News and Trends 12 Oct 2022 Emergex looks to microneedle patches with Zosano Pharma acquisition Emergex Vaccines Holding Limited has acquired the assets of California-based company Zosano Pharma Corporation. Emergex is a clinical stage biotechnology company addressing major global infectious diseases through the development of fully synthetic CD8+ T cell Adaptive Vaccines. The assets acquired include intellectual property, license agreements, and manufacturing equipment. They also include Zosano’s proprietary microneedle array […] October 12, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Oct 2022 WuXi Biologics and Toregem BioPharma to develop antibody for adentia treatment WuXi Biologics and Toregem BioPharma, a biotech startup company from Kyoto University, have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a strategic partnership to develop TRG035. TRG035 is a monoclonal antibody targeting USAG-1 as a tooth regeneration treatment for congenital adentia. Within the partnership, Toregem BioPharma will have access to WuXi Biologics’ integrated CMC services […] October 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 Late-breaking data shows significant remission in children with EoE Late-breaking positive results from a phase 3 trial have shown that children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) given a higher dose of Dupixent showed histological disease remission and signs of weight gain. At week 16, 68% of children aged one to 11 years with active EoE on the higher dose displayed the positive results during the […] October 11, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 TILT Biotherapeutics doses first U.S. patient in ovarian cancer immunotherapy trial TILT Biotherapeutics says the first U.S. patient has been dosed in its ovarian cancer trial using its oncolytic adenovirus, TILT-123. The company said TILT-123 has the potential to be first-in-class for this indication. The open-label, phase I, dose-escalation, multicenter, and multinational, clinical trial of TILT-123 in combination with MSD’s (a tradename of Merck & Co., […] October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 Illumina and AstraZeneca look to drug target discovery with ‘pivotal research collaboration’ Illumina Inc. has announced a strategic research collaboration with AstraZeneca to accelerate drug target discovery by combining their work in artificial intelligence (AI) based genome interpretation and genomic analysis techniques along with industry expertise. The collaboration will evaluate whether a combined framework of these technologies can increase the yield and confidence of target discovery to […] October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 11 Oct 2022 First patient dosed in study of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Redx, a clinical-stage biotech company, is trialing RXC007, a wholly owned rho associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 2 (ROCK2) selective inhibitor as a potential treatment for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The phase 2a study is a 12-week multi-cohort, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose ranging study to assess early signals of efficacy as well as […] October 11, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 Accelerated application for drug to help immunodeficiency submitted by Pharming A marketing authorization application (MAA) has been submitted by Dutch company Pharming Group, to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for a rare, primary immunodeficiency in adults and adolescents 12 years and older. Activated phosphonide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS), first discovered in 2013, is caused by genetic variants in either one of two identified genes known […] October 11, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 License granted to EnteroBiotix for manufacture of microbiome product candidates Microbiome therapeutics company, EnteroBiotix Limited has been granted a manufacturer’s license for a GMP manufacturing facility for Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP) to make microbiome product candidates for clinical trials. It was given by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and also incorporates an in-house QC hub and analytical department. EnteroBiotix’s manufacturing capabilities include […] October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 Gedea Biotech reports results from bacterial vaginosis trial Gedea Biotech has reported top-line results from a clinical study, NEFERTITI, of its lead product, pHyph, a vaginal tablet for topical treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). NEFERTITI is a placebo-controlled, double blind clinical trial performed in Sweden and UK in 150 patients. Treatment details The treatment is a vaginal tablet taken once daily for six […] October 11, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 11 Oct 2022 The biggest private biotech investments in September 2022 The companies Acelyrin, InnovaFeed and Arsenal Biosciences bagged the biggest biotech investments in September 2022, with insect protein and cell therapies attracting big funding rounds. Autumn is in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere. After a breather in August 2022, September saw the return of big fundraising activity for biotech companies. We’ve gathered the biggest […] October 11, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 Muna Therapeutics gets $4.9M grant for Parkinson’s disease research Muna Therapeutics has been awarded a $4.9 million grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF). The grant will be used to support ongoing preclinical research and development of novel, brain-exposed, small molecule potassium channel type 1.3 (Kv1.3) blockers to abrogate neuroinflammation driven by disease-associated microglia and enhance neuroprotection as a disease-modifying […] October 11, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2022 Positive results from NMD Pharma myasthenia gravis trial NMD Pharma A/S has reported positive top-line results from its phase I/IIa clinical trial of NMD670, recently granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG). NMD670 was safe and well tolerated in healthy volunteers and patients. Administration of single doses of NMD670 was associated with clinically significant improvements in the […] October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email