News and Trends 1 Feb 2024
Can gene therapy be the key to restoring hearing loss?
…the ear. The genes are encased in a viral vector, which is essentially a harmless virus that transports the genes to hair cells in the inner ear. Hair cells are…
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News and Trends 30 Jun 2017
€40M in Series C for a British Biotech Treating Blindness with Gene Therapy
…condition, LCA; and Eyevensys will soon start a first trial in uveitis with the first gene therapy that does not use viral vectors. Images via GeK / Shutterstock; NightstaRx …
News and Trends 24 Mar 2020
Vaccitech’s Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Phase II
…In the open-label trial, the University of Oxford spin-off enrolled 23 patients with advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer. The patients received the company’s viral vector vaccine in combination with the approved…
News and Trends 1 Dec 2022
FDA clears SparingVision’s investigational new drug application to treat ocular diseases
…oxidative stress. The DNA of the two distinct isoforms (RdCVF and RdCVFL) of the NXNL1 gene are supplied via an Adeno-associated virus (AAV), the viral vector of choice for retinal…
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News and Trends 1 Apr 2022
Europe Shuns Russian Covid-19 Vaccines as Ukraine War Continues
…Sputnik V. The vaccine — made using adenoviral vectors like AstraZeneca’s vaccine — was given emergency authorization in more than 70 countries, including the EU member states Hungary and Slovakia….
News and Trends 30 Sep 2016
Tailored Cancer Vaccines? NousCom is working on it!
…viruses modified to selectively target tumor antigens and adenoviral vectors for the delivery of cancer antigens. Comment: The company is getting ready to compete against the big players in immuno-oncology…
News and Trends 16 Nov 2016
Cell Therapies: Is Commercialization holding back a Breakthrough?
…to cure himself, but four days after he was injected with an adenoviral vector to test the treatment’s safety, Gelsinger suffered a massive immune response to the virus that caused…
News and Trends 8 Jun 2023
Acepodia raises $100M financing to boost cell therapies
…from viral vector-delivered gene transductions or genetic engineering that CAR-based cell therapies require. This approach allows for the development of off-the-shelf allogeneic cell therapies that are more broadly accessible for…
Streamlining CAR-T cell therapy manufacturing: a platform approach
…Therapies’ platform is the option to manufacture the lentiviral vectors needed to genetically engineer CAR-T cells within the same platform. As a result, CAR-T developers can rely on a single…
News and Trends 14 Sep 2022
Collaboration to explore gene therapy products for neurodegenerative disorders
…and PD, with the potential to develop further programs.” Under the collaboration, Coave Therapeutics will use its AAV-Ligand Conjugate (ALIGATER) platform to design, develop and manufacture coAAV viral vectors carrying…
News and Trends 13 Sep 2017
Italian Biotech Closes €7M Series B for Stem Cells to Treat Cancer
…indication, adding to their current target multiple myeloma. The company’s technology targets the immunosuppressive microenvironment that surrounds a tumor, which protects cancer cells from attack. A lentiviral vector delivers a…
News and Trends 3 Mar 2022
Europe’s Ophthalmology Scene Stays Hot for Biotech Funding
…immune cells present, which can attack viral vectors carrying the therapy. Ophthalmological gene therapies have been the focus of numerous recent funding rounds, including small rounds closed by Amarna Therapeutics…
