News and Trends 22 Jul 2022 InterVenn expands globally to drive the potential of glycoproteomics to improve patient outcomes Intervenn Biosciences is expanding across Asia-Pacific and North America and opening new facilities in Kuala Lumpur, the Philippines, Australia and California. The company leverages glycoporteomics and says it is adding a large footprint of laboratories and office space for scaling up Intervenn’s software development, technical support, clinical research and business development. Biomedical hubs Aldo Carrascoso, […] July 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 22 Jul 2022 The coming of age story of RNAi technology The first RNA interference (RNAi) therapy was approved in 2018, after 20 years in development. What can we expect to see in the RNAi field in the future? After two decades of scientific effort, multiple devastating clinical trial setbacks, and billions of dollars spent on research and development, RNAi therapies are finally establishing themselves in […] July 22, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Farhan Mitha Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Jul 2022 Australia looks to biotech alliance The Australian government’s Defence department has announced the launch of the Safeguarding Australia through Biotechnology Response and Engagement alliance (SABRE) at the inaugural Australian Defence Science Technology and Research Summit (ADSTAR) The department said SABRE offers opportunities by bringing together different perspectives of biotech from Australia’s universities, research institutes and small medium enterprises (SME) and […] July 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Jul 2022 Astellas to create new biotech campus in South San Francisco Astellas Pharma Inc. has unveiled plans to create an integrated biotechnology campus in South San Francisco as its West Coast innovation and research center. The new 154,000-square-foot building at 480 Forbes Boulevard will allow for the co-location of several Astellas business units and functions currently located independently throughout the San Francisco area. The new innovation […] July 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Jul 2022 Stroke drug given priority medicine status by European Medicines Agency A biotech company developing drugs for cardiovascular emergencies, specifically strokes, has received priority medicines status from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its drug candidate, glenzocimab. Paris-based Acticor Biotech made the announcement yesterday (July 21) and the prime status allows reinforcement of support for the development of drugs that target an unmet medical need. It […] July 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Jul 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 6: Mogrify, +ND Capital, Poolbeg Pharma On this week’s podcast, our guests are Jeremy Skillington, CEO of Poolbeg Pharma; Dani Bach, and Eric Moessinger, both partners at +ND Capital; and Louise Modis, chief scientific officer at Mogrify. Poolbeg Pharma gets approval for severe influenza drug trial Poolbeg Pharma, a clinical stage infectious disease pharmaceutical company, has received ethics and competent authority […] July 22, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Jul 2022 Consortium awarded €4M towards platform for personalized cell therapies A company developing precision T cell therapies that treat solid tumors announced yesterday (July 21) it is leading a consortium that has been awarded a €4 million ($4.2 million) grant from Horizon Europe. The new consortium is being led by Achilles Therapeutics plc and includes CGT Catapult, Leibniz University Hannover (Hannover) as project coordinator, and […] July 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Jul 2022 Poolbeg Pharma gets approval for severe influenza drug trial Poolbeg Pharma, a clinical stage infectious disease pharmaceutical company, has received ethics and competent authority approval to commence its lipopolysaccharide (LPS) human challenge clinical trial for POLB 001, a strain agnostic, small molecule immunomodulator which aims to address the unmet medical need for a treatment for severe influenza. Clinical trial activities will formally commence on […] July 21, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 21 Jul 2022 Finding investment opportunities in a bleak biotech stock market The situation remains difficult in public markets as biotech stocks struggle to recover from a 50% decline over the past year. However, the venture capital (VC) firm Sofinnova Partners is no stranger to downturns, and partner Joe Anderson explains how the industry is shifting in favor of life sciences investors. It’s a tough time to […] July 21, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Jul 2022 Additional funding for trial to study drug targeting lung immunity in elderly patients Lung immunity in the elderly will be the subject of a controlled clinical trial after receiving clearance to go ahead from Health Canada. Qu Biologics will receive additional funding to launch the trial for the restoration of innate immune function – the defense system humans are born with. Qu, a private clinical stage biopharmaceuticals company […] July 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Jul 2022 Almirall launches new call to find innovative therapies for skin diseases A new call for new therapies to treat skin diseases has been launched by global Spanish-based biopharmaceutical company, Almirall, S.A. This is the seventh call through AlmirallShare – an open innovation platform for proposals to establish collaborations in dermatological research. The aim of this year’s edition is to find new partnership opportunities for assets in […] July 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Jul 2022 ZyVersa Therapeutics and Larkspur merge to become publicly traded biopharma company U.S. biopharma company ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc., and Larkspur Health Acquisition Corp., a blank-check special purpose acquisition company, have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. The transaction is expected to provide ZyVersa with access to the public equity market, which the parties believe will escalate development of ZyVersa’s renal and inflammasome product candidate pipelines. Upon […] July 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email