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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Aug 2022 Gannex’ first patient dosed in study for treatment of primary biliary cholangitis A study looking at a treatment for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) has this month (August) enrolled 12 patients and is expected to be completed by the start of this year’s fourth quarter. Gannex Pharma Co., Ltd., owned by Ascletis Pharma Inc., announced yesterday (August 15) that it had finished its first dosing in the […] August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Aug 2022 Pneumagen embarks on phase 2 proof of concept influenza study Biotech company Pneumagen says the first person has been dosed in its phase 2 controlled human infection challenge study. Its product, Neumifil, is an intranasal, broad-spectrum antiviral treatment to prevent or, if infected, reduce and manage, viral respiratory tract infections. The phase 2 trial is a single center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study evaluating two dose […] August 16, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Aug 2022 Inhibrx chondrosarcoma treatment gets EC orphan medicinal product designation Following a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Commission (EC) has granted orphan medicinal product designation to Inhibrx, Inc. for INBRX-109 for the treatment of chondrosarcoma. “We are highly optimistic about the potential of INBRX-109 in chondrosarcoma to address a high unmet medical need,” said Inhibrx CEO, Mark Lappe. “The positive […] August 16, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Aug 2022 Genentech lymphoma treatment gets FDA approval Genentech, a part of the Roche Group, says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Polivy. Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq), in combination with Rituxan (rituximab) plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone (R-CHP) for the treatment of people with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The FDA […] August 16, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Aug 2022 Remedium raises more funds for osteoarthritis gene therapy candidate Remedium Bio, Inc., a biotech company developing novel gene therapies, has closed more than $2.3 million in its expanded seed round financing. Funding from the raise is being used to study Remedium’s lead product, a single-injection gene therapy potentially capable of reversing cartilage loss. The study is being undertaken in a collaboration with Tufts University […] August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email