News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Scribe Therapeutics enters into agreement with Sanofi for use of its CRISPR technologies Scribe Therapeutics has entered into an agreement with Sanofi which will allow Sanofi use of its CRISPR genome editing technologies. Scribe Therapeutics’ custom genome editing and delivery tools called CasX-Editors (XE) based on foundations such as the CasX enzyme will enable genetic modification of natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer and will support Sanofi’s […] September 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Optics11 Life receives €5 million in funding for drug development and rollout of products Expanded offerings for drug development and regenerative medicines will be the focus of €5 million ($4.8 million) funding raised by Optics11 Life. The funding from Forward.ONE and returning investor, Value Creation Capital, was announced today (September 28) and will support the rollout of new products applying the company’s technology for experiments at scale requiring high-throughput […] September 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Project to tackle biodiversity crisis using the power of DNA data and genomics launched A project to tackle the biodiversity crisis using DNA data, genomic science that will fundamentally change conservation science and policy has been launched by European experts. The new pan-European Biodiversity Genomic Europe (BGE) consortium was made public day (September 28) is leading the way with this large-scale application of genomic science. Impacts are predicted to […] September 28, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Pheon Therapeutics launches with $68M in series A funding for treatment of solid tumors Pheon Therapeutics launched today (September 28) following the closing of a $68 million series A funding back in March. The investment will allow antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) specialist Pheon to advance its lead ADC program to clinical proof-of-concept and establish of novel ADCs. The financing was led by Brandon Capital, Forbion and Atlas Venture, with participation […] September 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Cleara Biotech closes $2.5M seed financing round to progress senescence treatment Cleara Biotech has closed a $2.5 million seed financing round that it will use for progress its compounds toward clinical development. The company that develops therapies for treating different pathologies of scarred cellular senescence including late-stage cancer and chronic diseases made the announcement yesterday (September 27). The financing round earlier in the year was led […] September 28, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 27 Sep 2022 Protocol for treatment of neurotrophic keratopathy submitted to FDA by ReGenTree Protocol for a second phase 3 clinical trial for a treatment for neurotrophic keratopathy (NK) – a degenerative disease of the corneal epithelium resulting from impaired corneal innervation, has been submitted. RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals reported that its U.S. joint venture partner and licensee, HLB Therapeutics, together called ReGenTree, made the submission to the U.S. Food and […] September 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 27 Sep 2022 Bioheng Biotech has positive CAR-T cell therapy results published in academic journal Positive results from a phase 1 clinical study of RD13-01, an anti-CD7 universal CAR-T therapy product, have been published in reputable academic journal, Cell Research. China-based Bioheng Biotech Co. Ltd, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel cellular immunotherapy made the announcement today (September 27). The results published with the title of ‘CD7-targeted allogeneic CAR-T […] September 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 27 Sep 2022 EU Agriculture Ministers meet in Prague to discuss sustainability and food security At an informal gathering of EU Agriculture Ministers, food security and the role of European agriculture and sustainable global food production were the main discussion points. At the meeting held in Prague, the EU agriculture ministers also agreed that the time is now to act in a coordinated way to maximize sustainable increases in agricultural […] September 27, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 27 Sep 2022 Capagro launches second fund of €200M to support promising European startups The most promising startups in the European FoodTech and AgTech sectors will be supported by funding from Capagro. The European AgriTech is building on the success of its first fund five years ago and is now launching its second with a fund of €200 million ($193 million). The launch of the new fund, Capagro Agri-Food […] September 27, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 27 Sep 2022 Angel Pharma announces approval of IND application for clinical trial of mupadolimab Approval of an investigational new drug (IND) application for mupadolimab has been granted by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) to initiate a phase 1/1b clinical trial in China. Angel Pharma, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company owns the rights to mupadolimab in Greater China. Mupadolimab is a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against CD73. In preclinical […] September 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Sep 2022 Acticor Biotech enrolls first U.S. patient in study for people with acute ischemic stroke The first U.S. patient was enrolled in a study evaluating glenzocimab in those with acute ischemic stroke. Acticor Biotech, a clinical stage biotech company, made the announcement today (September 26). The patient was enrolled at the CHI Memorial Stroke and Neuroscience Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee, by neurologist, Ruchir Shah. Significant potential He said: “I am very […] September 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Sep 2022 Commercial launch of monkeypox PCR test for research use in laboratories worldwide A newly developed molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for monkeypox is now commercially available globally for research use only applications. Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) and CerTest Biotec made the announcement today (September 26) that the test can be used in laboratories. The teams leveraged the BD MAX System open architecture reagent suite to develop […] September 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email