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News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Ophthalmology biopharma company Oculis combines with EBAC

Oculis, SA, a global biopharmaceutical company developing treatments to save sight and improve eye care and European Biotech Acquisition Corp (EBAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. Upon closing of the transaction, the company will be named Oculis Holding SA and will work to accelerate the development […]

October 17, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Amgen joining Evotec and TIAP to boost Canadian life science companies

Evotec SE and Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP) have expanded LAB150, their translational BRIDGE partnership, to include Amgen as a strategic partner. The expansion goes along with a combined investment of $14 million to expedite LAB150 programs towards the formation of new companies. LAB150 was created by Evotec and TIAP in 2017 to accelerate Toronto’s […]

October 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Kira Pharmaceuticals gets approval for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria study

Kira Pharmaceuticals says the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has cleared the investigational new drug (IND) application for evaluation of KP104. KP104 is a first-in-class bifunctional biologic that selectively targets the alternative and terminal complement pathways, in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). This approval enables Phase 2 study of the efficacy, safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), […]

October 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Positive results from Milestone Pharmaceuticals’ phase 3 PSVT trial

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced positive topline efficacy and safety data from the phase 3 RAPID clinical trial of etripamil, the company’s investigational calcium channel blocker, in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). “PSVT is an unpredictable, disruptive burden on patients, with current interventions restricted to the costly and inconvenient acute care setting,” said Bruce […]

October 17, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Interview 17 Oct 2022

CRISPR gene editing: a key tool for counteracting climate change

Monika Paulė, CEO and co-founder of the Lithuanian CRISPR developer Caszyme, explains how gene editing technology could fight climate change by boosting agriculture and biodiversity. The invention of CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology in the last decade sparked a revolution in biology, providing researchers a way to make selective and precise changes to an organism’s genetic […]

October 17, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Clinical Microbiomics acquires MS-Omics

Clinical Microbiomics, a microbiome research company, has acquired MS-Omics, a metabolomics provider based in Denmark. Clinical Microbiomics works on clonal-level microbiome profiling. With the acquisition, Clinical Microbiomics adds expertise in metabolite profiling from MS-Omics to further advance its systems biology platform and help researchers worldwide understand the microbiome and how to impact health and disease. […]

October 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

More positive news announced for Verona’s COPD treatment

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, Verona, has announced more positive news from its phase 3 ENHANCE-2 clinical trial of ensifentrine that treats chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The company focuses on respiratory diseases, and made the announcement today (October 14) about the positive analyses demonstrating how ensifentrine reduced exacerbation rates across subgroups in the trial. Ensifentrine is […]

October 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Way to transform Cas-9 protein into spherical nuclear acid developed

A team of researchers at U.S. Northwestern University has developed a way to transform the Cas-9 protein into a spherical nuclear acid (SNA). It can then be loaded with critical components as required to access a broad range of tissue and cell types, as well as the intracellular compartments required for gene editing. The team […]

October 17, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Italian study shows CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of Interleukin-30 reduces prostate cancer growth

Metastatic prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in men worldwide. Interleukin (IL)-30, a cytokine that may perform immunomodulatory functions, promotes prostate cancer onset and development, but whether it can be a suitable therapeutic target remains to be investigated. In a new study published in the Journal of Hematology & Oncology, researchers at […]

October 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery: the lowdown on base editing

PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery provides cell engineering tools and services for researchers in drug discovery and development. Horizon’s portfolio is focused on research reagents; screening and cell line engineering services; bioproduction cell lines; reference standards and base editing. Horizon’s base editing platform, Pin-point is a gene editing method with the ability to effect multiple single base edits […]

October 17, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

The challenges of translating CRISPR to the clinic

CRISPR-Cas9 is revolutionizing all facets of drug discovery, allowing for both a deeper understanding of disease processes, and for the development of ground-breaking genetic medicines. As these new classes of cell and gene therapies translate to the clinical setting, some key bottlenecks remain to be solved before the technology will realize its full societal impact. […]

October 17, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

CRISPR/Cas9: Challenges and outlook from an investor’s perspective

A Q&A with Fady Riad, CEO of consulting company Centurion Life Sciences. How did CRISPR/Cas9 revolutionize gene editing and the broader life sciences industry? CRISPR/Cas9 is undoubtedly one of the greatest scientific advancements of the last 100 years. In 2012, Jennifer Doudna and Emanuelle Charpentier published a peer-reviewed paper discussing the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in […]

October 17, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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Ophthalmology biopharma company Oculis combines with EBAC

Amgen joining Evotec and TIAP to boost Canadian life science companies

Kira Pharmaceuticals gets approval for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria study

Positive results from Milestone Pharmaceuticals’ phase 3 PSVT trial

CRISPR gene editing: a key tool for counteracting climate change

Clinical Microbiomics acquires MS-Omics

More positive news announced for Verona’s COPD treatment

Way to transform Cas-9 protein into spherical nuclear acid developed

Italian study shows CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of Interleukin-30 reduces prostate cancer growth

PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery: the lowdown on base editing

The challenges of translating CRISPR to the clinic

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