Startup Scout 19 Dec 2022 Green Bioactives grows medicines in plant cells Though plants may hold the key to new, effective medicines, sourcing these compounds sustainably is difficult. Green Bioactives devises eco-friendly ways to produce plant-derived drugs via plant cell cultures. For decades, the pharmaceutical industry has designed synthetic small molecule drugs and manufactured them via chemical synthesis. While this approach provides an easy way to supply […] December 19, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Watch: InfraLife supports Sweden’s life sciences industry InfraLife (Infra Access for Life Science Sweden) is a Swedish initiative to maximize the benefits of Sweden’s large scale research infrastructures SciLifeLab, MAX IV and ESS. Funded by Swedish Research Council, InfraLife also partners with industrial organizations SwedenBIO & LIF and collaborates with SWElife, MedTech4Health and Swedish MedTech. The intent of the project is to […] December 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Watch: Pharm Assist at NLS Days Pharm Assist is a consultancy company in Sweden offering regulatory affairs services for pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Founded in 1996, Pharm Assist employs more than 20 experts and has assisted more than 250 Nordic and international companies with their regulatory requirements. It acts as partner in product development, authoring and compilation of dossiers for […] December 19, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Watch: Biotech in Greece Greece was one of the countries exhibiting at Bio-Europe, held in Leipzig, Germany. Greece isn’t necessarily well known for biotech, but it has good infrastructure, is located at a crossroads between Europe and Africa and the Middle East, and has excellent universities. And its biotech industry is certainly growing. Enterprise Greece spearheaded the biotech presence […] December 19, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Watch: Atriva Therapeutics at BIO-Europe Atriva Therapeutics’ mission is to develop an antiviral therapy platform against severe respiratory and systemic diseases with a high unmet medical need induced by RNA viruses, e.g., influenza and COVID-19. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company is pioneering the development of host-targeting antiviral therapies, making development of viral resistance unlikely, and thereby significantly contributing to pandemic preparedness. […] December 19, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Watch: Adrenomed tackling huge issue of sepsis Adrenomed AG is a German privately financed, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Its mission is to rescue vascular integrity in order to save the lives of critically ill patients with limited treatment options. Founded in 2009 by a management team with decades of experience in sepsis and deep knowledge in diagnostics and drug development, the company’s lead […] December 19, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 UroGen completes bladder cancer phase 3 trial enrollment UroGen Pharma Ltd. says its phase 3 ENVISION study of investigational agent UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical solution in development for the treatment of LG-IR-NMIBC is fully enrolled. The study targeted enrollment of 220 patients across 90 sites and, assuming positive findings, UroGen anticipates submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) for UGN-102 in 2024. “Completing enrollment […] December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Ordaōs and Yatiri Bio to tackle AML Ordaōs has announced a joint development agreement to create new therapeutics for two novel targets in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with Yatiri Bio. Ordaōs is a biotechnology company designing novel mini-proteins to help drug hunters deliver life-saving treatments, and Yatiri Bio is a biotechnology company that has developed a proprietary platform that links patient proteomic […] December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Prenetics acquires ACT Genomics Prenetics Global Limited is acquiring a majority stake in ACT Genomics Holdings Company Limited, an Asia based genomics company specializing in precision oncology with operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and in the U.K. “With the addition of ACT’s technologies, capabilities and team, Prenetics will be well-positioned to accelerate the utilization of genetic […] December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Jacobio’s cancer treatment given breakthrough therapy designations by China CDE Jacobio Pharma’s in-house KRAS G12C inhibitor JAB-21822 has been granted breakthrough therapy designations in China. The designations are for the second line and above treatment of advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with KRAS G12C mutation. The designations were granted by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products […] December 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Dec 2022 Sanofi and Innate Pharma expand natural killer cell deal Sanofi and Innate Pharma SA have expanded their collaboration, with Sanofi licensing a natural killer (NK) cell engager program targeting B7H3 from Innate’s ANKET (Antibody-based NK Cell Engager Therapeutics) platform. Sanofi will also have the option to add up to two additional ANKET targets. Upon candidate selection, Sanofi will be responsible for all development, manufacturing and […] December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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