# Pharma

Causaly raises $60m Series B to give scientists instant access to 'all of biology'
News
July 13, 2023
Causaly raises $60m Series B to give scientists instant access to 'all of biology'
The startup's AI tool can make connections between 35m research papers to answer queries that could take researchers months to find manually
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Inside Europe’s largest cannabis manufacturing facility
Places
September 12, 2022
Inside Europe’s largest cannabis manufacturing facility
Somai Pharmaceuticals' 3,800m² facility has been built to satisfy Europe’s growing appetite for the herb
Tim Smith
The Sifted Podcast: Magic mushrooms and startup spiritualism
Podcast
November 26, 2021
The Sifted Podcast: Magic mushrooms and startup spiritualism
Just how big is the psychedelics sector? Click here for nice graphs and The Sifted Podcast episode two.
The Sifted Podcast Team
AI-assisted biotech startup Owkin becomes latest French unicorn
News
November 18, 2021
AI-assisted biotech startup Owkin becomes latest French unicorn
$180m investment from Sanofi shows pharma companies are taking AI tools seriously.
Maija Palmer
Healthtech in 2021 — in 6 charts
Analysis
April 15, 2021
Healthtech in 2021 — in 6 charts
From greater integration of healthtech to its five key subsectors, we've read the latest Dealroom report on healthtech so you don't have to.
Isabella Pojuner
Exscientia raises $100m to build automated drug-hunting platform
News
March 4, 2021
Exscientia raises $100m to build automated drug-hunting platform
The Oxford AI drug discovery company says it can cut down the time of finding new drugs to 6 months with a new automated system.
Maija Palmer
Never mind DeepMind — this London startup is explaining how proteins behave
News
January 8, 2021
Never mind DeepMind — this London startup is explaining how proteins behave
Peptone uses computational molecular physics to help pharma companies understand how protein-based drugs will work.
Maija Palmer
BioNTech: the German biotech behind the coronavirus vaccine
News
November 10, 2020
BioNTech: the German biotech behind the coronavirus vaccine
Founded by migrants to Germany and funded by US and Asian investors: BioNTech is a classic European startup story
Freya Pratty
Why we still won’t be prepared for the next pandemic
Opinion
August 12, 2020
Why we still won’t be prepared for the next pandemic
We need a new funding model for drug discovery.
Dmitry Kuzmin
Four new studies show AI-discovered rheumatoid drug could treat Covid-19
News
July 3, 2020
Four new studies show AI-discovered rheumatoid drug could treat Covid-19
If baricitinib is proven effective it will be a boost for drug discovery firm Benevolent AI.
Maija Palmer
Are psychedelic drugs headed for the mainstream?
News
June 30, 2020
Are psychedelic drugs headed for the mainstream?
Beckley Psytech has raised £3m to turn psychedelic compounds into depression treatments.
Amy Lewin
How AI is finding drugs to treat coronavirus
Analysis
April 15, 2020
How AI is finding drugs to treat coronavirus
Artificial intelligence companies are helping speed up the process of discovering which drugs — existing or new — can be used to treat coronavirus.
Maija Palmer
Coronavirus: Which startups are winning and losing?
Analysis
March 24, 2020
Coronavirus: Which startups are winning and losing?
Europe’s founders on how coronavirus has shaken their plans.
Kitty Knowles
From robots to AI drugs, here are six tech startups fighting coronavirus
Analysis
March 2, 2020
From robots to AI drugs, here are six tech startups fighting coronavirus
Six founders talk about their cornavirus-fighting tech.
Kitty Knowles
European tech events ploughing ahead despite coronavirus fears
News
February 24, 2020
European tech events ploughing ahead despite coronavirus fears
Mobile World Congress may have been called off, but OurCrowd Summit, one of the biggest conferences in the Middle East, went ahead as planned.
Sam Shead
“Bigger than DNA” — how AI is transforming the pharma industry
Analysis
February 17, 2020
“Bigger than DNA” — how AI is transforming the pharma industry
Artificial intelligence can get new drugs to clinical trials 5x faster and could bring down industry costs by 30%.
Maija Palmer and Kit Gillet
Escaping the grasp of Big Pharma — how one Nordic life science startup is carving its own route
Analysis
October 8, 2019
Escaping the grasp of Big Pharma — how one Nordic life science startup is carving its own route
With investors giving medtech startups the shoulder, founders turn to the stock exchange or Big Pharma to survive. Sigrid Therapeutics has found a different path.
Mimi Billing
Cannabis queen takes on big pharma
Analysis
March 8, 2019
Cannabis queen takes on big pharma
Entrepreneur Alexandra Chong is taking her "natural" and "sun-grown" medical cannabis to Europe — but can she beat big pharma?
Carly Minsky

# Pharma

Causaly raises $60m Series B to give scientists instant access to 'all of biology'

Inside Europe’s largest cannabis manufacturing facility

The Sifted Podcast: Magic mushrooms and startup spiritualism

AI-assisted biotech startup Owkin becomes latest French unicorn

Healthtech in 2021 — in 6 charts

Exscientia raises $100m to build automated drug-hunting platform

Never mind DeepMind — this London startup is explaining how proteins behave

BioNTech: the German biotech behind the coronavirus vaccine

Why we still won’t be prepared for the next pandemic

Four new studies show AI-discovered rheumatoid drug could treat Covid-19

Are psychedelic drugs headed for the mainstream?

How AI is finding drugs to treat coronavirus

Coronavirus: Which startups are winning and losing?

From robots to AI drugs, here are six tech startups fighting coronavirus

European tech events ploughing ahead despite coronavirus fears

“Bigger than DNA” — how AI is transforming the pharma industry

Escaping the grasp of Big Pharma — how one Nordic life science startup is carving its own route

Cannabis queen takes on big pharma