News and Trends 2 Aug 2022 Sosei Heptares and AbbVie enter second collaboration targeting neurological diseases A new drug discovery collaboration has taken place between Japanese Sosei Group Corporation and UK-based Abbvie with the hope of targeting neurological disease. This is the second partnership between the companies and offers the option to license agreement which is aimed at discovering, developing and commercializing small molecules that modulate novel G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) […] August 2, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Jul 2022 Astellas to create new biotech campus in South San Francisco Astellas Pharma Inc. has unveiled plans to create an integrated biotechnology campus in South San Francisco as its West Coast innovation and research center. The new 154,000-square-foot building at 480 Forbes Boulevard will allow for the co-location of several Astellas business units and functions currently located independently throughout the San Francisco area. The new innovation […] July 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Jun 2022 Mitochondria in focus as 4BIO Capital co-leads $30.3M financing in LUCA Science 4BIO Capital, an international venture capital firm focusing on the advanced therapies sector, has co-led a $30.3M oversubscribed Series B financing in LUCA Science Inc., which is developing a novel class of mitochondria biopharmaceutical agents. The round was co-led with DCI Partners and existing investor Fast Track Initiative, and supported by existing international investors including […] June 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email