News and Press Releases

PEPITEM sequence shows effects in psoriasis, comparable to steroid cream

3 April 2025 -- Birmingham, UK -- Birmingham scientists have shown that a sequence of just three amino acids may reduce the severity of psoriasis, when applied topically in an...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 3, 2025

Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2TT

PEPITEM – a novel protective agent for inflammageing

18 July 2024 -- Birmingham, UK -- A naturally occurring peptide called PEPITEM could potentially rejuvenate the immune response in older individuals and protect against 'inflammageing', which is widely believed...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: July 18, 2024

Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2TT

CRISM Therapeutics Corp to continue pioneering R&D at PHTA following listing on the London Stock Exchange

11 June 2024 -- Birmingham, UK -- CRISM Therapeutics Corporation a UK-based pharmaceutical company focused on improving the clinical performance of cancer treatments for solid tumours, has raised £2.0m to...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 11, 2024

Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands

New high-throughput device to unlock the potential of advanced materials

7 May 2024 -- Birmingham, UK -- A Birmingham researcher has developed a new high-throughput device that produces libraries of nanomaterials, using sustainable mechanochemical approaches.  Dr Jason Stafford from the...

Category: BioManufacturing
Posted: May 7, 2024

Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2TT

How the Birmingham Drug Discovery Hub created an investment-ready ‘drug library’

18 April 2024 -- Birmingham, UK -- A novel approach to drug discovery is enabling University of Birmingham, UK, researchers to overcome the ‘valley of death’, where projects fail due...

Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: April 18, 2024

Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2TT