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News and Trends 6 Jan 2023

BioNTech partnering with UK Government on personalized mRNA cancer immunotherapies

BioNTech SE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of the United Kingdom. The deal is set to benefit patients by speeding up clinical trials for personalized mRNA immunotherapies. The aim is to provide personalized cancer therapies for up to 10,000 patients by the end of 2030, either through clinical trials or […]

January 6, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 5 Jan 2023

Navignostics maps tumor proteomes to improve precision oncology

New cancer drugs are entering the market every year, but it’s hard to know which patients they benefit the most. The Swiss firm Navignostics is making spatial maps of the tumor’s proteome to identify the right treatment for the patient and boost precision oncology approaches. A wide range of technologies is being deployed in the […]

January 5, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

Researchers discover new type of CRISPR gene scissors

Scientists at the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg in Germany, and Benson Hill, Inc. (Missouri) and Utah State University in the U.S., have found a nuclease, which they dubbed Cas12a2, that represents an entirely new type of CRISPR immune defense. Unlike any other previously known nuclease of the CRISPR-Cas immune system, the source of ‘gene scissors,’ Cas12a2 […]

January 5, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

Cancer Research UK and Turbine to partner on program

Cancer Research Horizons, the innovation engine at the core of the world’s largest private funder of cancer research, Cancer Research UK, has announced that it is partnering with Turbine AI, a tech-enabled biotech leveraging its proprietary Simulated Cell platform to solve complex diseases. The partnership will utilize Turbine AI’s platform to identify target patient populations […]

January 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

Hummingbird Bioscience and Synaffix to develop ADC program

Synaffix B.V. and Hummingbird Bioscience have entered into a licensing agreement that will enable Hummingbird Bio to develop a next generation antibody drug conjugate (ADC) program using Synaffix technology. Synaffix is a biotechnology company focused on commercializing its clinical-stage platform technology for the development of ADCs. Hummingbird Bioscience is a data-driven precision biotherapeutics company using […]

January 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

Novozymes invests in new energy-saving UV technology

Denmark-headquartered biotech group Novozymes has invested in a new and energy-friendly filtration replacement from Danish Lyras. Novozymes has purchased its first UV system based on the raslysation technology for inactivation of microorganisms. Raslysation is going to improve work environment and reduce energy consumption for the global market leader in industrial enzymes. Novozymes’ new raslysation system […]

January 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

2023 Editorial Calendar updated

Each month here at Labiotech.eu, we produce a special newsletter. While still news-related, these special editions are an opportunity to take a deeper look at topics of interest. It also allows us to focus on some of the special awareness days – of which there are many – associated with health and the life sciences. […]

January 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Jan 2023

Actimed Therapeutics raises £10M for cancer cachexia treatment

Actimed Therapeutics Ltd has completed its second and final £5 million ($6 million) tranche of seed financing. The round was closed with an investment by Indian pharmaceutical company, Mankind Pharma, marking Mankind’s first overseas investment of this type. Actimed Therapeutics is a U.K. based clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovation to the […]

January 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Jan 2023

Infex’s novel AMR drug candidate MET-X receives FDA QIDP designation

Infex Therapeutics has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted qualified infectious disease product (QIDP) designation to MET-X, the company’s broad spectrum metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) inhibitor. Infex Therapeutics’ MET-X is a resistance bypass treatment that targets Gram-negative Enterobacterales. These pathogens produce MBL enzymes to deactivate beta-lactam antibiotics and evade antibiotic clearance of […]

January 4, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Jan 2023

Aditxt forms Adimune to focus on immune modulation therapies

Aditxt, Inc., a biotech innovation company developing and commercializing technologies with a focus on monitoring and modulating the immune system, has formed a U.S.-based subsidiary Adimune, Inc. The plan is to submit a clinical trial application (CTA) for its immunotherapeutic technology drug candidate, ADI-100 (ADI). The CTA will request approval for Adimune to conduct the […]

January 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Janssen looks for talquetamab marketing approval

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has submitted a marketing authorisation application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of talquetamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Talquetamab is an investigational, off-the-shelf (ready to use), bispecific T-cell engager antibody targeting both GPRC5D, a novel drug […]

January 3, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Legend Biotech new drug application approved in China

Legend Biotech Corporation has announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has formally accepted its new drug application (NDA) for ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel). This submission is based on data from the confirmatory phase 2 clinical study CARTIFAN-1, conducted in China, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of cilta-cel in adult patients with relapsed or […]

January 3, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Actimed Therapeutics raises £10M for cancer cachexia treatment

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