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News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Scottish biotech startup secures funding for sustainable omega-3 production

MiAlgae, a Scottish biotech start-up, has secured new investment of £2.3 million ($2.8 million) to help drive the next stage of its growth journey. Established in 2016, MiAlgae has created a solution to producing a sustainable source of omega-3 for animal and human consumption. Championing the circular economy, the company has developed a novel biotechnology […]

August 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Radiopharmaceuticals for cancer therapy: interview with Steffen Schuster

Interview 17 Aug 2022

The challenges of developing radiopharmaceuticals for cancer

Radiopharmaceuticals have been a relatively niche area of cancer therapy for decades. Steffen Schuster, the CEO of Germany’s ITM Group, outlines how the space is heating up, and how much nuclear medicine centers still need to grow. There are many areas in oncology research that are generating investor excitement, including immuno-oncology, DNA damage repair and […]

August 17, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Palisade Bio announces closing of $13.8M upsized underwritten public offering

A biopharma company advancing therapies for acute and chronic gastrointestinal (GI) complications has announced today (August 17) the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering for $13.8 million. An underwritten public offering means a public offering in which the common stock is offered and sold on a firm commitment basis through one or more underwriters. […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Researchers invited to apply for DNA synthesized by Evonetix’s platform

An early access program for semiconductor synthesized DNA has been opened by UK-based gene synthetic biology company, Evonetix. Evonetix’s DNA synthesis capability brings together semiconductor chip design and proprietary, thermally controlled synthesis chemistry, integral to the company’s future gene synthesis platforms. Silicon chip The company’s proprietary process utilizes a silicon chip to control the synthesis […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Ryvu Therapeutics bags €22M from EIB to work on new cancer treatments

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €22 million ($22.4 million) in financing to Ryvu Therapeutics, a Polish clinical-stage drug discovery and development company focusing on novel small molecule therapies that address unmet medical needs in oncology. The funding is being provided under the EIB’s venture debt instrument, which is tailored to the specific financing […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

New partnership delivers clinically proven products and manufacturing processes for advanced therapies

AGC Biologics has announced its partnership with supplier of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSCs), RoosterBio Inc. The partnership, the companies say creates an end-to-end solution for the development and production of hMSCs and exosome therapeutics using RoosterBio’s well-established cell and media products and process development services together with AGC’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing capabilities. […]

August 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Sanofi drops amcenestrant clinical development program

Sanofi says it is discontinuing the global clinical development program of amcenestrant, an investigational oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD). The decision was based on the outcome of an interim analysis of the phase 3 AMEERA-5 trial evaluating amcenestrant in combination with palbociclib compared with letrozole in combination with palbociclib in patients with estrogen receptor-positive […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Aug 2022

Viridian reports positive news from ongoing trial for patients with Thyroid Eye Disease

Patients with active thyroid eye disease (TED) could benefit from rapid and significant improvements after positive data emerged from a clinical trial. Viridian Therapeutics made the announcement yesterday (August 15) that the 10mg/kg cohort in its ongoing phase 1/2 trial of VRDN-001, an anti-IGF-1R antibody TED – an autoimmune disease where the body’s own immune […]

August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 16 Aug 2022

Programmable medicines company Senda Biosciences closes $123M series C financing

U.S.-headquartered Senda Biosciences, Inc. has completed $123 million in series C financing, bringing its total funding raised to date to $266 million. Flagship Pioneering, which founded Senda, participated along with new investors, including the Samsung Life Science Fund, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Bluwave Capital, and Stage 1 Ventures. Also participating in the financing are current […]

August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Aug 2022

Merck puts up to $37B into Orna Therapeutics circular RNA collaboration

Merck, also known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, and Orna Therapeutics, a biotech company working on a new investigational class of engineered circular RNA (oRNA) therapies, are to collaborate on discovering, developing, and commercializing multiple programs, including vaccines and therapeutics, in the areas of infectious diseases and oncology. Under the terms of the […]

August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Patient dosed in phase 1 trial evaluating ATG-018 treatment

News and Trends 16 Aug 2022

Patient dosed in phase 1 trial evaluating treatment for those with tumors and malignancies

The first patient has been dosed in a phase 1 trial evaluating a monotherapy treatment in people with advanced solid tumors and hematologic malignancies in Australia. Antengene Corporation Ltd., is running the ATRIUM trial, a phase 1 multi-center, open-label, dose-finding study of monotherapy ATG-018. Safety and tolerability of ATG-018 The primary objective of the study […]

August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

ADC Therapeutics announces $175M loan from Owl Rock

News and Trends 16 Aug 2022

ADC Therapeutics announces series of financial moves including $175M loan from Owl Rock

ADC Therapeutics has announced a series of major strategic transactions involving hundreds of millions of dollars allowing it to advance its lead candidate and pipeline drugs. The Swiss company has entered into a new $175 million senior secured loan with certain funds of Owl Rock – a division of Blue Owl Capital, Inc. and funds […]

August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Scottish biotech startup secures funding for sustainable omega-3 production

The challenges of developing radiopharmaceuticals for cancer

Palisade Bio announces closing of $13.8M upsized underwritten public offering

Researchers invited to apply for DNA synthesized by Evonetix’s platform

Ryvu Therapeutics bags €22M from EIB to work on new cancer treatments

New partnership delivers clinically proven products and manufacturing processes for advanced therapies

Sanofi drops amcenestrant clinical development program

Viridian reports positive news from ongoing trial for patients with Thyroid Eye Disease

Programmable medicines company Senda Biosciences closes $123M series C financing

Merck puts up to $37B into Orna Therapeutics circular RNA collaboration

Patient dosed in phase 1 trial evaluating treatment for those with tumors and malignancies

ADC Therapeutics announces series of financial moves including $175M loan from Owl Rock

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