News and Trends 1 Jul 2022 License submitted to FDA for drug to help those with large B-cell lymphoma A biologics license application has been submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an antibody to treat patients with B-cell lymphoma. Genmab A/S is a biotechnology company that says its core purpose is to improve the lives of people with cancer. Recently it announced its intent to submit the application for subcutaneous […] July 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Jul 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 3: Ariceum Therapeutics, TWB, Unilever On this week’s podcast, we have three conversations: with Manfred Rüdiger, CEO of Ariceum Therapeutics; Jon Hague, Unilever’s R&D VP for homecare; and Olivier Rolland, executive director at TWB. Ambrosia and Dionymer winners at 2022 TWB Start-Up Day TWB, which sets up industrial biotechnology R&D projects and designer of innovative and sustainable solutions, announces the […] July 1, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 1 Jul 2022 Continuous cell culture paves the way for better biomanufacturing The development of continuous cell culture technologies is cutting the costs and resources required for biomanufacturing, benefiting biotech processes ranging from growing cultured meat to manufacturing drugs. The idea of replacing livestock with cell culture to produce meat could reduce animal cruelty, lower greenhouse gas emissions and would require far less land to produce equivalent […] July 1, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Jul 2022 FMC dips into pheromone crop protection with $200M BioPhero acquisition FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire BioPhero ApS, a Danish pheromone research and production company. The acquisition adds biologically produced pheromone insect control technology to FMC’s product portfolio and R&D pipeline. BioPhero has pioneered a yeast fermentation process for manufacturing pheromones at lower costs and with fewer production […] July 1, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Jul 2022 Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients partners with evoxx technologies Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients has entered into a strategic partnership with German industrial biotech company evoxx technologies. The companies aim to develop biotechnological processes for ingredients used in beauty applications. The companies said as a result, consumers will be able to purchase beauty products with effective and responsible ingredients. Symrise said consumers today consider the ethical […] July 1, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Jun 2022 LG Chem renews license triggering $2M payment to Avacta South Korean clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, LG Chem Life Sciences, has triggered a license renewal fee to UK-based oncology drug company Avacta Group plc. of $2 million. Avacta develops cancer therapies and diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer and pre|CISION platforms. Under the terms of the agreement, LG Chem has the exclusive rights to develop […] June 30, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Jun 2022 NRG Therapeutics selects Domainex for project aimed at finding candidate for neurogenerative disorders A neuroscience company targeting mitochondrial dysfunction has teamed up with an organization developing small molecule disease-modifying medicines for the treatment for chronic neurogenerative disorders. Domainex, an integrated medicines research services partner has been chosen by neuroscience company, NRG Therapeutics, and will be providing fully integrated lead optimization services including assay biology and medicinal computational chemistry. […] June 30, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Jun 2022 Acticor Biotech gets patent for cardiovascular emergency treatment product French company Acticor Biotech has announced the European Patent Office (EPO) has granted a new patent that provides protection for the use of Acticor’s product, glenzocimab in thrombotic diseases in Europe until 2036. The grant in Europe complements the ones already obtained in November 2020 in the U.S. and in November 2021 in Singapore, both […] June 30, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Jun 2022 Evolved By Nature raises $120M for biotech silk technology Evolved By Nature, the company creating a library of Activated Silk molecules from natural silk protein, has closed $120M in Series C financing. The round was led by Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), part of the C$242 billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, and Senator Investment Group, with participation from existing investors including Mousse Partners, Chanel, […] June 30, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Jun 2022 Funding doubled for company working on breakthrough auto-immune disease therapeutics A Paris-based biotech company developing products for auto-immune diseases, announced today (June 30) that it has almost doubled its initial funding from two companies. The initial funding for Ermium Therapeutics of €6.3 million ($6.57 million) now stands at €12.3 million ($12.83 million) and has been supplied by Kurma Partners and Fountain Healthcare Partners. Ermium discovers […] June 30, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Jun 2022 Sirana Pharma and Pfizer to work on treatment for brittle bone disease German biotech company Sirana Pharma GmbH has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Pfizer Inc. to investigate the potential identification and validation of a novel treatment concept for a rare bone disease, osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Also called brittle bone disease, the condition is currently lacking approved drugs. Sirana Pharma focuses on the development of […] June 30, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Inside Labiotech 30 Jun 2022 Meet Aurore and Liza, our new team members Making conscious career decisions can be one of the biggest challenges we face, but having a clear aim and core values helps align our life paths to what matters the most to us. With a strong passion in SEO and growth hacking, our new Growth Marketing Manager Aurore was seeking new challenges to use her […] June 30, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Yi-Jen Chang Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email