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  • Surgery Hero's leadership team
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    LifeArc Ventures invests in Surgery Hero, world’s first digital coaching clinic for patients

    Seed funding will be used to scale the solution through the application of machine learning

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    AbbVie acquires LifeArc portfolio company DJS Antibodies

    AbbVie will pay DJS shareholders approximately $255 million in cash at closing for the acquisition of DJS

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  • Microbiology, technician working with bacteria strains
    News releases

    LifeArc joins forces with Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Medicines Discovery Catapult to strengthen antimicrobial discovery efforts

    Pivotal partnership seeks to transform Cystic Fibrosis research 

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  • Eczema dermatitis on hands and feet.
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    LifeArc portfolio company Ducentis BioTherapeutics acquired by Arcutis Biotherapeutics for up to $400 million

    First exit for LifeArc Ventures, the largest investor in Ducentis, recognising the transformational potential of its science

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  • Escherichia Coli (E. Coli.) cells or bacteria under microscope
    News releases

    LifeArc helps create new MRC spin-out company

    The new company aims to re-programme microbes to enable new materials to be produced – such as drugs and biodegradable…

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  • Woman and child waling into the entrance of the Great Ormond Street Hospital
    News releases

    Driving translational research into childhood rare diseases

    Four grants awarded to projects that aim to translate research discoveries into benefits for children affected by rare diseases

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  • David Setters, who is living with MND
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    New £4.25 million grant kick starts UK-wide collaborative research effort to end motor neuron disease

    Collaboration will work together to find solutions to MND within years, not decades

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  • Older patient with carer
    News releases

    New £30 million translational partnership will accelerate development of new treatments for people with dementia

    Funding will accelerate development of new diagnostic tests, treatments, and devices for people with dementia.

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  • Scientist in the antibody humanisation lab at LifeArc
    News releases

    Promising new asthma medicine ready to enter early clinical trials

    LifeArc scientists instrumental to the development of the world’s first anti-IL17BR antibody, now being trialled as a treatment for severe…

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  • News releases

    LifeArc co-founded company RQ Bio signs licensing agreement with AstraZeneca worth up to $157m plus royalties for monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

    LONDON, UK, 17 May 2022 — LifeArc today announced that RQ Biotechnology Ltd (RQ Bio), a company it co-founded, has…

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  • Maree-Todd headshot
    News releases

    LifeArc and Scottish Government work together to drive Scottish research into rare diseases

    LifeArc and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) for the Scottish Government have today jointly awarded a total of £300,000 to…

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  • DNA molecule spiral with unique connection. 3d rendered illustration
    News releases

    Study reveals gene faults underpinning severe COVID-19

    The study paves the way for new tests and treatments to protect people from infection.

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