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News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

Apogee Therapeutics raises $169M to tackle immunological and inflammatory disorders

Apogee Therapeutics, LLC, a biotech company advancing novel, potentially best-in-class therapies to address immunological and inflammatory disorders, has announced the closing of a $149 million Series B financing. Proceeds will be used to support Apogee’s plans to advance its lead pipeline program into the clinic in 2023 and expand the leadership, scientific, and clinical teams […]

December 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

PacBio and Boston Children’s Hospital to study genome to benefit patients

PacBio, a developer of sequencing solutions, says its HiFi sequencing technology will be used in a pilot project for the Children’s Rare Disease Cohorts Initiative (CRDC) at Boston Children’s Hospital in the U.S. Boston Children’s Hospital researchers will use HiFi whole-genome sequencing (HiFi WGS) for the purpose of investigating genetic and epigenetic variants associated with […]

December 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

Step Pharma and Concr to partner on cancer treatment

Step Pharma, which works on CTPS1 inhibition for the targeted treatment of cancer, and Concr, a techbio company with a statistical learning-powered biomarker prediction engine, have entered a partnership to identify biomarkers to improve therapeutic response to inhibitors of cytidine triphosphate synthase 1 (CTPS1), an enzyme to which all cancers appear to be addicted. Concr’s […]

December 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

BiVictriX identifies development lead for ADC cancer program

BiVictriX Therapeutics plc, an emerging biotechnology company applying a novel approach to develop next generation cancer therapies using insights derived from frontline clinical experience, has identified a development lead for its BVX001 program. The lead was developed using BiVictriX’s proprietary Bi-Cygni approach, which aims to generate the next-generation of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) with superior […]

December 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

Scientists identify genetic variant causing ALS in some patients

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have identified a novel genetic variant found in some patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Employing human-induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, they detailed the process by which this variant relates to ALS. The investigators say they expect this mechanism to be a new therapeutic target for ALS treatment. The […]

December 7, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

Rani Therapeutics reveals results from phase 1 osteoporosis study

Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company focused on the oral delivery of biologics and drugs, has announced topline results from part 2 (the repeat-dose portion) of the phase 1 study of RT-102, the RaniPill GO capsule containing a proprietary formulation of human parathyroid hormone (1-34) analog (PTH) being developed for the treatment of […]

December 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

FDA clears insulin pen medical device

BIOCORP, a French company specialized in the design, development, and manufacturing of innovative medical devices, has received 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to market Mallya, its smart medical device that connects insulin pens. Eric Dessertenne, CEO of BIOCORP, said: “This approval is a major achievement for BIOCORP and all of […]

December 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

Tetra announce significant results from the study of Onternabez combined with Favipiravir

Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. a leader in cannabinoid-derived drug discovery and development announced today significant results from the study of Onternabez combined with Favipiravir. The combination acts against ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), Sepsis, and Covid-19 through PREPAiRE, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform. The platform, the companies say, purposely integrates target identification, validation, lead discovery […]

December 6, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

INSPIRE launched to develop inhaled gene therapy for the treatment of lung cancer

OmniSpirant Limited and EVerZom have launched INSPIRE, a €12.8 million ($13.4 million) lung cancer project funded by Horizon Europe. In one of the largest ever grants for preclinical research in lung cancer, OmniSpirant and its European partners in biotechnology, medical devices, cancer research, academia and patient advocacy, met in Galway, Ireland, for the official kick-off […]

December 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

Entact Bio launches with $81M to develop precision medicines

Entact Bio has raised $81 million in series A financing to advance its proprietary Encompass platform for developing enhancement-targeting chimeric (ENTAC) molecules. The round was co-led by Qiming Venture Partners USA and venBio Partners, with participation by new investors Abingworth, Brandon Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Logos Capital, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), and WEHI (Walter […]

December 6, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

Avalon BioVentures to invest in early-stage biotech

L.P., a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage biomedical innovation, has closed its first venture fund, ABV1, with $135 million in funding from new and existing institutional investors. Avalon BioVentures emerged from Avalon Ventures’ shared life-science/high-tech investing funds as a life-science only fund and will continue to leverage Avalon’s team and company accelerator to create, […]

December 6, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

Pictor receives $5M in funding for Covid antibody test and human and animal portfolios

Pictor, a global leader in immunodiagnostics, has announced a $5 million funding round to help accelerate pipeline product development projects. The company will also use the funding for market development activities within Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe for its human health and animal health portfolios. This follows a June funding round raising […]

December 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Apogee Therapeutics raises $169M to tackle immunological and inflammatory disorders

PacBio and Boston Children’s Hospital to study genome to benefit patients

Step Pharma and Concr to partner on cancer treatment

BiVictriX identifies development lead for ADC cancer program

Scientists identify genetic variant causing ALS in some patients

Rani Therapeutics reveals results from phase 1 osteoporosis study

FDA clears insulin pen medical device

Tetra announce significant results from the study of Onternabez combined with Favipiravir

INSPIRE launched to develop inhaled gene therapy for the treatment of lung cancer

Entact Bio launches with $81M to develop precision medicines

Avalon BioVentures to invest in early-stage biotech

Pictor receives $5M in funding for Covid antibody test and human and animal portfolios

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