News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 LIfT BioSciences gets a double boost LIfT BioSciences’ is receiving more investment, and has been accepted into Johnson & Johnson Innovation’s JLABS network. LIfT BioSciences’ lead investor, Starbloom Capital, provided further investment into the company to accelerate LIfT’s R&D plans and progress N-LIfT, the company’s first-to-market anti-cancer innate cell therapy, (neutrophil only leukocyte infusion therapy) into clinical development by Q1 2024, […] December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 SoftOx receives chronic wound study report Norwegian company SoftOx Solutions AS says it has received the final report and analysis of its phase 1 study evaluating the safety and tolerability of SoftOx Biofilm Eradicator (SBE-01). SBE-01 is SoftOx’s antimicrobial solution for the treatment of chronic wounds. The study is a first-in-human investigation of the safety, tolerability, and antimicrobial efficacy of single […] December 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Nykode Therapeutics and Richter-Helm BioLogics announce partnership Nykode Therapeutics ASA has entered into a strategic manufacturing partnership with Richter-Helm BioLogics GmbH & Co KG to supply plasmid DNA for Nykode’s wholly owned and partnered product portfolio. “We are excited about the strategic manufacturing partnership with Richter-Helm BioLogics. As a leading manufacturer of DNA vaccines, they will provide the long-term expertise and capacity […] December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022 Swedish research center expanding to take on antimicrobial resistance Research on antibiotic resistance will get a boost when the Center for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe) in Gothenburg, Sweden, expands. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of the most serious global health threats. More than a million people die annually as a direct result of infections caused by resistant bacteria. Lack of effective antibiotics jeopardizes […] December 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022 Astellas gastric cancer drug meets phase 3 primary endpoint Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced positive topline results from the phase 3 GLOW clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of zolbetuximab in combination with CAPOX (a combination chemotherapy regimen that includes capecitabine and oxaliplatin). Zolbetuximab is an investigational first-in-class claudin-18.2 (CLDN18.2) targeted monoclonal antibody, for the first-line treatment of patients with CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative, locally […] December 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022 Providence Therapeutics’ mRNA rabies vaccine hits milestone Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc. says its new mRNA vaccine program for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis has achieved a preclinical proof-of-concept milestone. The candidate was developed in partnership with Everest Medicines utilizing Providence’s clinically validated mRNA technology platform. “We are pleased to demonstrate that Providence’s mRNA technology supports development of additional products that fight a number of […] December 16, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 26: CellCentric, MicrofluidX, Potter Clarkson This week, we have three guests. We have conversations with Antoine Espinet, CEO of MicrofluidX; Will West, CEO of CellCentric; and Sara Holland, patent attorney at Potter Clarkson. MicrofluidX raises £3.3M to develop advanced therapy manufacturing platform MicrofluidX (MFX), a U.K. based provider of next-generation bioreactors for cell research and manufacturing, today announces £3.3 million […] December 16, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022 CSL closer to gene therapy treatments for hemophilia B patients in Europe CSL says the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending conditional marketing authorization (CMA) of etranacogene dezaparvovec. Etranacogene dezaparvovec is a one-time gene therapy for the treatment of appropriate adults with hemophilia B that reduces the rate of annual bleeds with a single infusion. […] December 16, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022 HKUMed discovery may lead to therapeutic targets for cancer Researchers from the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have discovered a novel subtype of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and EBV-associated immunosuppression in the tumor-microenvironment (TME). These findings have provided novel insights into the traditional NPC pathogenesis model and highlights EBV-specific […] December 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022 Alchemab Therapeutics receives £1.7M grant to work on therapy for Huntington’s disease Alchemab Therapeutics has been awarded a grant of £1.7 million ($2 million) from Innovate UK’s Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) 2022 funding competition to accelerate development of a first-in-class disease modifying therapy for Huntington’s disease. Working in collaboration with Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), Alchemab is carrying out preclinical studies to progress its panel of antibodies towards first […] December 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022 Sosei Heptares and Lilly enter agreement on diabetes and metabolic diseases Sosei Group Corporation has entered a drug discovery collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company to discover, develop and commercialize small molecules that modulate novel G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets associated with diabetes and metabolic diseases. The agreement will leverage Sosei Heptares’ StaR technology and structure-based drug design (SBDD) platform and Lilly’s drug development and commercialization […] December 16, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 15 Dec 2022 To avoid stagnation, the EU must refine its ATMP regulation Over the decades, the EU has spearheaded the adoption of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) such as cell and gene therapies. However, changes are needed to ATMP regulations to keep Europe competitive with the rest of the world. The EU has a rich resource base in terms of biotech innovation. Over the last decades, this […] December 15, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email