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News and Trends 6 Jun 2023

Head and neck cancer data presented at ASCO 2023

Results from promising trials in the fight against head and neck cancer have been presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago. Transgene, a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, and NEC Corporation, a provider of IT, network and AI technologies, announced new […]

June 6, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

precision medicine, cancer, nRavel, Indivumed Therapeutics, early oncology discovery

Optimizing early discovery by unraveling cancer complexity within precision therapeutics

June 6, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

News and Trends 6 Jun 2023

Shasqi using click chemistry to target cancer

Shasqi, Inc., whose mission is to revolutionize cancer treatment with click chemistry, has entered into a research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Enterprise Innovation Inc. Through the collaboration, Shasqi will apply its tumor-targeted Click Activated Protodrugs Against Cancer (CAPAC) platform to the development of new cancer therapies. Shasqi’s CAPAC platform relies on chemistry, not biology, […]

June 6, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jun 2023

Rabies vaccine gets phase 3 trial approval

YS Biopharma Co. Ltd.’s PIKA rabies vaccine has been granted phase 3 clinical trial approval from the Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines. The phase 3 clinical trial, which is planned to commence later in 2023, is a multi-center, multi-country study designed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine. The study will […]

June 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 5 Jun 2023

The biggest private biotech investments in May 2023

The companies ElevateBio, ReNAgade Therapeutics and Carmot Therapeutics bagged the biggest biotech investments in May 2023. Around the world, biomanufacturing and oncology players attracted the biggest funding rounds. A lot of private biotech fundraising took place in May 2023, with some particularly big rounds in the U.S. healthcare sector, as five companies took home $100 […]

June 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

News and Trends 5 Jun 2023

Bacterial resistance genes a ‘threat to human health’

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are much more widespread in our environment than was previously realized. A new study, from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, shows that bacteria in almost all environments carry resistance genes, with a risk of them spreading and aggravating the problem of bacterial […]

June 5, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 Jun 2023

Faux filet: World’s first 3D-printed ready-to-cook fish produced

As biotechs come up with fascinating, new ways to cultivate food, Israel-based Steakholder Foods has created the first-ever 3D-printed fish filets. These ready-to-cook filets, which are developed from animal cells that are grown in laboratories, are obtained from the startup’s proprietary 3D bioprinters and customized bio-inks. Said to have the same taste and texture as […]

June 2, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

Podcast 2 Jun 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 48

BioInvent International AB, a Swedish biotech company focused on the discovery and development of novel and first-in-class immune-modulatory antibodies for cancer immunotherapy, and Transgene, a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapeutics against cancer, recently announced positive phase 1a data on the oncolytic virus BT-001 for the treatment of solid tumors. BioInvent currently has four […]

June 2, 2023

News and Trends 2 Jun 2023

Scientists develop probe to push for new drug discoveries

A study by Loughborough University and the University of Oxford in the U.K. has led to the development of a small molecule probe that could deepen the understanding of a crucial cellular messenger and lead to the development of new therapeutic drugs. The research paper showcases the researchers’ innovative probe that binds to inositol pyrophosphate […]

June 2, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 Jun 2023

New approach improves cancer treatment and minimizes side effects

Scientists at Tohoku University in Japan have discovered a new approach to improve the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) – a novel form of cancer treatment utilizing immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) – while minimizing the associated side effects. They demonstrated that using ICIs to target tumor-positive lymph nodes generates a robust anti-tumor response against […]

June 2, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

blood bleeding disorders von Willebrand disease

News and Trends 2 Jun 2023

von Willebrand disease treatment gets FDA orphan drug designation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Vega Therapeutics, Inc. orphan drug designation for its antibody therapy, VGA039, for the treatment of the rare bleeding disorder, von Willebrand disease (VWD). Vega Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies for rare blood disorders. VGA039 is a first-in-class antibody therapy with a […]

June 2, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 Jun 2023

Anocca raises $36.6M for large-scale development of cancer cell therapies

Anocca AB has raised SEK 400 million ($36.6 million) to further develop the discovery and manufacture of next generation cell therapies for cancer on an industrial scale. It will also allow Anocca to progress its first products into clinical trials. The financing brings together a group of existing and new investors, including Mellby Gård, AMF, […]

June 2, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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