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News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK launches health-tech investor partnership for cardiovascular care

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK has launched the Novartis Biome UK Heart Health Catalyst 2022, in a world-first investor partnership with Medtronic ltd, RYSE Asset Management, and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its official charity CW+. The initiative aims to identify and implement solutions that empower patients to improve their heart health, and to […]

July 5, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

Evotec completes acquisition of Rigenerand

An Italian-based cell therapy business has just been bought by Evotec SE, a German therapeutics company. Evotec just announced the strategic transaction to buy Rigenerand Srl, with the deal, signed in May 2022, now completed. Based out of Medolla, Italy, the cell technology company working in the field of cGMP manufacturing of cell therapies will […]

July 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

Mogrify and Astellas to address sensorineural hearing loss

Biopharma company Mogrify Limited, and Japanese regenerative medicine firm Astellas Pharma Inc., have announced a collaborative research agreement on in vivo regenerative medicine approaches to address sensorineural hearing loss. Utilizing Mogrify’s direct cellular reprogramming platform, the collaboration will seek to identify novel combinations of transcription factors involved in cell differentiation to generate new cochlear hair […]

July 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

Positive news from trial for drug to treat major depressive disorder

A company working on treatments for people with mental health issues has had positive feedback from the development program of an anti-depressant targeting major depressive disorder (MDD). ANeuroTech has just announced that after a successful pre-Investigational New Drug Application (IND) meeting, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given positive feedback on its […]

July 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

AstraZeneca adds to its treatments for blood cancer with $100M deal

AstraZeneca announced today (July 5) it has agreed to buy a company working on a cancer cure. The company will hand over $100 million for TeneoTwo, Inc. in an upfront payment that will include its phase 1 clinical-stage CD19/CD3 T-cell engager, TNB-486, that is being evaluated in relapsed and refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. With the […]

July 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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In Depth 5 Jul 2022

The biggest US biotech investments in June 2022

In addition to recent Independence Day festivities, the U.S. biotech space has other reasons to celebrate. The asthma drug developer Upstream Bio topped the ranks for the U.S.’ biggest early-stage biotech investment in June 2022, but manufacturing heavyweight National Resilience, Inc. bagged the private funding top spot with a huge Series D round. In June […]

July 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

Brii Bio takes hepatitis B treatment option

Brii Biosciences Limited, based in China and the U.S., has exercised its option to acquire exclusive development and commercialization rights for VIR-3434 in Greater China as part of its broader collaboration with Vir Biotechnology, Inc. VIR-3434, also known as BRII-877, is a broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibody targeting hepatitis B virus (HBV) that is currently in […]

July 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Jul 2022

Nanoparticle can kill cancer cells and aid muscle relaxation

A nanoparticle that is both a nanoheater and a nanothermometer at the same time has been developed by researchers at a Japanese university. The university said this is a significant development that not only aids muscle relaxation, but it can also kill cancer cells. Satoshi Arai and colleagues at Kanazawa University have successfully showed that […]

July 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 4 Jul 2022

New home for wet lab incubator in bid to help biotech start-ups and promote life sciences

A lab to bring together the hive minds of those addressing the future challenges in healthcare, including biotech start-ups, is set to open at Discovery Park, Kent, U.K. Barclays has selected the location as the home for its latest Eagle Lab, which will open later this year. The labs are a growing national network currently at […]

July 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

In Depth 4 Jul 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven RNA therapeutics into the mainstream

As messenger RNA vaccines save lives around the world, and RNA interference drugs are greenlit for rare diseases, the field of RNA therapeutics is now moving faster than ever before. The COVID-19 pandemic proved a turning point for the biotech companies BioNTech and Moderna, which specialize in developing technology based on messenger RNA (mRNA). The […]

July 4, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

Cleara Biotech closes $2.5M round for senescence treatment

News and Trends 4 Jul 2022

U.S. biotech financing drops 46% in Q1 compared to 2021

Venture financing deal value for U.S.-headquartered biotech companies dipped by 46% in Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2021, according to analysis from GlobalData. The data and analytics company said the decrease was due to venture capital firms becoming more selective in their investments due to the current economic and geopolitical uncertainties. Mariam Shwea, business fundamentals […]

July 4, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Jul 2022

Progress for hearing preservation trial after Australian approval granted

Approval has been granted by the Australian authorities to allow a French company to progress with a clinical trial testing cochlear implants. Montpellier-based Sensorion will start its proof of concept trial of SENS-401, a drug candidate that aims to protect and preserve inner ear tissue from damage. Sensorion is a biotech company specializing in the […]

July 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK launches health-tech investor partnership for cardiovascular care

Evotec completes acquisition of Rigenerand

Mogrify and Astellas to address sensorineural hearing loss

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AstraZeneca adds to its treatments for blood cancer with $100M deal

The biggest US biotech investments in June 2022

Brii Bio takes hepatitis B treatment option

Nanoparticle can kill cancer cells and aid muscle relaxation

New home for wet lab incubator in bid to help biotech start-ups and promote life sciences

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven RNA therapeutics into the mainstream

U.S. biotech financing drops 46% in Q1 compared to 2021

Progress for hearing preservation trial after Australian approval granted

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