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News and Trends 14 Feb 2023

Syena created to deliver first-in-class TCR-NK cell therapy

Replay, a genome writing company reprogramming biology by writing and delivering big DNA, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, have launched Syena, a new oncology-focused product company pioneering T-cell receptor (TCR) natural killer (NK) cell therapies (TCR-NKs). Building on the intellectual property and technology from MD Anderson and Replay, Syena has the […]

February 14, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Feb 2023

IMV presents positive lymphoma trial results

IMV Inc. has announced positive preliminary data from its VITALIZE phase 2B trial. The study is evaluating IMV Inc. lead DPX product, maveropepimut-S (MVP-S), in combination with pembrolizumab, in patients with relapsed, refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma (r/r DLBCL). IMV Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of immune-educating therapies based on its […]

February 14, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Feb 2023

Minoryx Therapeutics announces X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy data

Minoryx Therapeutics has announced that data from its phase 2/3 ADVANCE clinical trial of lead candidate, leriglitazone, has been published in The Lancet Neurology. The trial, assessing the efficacy and safety of leriglitazone in male patients with adrenomyeloneuropathy, is the first and largest international study to enroll adult male X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy patients. X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) […]

February 14, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 14 Feb 2023

Astex and Cardiff University Medicines Discovery Institute to collaborate on neurodegenerative diseases

Astex Pharmaceuticals (UK), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics for oncology and diseases of the central nervous system and The Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff University (MDI) have entered into a multi-year, multi-million-pound drug discovery research collaboration, aimed to identify new drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The collaboration […]

February 14, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Feb 2023

BiPER Therapeutics raises €1.25M to develop small molecules to treat gastrointestinal cancers

BiPER Therapeutics, a French preclinical biotechnology company developing first-in-class drug candidates targeting BiP protein to treat gastrointestinal cancers, has raised €1.25 million ($1.35 million) in seed funding. BiPER Therapeutics received €300,000 in dilutive funds from WiSeed via WiClub Santé 2, €500,000 in convertible bonds from Bpifrance, and €450,000 in grants as part of the i-Lab […]

February 14, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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How efficient lab inventory management can become a driver for success

Lab inventory management is often not the first priority of biotech companies trying to stay ahead in a competitive environment. But according to a report released by the EU commission, the hidden costs of inefficient lab practices are estimated to exceed €10B every year. Novel lab inventory management solutions can thus reduce costs and push […]

February 14, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Ute Boronowsky

News and Trends 10 Feb 2023

FDA approves GSK drug for recurrent or advanced mismatch repair-deficient endometrial cancer

GSK plc says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given full approval for Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer, as determined by a US FDA-approved test, that has progressed on or following a prior platinum-containing regimen in any setting and are not […]

February 10, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Feb 2023

Janssen reports positive topline phase 2 HDFN results

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has announced positive topline results from the proof-of-concept phase 2 open-label UNITY clinical trial for the treatment of pregnant adults at high risk for severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN). HDFN is a serious and rare condition that can cause life-threatening anemia in the […]

February 10, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Feb 2023

Rocket Pharmaceuticals receives FDA RMAT designation for Danon disease gene therapy treatment

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted regenerative medicine advanced therapy (RMAT) designation to RP-A501. RP-A501 is Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ investigational adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy for the treatment of Danon disease, a devastating and fatal genetic cardiac disease for which there are no disease-altering therapies available. RMAT designation was […]

February 10, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Feb 2023

Heartseed and Novo Nordisk dose first patient in heart failure cell therapy study

Heartseed Inc. and Novo Nordisk A/S say Heartseed has successfully dosed the first patient in a phase 1/2 clinical study (LAPiS Study) with HS-001 – an investigational cell therapy for heart failure. An independent safety evaluation committee has evaluated four-week data on the patient, who lives with advanced heart failure and has given approval for […]

February 10, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Feb 2023

Europe approves childhood epilepsy treatment

UCB’s FINTEPLA (fenfluramine) oral solution has been approved in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) as an add-on therapy to other anti-epileptic medicines for patients two years of age and older. The approval by the European Commission (EC) was based on safety and efficacy data from a […]

February 10, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Feb 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 33: Astellas Pharma, Innovation Agency Lithuania, 4basebio

This week, our guests are Romualda Stragienė, director at Innovation Agency Lithuania and Andrius Sliuzas, export key account manager of high tech industries at Innovation Agency Lithuania; 4basebio CEO Heikki Lanckriet; and Yoshitsugu Shitaka, chief scientific officer at Astellas. 4basebio 4basebio, a spinout of 2Invest AG in 2020, is a life sciences company engaged in […]

February 10, 2023

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Syena created to deliver first-in-class TCR-NK cell therapy

IMV presents positive lymphoma trial results

Minoryx Therapeutics announces X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy data

Astex and Cardiff University Medicines Discovery Institute to collaborate on neurodegenerative diseases

BiPER Therapeutics raises €1.25M to develop small molecules to treat gastrointestinal cancers

How efficient lab inventory management can become a driver for success

FDA approves GSK drug for recurrent or advanced mismatch repair-deficient endometrial cancer

Janssen reports positive topline phase 2 HDFN results

Rocket Pharmaceuticals receives FDA RMAT designation for Danon disease gene therapy treatment

Heartseed and Novo Nordisk dose first patient in heart failure cell therapy study

Europe approves childhood epilepsy treatment

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