.

The Cambridge-based company a.gain medical says it has invented the world's first urethral sensor for women – and is looking for further investment.

For her latest fortnightly funding column, Mary Lisbeth D'Amico set out to find European seed funders. That was as easy as finding a needle in a haystack.

Reports of incubators' demise were premature

The University of Cambridge is considering whether to make more cash available to invest in campus spin-off companies. And whatever decision it makes will come in for criticism…

Nuala Moran takes a behind-the-scenes look at the strategies involved in Europe's biggest patent victory in years.

After the initial hype, the long haul through clinical development and the inevitable pitfalls, gene therapy is on the verge of becoming a commercial reality in Europe - ahead of the US.