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News and Trends 26 Oct 2022

Recursion announces $150M private placement

U.S. biotech Recursion Pharmaceuticals has entered into a stock purchase agreement for the sale of an aggregate of approximately 15.3 million shares of its Class A common stock in a private placement. It was led by Kinnevik AB, with participation by Baillie Gifford, Mubadala Investment Company, Laurion Capital Management, Invus, and Platinum Asset Management. The […]

October 26, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Oct 2022

Almaden Genomics launches g.nome platform

Almaden Genomics has launched g.nome, a cloud-native platform designed to streamline genomic workflows and accelerate genomic discovery. Leveraging a visual drag-and-drop workflow builder and curated library of toolkits, Almaden Genomics said g.nome enables users to have confidence in their results, get to market faster and scale their business profitably. The g.nome platform condenses bioinformatic pipeline […]

October 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Oct 2022

ABL and RD-Biotech to partner on cell and gene therapy manufacturing

French companies ABL and RD-Biotech have signed a strategic partnership to cover cell and gene therapy (C&GT) GMP manufacturing. ABL, is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that specializes in the development and manufacturing of solutions for biopharma, including viruses for gene therapies, oncolytic viruses and vaccine candidates. RD-Biotech is a CRO (contract research […]

October 26, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 25 Oct 2022

Watch: NLS Days NLSInvest award winners – Asgard Therapeutics

The two biotech start-up companies MyoPax and Asgard Therapeutics won first and second prize at NLSINvest Awards, out of 40 companies that participated in Nordic Life Science Days’ start-up pitching challenge. 40 selected Nordic start-up companies attended Nordic Life Science Days, the largest partnering conference for life sciences in the Nordics, which was held in […]

October 25, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Opinion 25 Oct 2022

Precision medicine research must lose its Eurocentricity

Precision medicine research relies on genetic testing at scale, but how do we reach more diverse patient populations and collect nationally representative samples? Patrick Short, CEO and co-founder of Sano Genetics, and Natasha Ratcliffe, director of community engagement and partnerships at Couch Health, explain how Eurocentricity is holding back genetics, and what can be done. […]

October 25, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 25 Oct 2022

Delayed release tablets to treat ulcerative colitis launched in Canada

With Canada having one of the highest incidences of ulcerative colitis in the world, the recent launch of Tillotts Pharma AG’s Octasa 800 mg will be well-received. Tillotts is part of the Japanese Zeria Group, and announced Octasa (mesalazine) delayed-release tablets, as first-line treatment for moderately active ulcerative colitis (UC) in Canada. The launch, the […]

October 25, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 25 Oct 2022

Distributor of Curcugen and Ginfort receives dual natural product licenses

Two Health Canada natural product licenses have been achieved by DolCas Biotech LLC and have been found safe, effective and high quality. The products are its concentrated turmeric extract, Curcugen, and the other for Ginfort, a powerful ginger extract in powdered format. Produced by Olene Life Sciences, the two ingredient brands are research-backed for clinical […]

October 25, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

Beckley Psytech acquires Eleusis Therapeutics

Beckley Psytech Limited has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire clinical-stage life science company Eleusis Therapeutics Limited in an all equity transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by shareholders, Beckley Psytech has acquired 100% of Eleusis, receiving full developmental and commercial rights for the company’s assets, which will further […]

October 24, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

Syncona to acquire Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation

Healthcare company Syncona Limited says its newly established portfolio company has agreed to acquire, by a tender offer, all outstanding shares of Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC). AGTC is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare and debilitating diseases with an […]

October 24, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

New method of observing cell transport could inspire drug development

Membrane proteins are key targets for many drugs. Some of them, called transporters, move certain substances in and out of the cellular environment. Yet, extracting and storing them for observation is particularly complex. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland, in collaboration with the University of Zurich (UZH), has developed an innovative […]

October 24, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 24 Oct 2022

Sensorion gets go-ahead from France for trial of drug to prevent hearing loss

Biotech company, Sensorion, today (October 24) announced that the initiation of a proof of concept (PoC) clinical trial of SENS-401 (Arazasetron) in patients with Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity (CIO) has been approved by the regulatory authorities in France. Cisplatin and other platinum-based compounds are essential chemotherapeutic agents for many cancers. A serious side effect of these therapies […]

October 24, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

More News! 24 Oct 2022

Mass production of lutetium for targeted cancer therapeutics following collaboration

An international collaboration marking the start of commercial production of lutetium-177 was celebrated in Munich between Canada-based Bruce Power, Isogen and Isotope Technologies Munich (ITM). The announcement was celebrated along with representatives of the partnership organizations during a trade mission with Vic Fedeli, Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. This milestone was […]

October 24, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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