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News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

Trial to start for new heart attack drug

A potential new drug to improve the long-term outcomes for heart attack patients will be trialed in the U.K. With the signing of a partnership between the University of Birmingham and Acticor Biotech, a new clinical trial called LIBERATE will take place in two acute care hospitals in the U.K.: the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham […]

November 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

Immune cells in ALS patients can predict the course of the disease

By measuring immune cells in the cerebrospinal fluid when diagnosing ALS, it is possible to predict how fast the disease may progress. This according to a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, which has been published in Nature Communications. ALS is a rare, but fatal, disease that affects the nerve cells and leads to paralysis […]

November 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

Chiesi marks start of Biotech Center of Excellence for the future of medicine in Parma

An impressive crowd gathered at Chiesi Pharmaceutical Group yesterday (November 21) to mark the much-anticipated start of work at its Biotech Center of Excellence, bringing the future of medicine to Parma. Guests, which included Vice Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Valentino Valentini, joined to celebrate the start of the work on the building, […]

November 23, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

First patients dosed with Infex Therapeutics’ RESP-X for chronic respiratory disease

A new anti-virulence therapy, RESP-X, treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) infections in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) patients has been given to the first subjects in a trial run by Infex Therapeutics. Infex Therapeutics is an anti-infectives company and announced the first subjects were dosed in the phase 1 study in healthy volunteers evaluating the company’s lead […]

November 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

More News! 23 Nov 2022

Novo Nordisk announces $750M facility expansion

Novo Nordisk has announced plans to invest DKK 5.4 bn ($750m) in the expansion of existing facilities in Bagsværd, Denmark. The plans also include the construction of a new plant located in extension of the existing facilities. The investment will establish additional capacity in R&D for manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) to supply global […]

November 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

Tevogen Bio to investigate T cell therapy in long Covid

Tevogen Bio is set to study the potential therapeutic use of its investigational Covid-19 T cell therapy, TVGN-489, in long Covid. The finding that none of the patients in the TVGN 489 proof-of-concept (POC) trial, treated for their initial Covid infection, developed long Covid to date is leading Tevogen to explore the potential of TVGN […]

November 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

FDA approves CSL gene therapy for hemophilia B

CSL has revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved HEMGENIX (etranacogene dezaparvovec-drlb), the first and only one-time gene therapy for appropriate adults with hemophilia B. HEMGENIX is approved for the treatment of adults with hemophilia B who currently use factor IX prophylaxis therapy, or have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage or […]

November 23, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Nov 2022

Achilles Therapeutics receives US patent for immunotherapies

A U.S. patent has been granted to Achilles Therapeutics plc for the treatment of patients with an immunotherapy, including vaccine, antibody and autologous T cell therapy approaches, targeting clonal neoantigens identified using the Achilles Clonality Engine (ACE). ACE is a proprietary method for determining clonality of patient-specific mutations that drives the PELEUS bioinformatics platform. Clonal […]

November 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Nov 2022

CatalYm raises €50M to boost solid tumors trial

CatalYm has announced the close of a €50 million ($49 million) series C financing round. The oversubscribed round was co-led by new investors, Brandon Capital and Jeito Capital with participation from existing investors Forbion, Novartis Venture Fund, Vesalius Biocapital III, Bayern Kapital, BioGeneration Ventures and Coparion. The financing will support the clinical development of its […]

November 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Nov 2022

Arecor to start second type 2 diabetes clinical trial

Arecor Therapeutics plc says the BASG (Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen) has cleared the company’s clinical trial application (CTA) for AT278, an ultra-rapid acting, ultra-concentrated (500 U/mL) insulin candidate, in type 2 diabetic patients. The CTA approval means Arecor can start its second phase I clinical trial for AT278. AT278 has previously demonstrated a faster […]

November 22, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Nov 2022

FogPharma raises $178M to target cancer

U.S biotech company FogPharma has announced a $178 million series D financing. The financing round includes new investors ARCH Venture Partners, Milky Way Investments and Fidelity Management & Research Company and existing investors VenBio Partners, Deerfield Management, GV, Cormorant Asset Management, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Invus, Farallon Capital Management, […]

November 21, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Startup Scout 21 Nov 2022

Osivax is designing future-proof influenza and Covid vaccines

Viruses causing influenza and COVID-19 continually evolve to escape our vaccine protections. The French firm Osivax is developing vaccines that are harder for the viruses to evade. Many life-saving vaccines have been developed and approved to protect against viral infections including COVID-19 and influenza. Commercially available vaccines typically activate the production of antibodies against fragments […]

November 21, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Trial to start for new heart attack drug

Immune cells in ALS patients can predict the course of the disease

Chiesi marks start of Biotech Center of Excellence for the future of medicine in Parma

First patients dosed with Infex Therapeutics’ RESP-X for chronic respiratory disease

Novo Nordisk announces $750M facility expansion

Tevogen Bio to investigate T cell therapy in long Covid

FDA approves CSL gene therapy for hemophilia B

Achilles Therapeutics receives US patent for immunotherapies

CatalYm raises €50M to boost solid tumors trial

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FogPharma raises $178M to target cancer

Osivax is designing future-proof influenza and Covid vaccines

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