News and Trends 3 Oct 2022 Sierra Space and UC San Diego to develop first stem cell research institute in space Sierra Space and University of California San Diego, one of the world’s top 15 research universities and a leader in microgravity research, have formed a new agreement with the goal of defining the future of human health care research in space. In a new memorandum of understanding between the two organizations, Sierra Space and UC […] October 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Oct 2022 Incyte to acquire Medicxi-backed Villaris Therapeutics to tackle vitiligo Incyte has entered into an agreement to acquire Villaris Therapeutics, an asset-centric biopharmaceutical company seeded by Medicxi and focused on the development of novel antibody therapeutics for vitiligo. The deal could eventually be worth upwards of $1.4 billion. Its lead asset, auremolimab (VM6), an anti-IL-15Rβ monoclonal antibody (mAb), is expected to enter clinical development in […] October 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Oct 2022 AmplifyBio acquires PACT Pharma assets AmplifyBio has acquired select assets from PACT Pharma, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing neoantigen-specific T cell receptor cell therapies. The deal will provide AmplifyBio with advanced characterization platforms, bioinformatics capabilities, and 40 drug development experts to enhance its own cell and gene therapy service offerings. AmplifyBio will also acquire the South San Francisco […] October 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Sep 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 16: Adocia, Omnio, Phenomix Sciences, Tridek-One This week, we have four guests: Olivier Soula, deputy-CEO and director of R&D at Adocia; Ulrika Norin, CEO of Omnio; Mark Bagnall, CEO of Phenomix Sciences; and Laurence de Schoulepnikoff, CEO of Tridek-One. We also have our weekly chat with global commercial real estate services company JLL, with Travis McCready. This week’s podcast is sponsored […] September 30, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Sep 2022 Treatment for adults with chronic skin condition approved by FDA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of adult patients with prurigo nodularis. Dupilumab is being jointly developed by Sanofi and Regeneron under a global collaboration agreement. To date, dupilumab has been studied across more than 60 clinical trials involving more than 10,000 patients with various chronic diseases […] September 29, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 29 Sep 2022 Positive results from Eisai and Biogen Alzheimer’s trial Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. have announced positive topline results from Eisai’s large global phase 3 confirmatory Clarity AD clinical trial of lecanemab to treat mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild AD (collectively known as early AD) with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology in the brain. Lecanemab is an […] September 29, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 New coalition launched to inject $2.5B into startups addressing food, hunger and health S2G Ventures, Food Systems for the Future and other partners have launched the Food, Nutrition and Health Investor Coalition (FNHIC). The FNHIC is a call to action to drive $2.5 billion in private investment over the next three years to improve hunger and health outcomes through food. The announcement was made at the White House […] September 28, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Primary Aldosteronism Foundation creates alliance to tackle hypertension The Primary Aldosteronism Foundation has announced the creation of a multi-stakeholder alliance to drive diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension. Among the partners is Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc, a biopharmaceutical company developing a novel therapy for the treatment of hypertension. The initiative will facilitate the design and implementation of interventions to […] September 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Scribe Therapeutics enters into agreement with Sanofi for use of its CRISPR technologies Scribe Therapeutics has entered into an agreement with Sanofi which will allow Sanofi use of its CRISPR genome editing technologies. Scribe Therapeutics’ custom genome editing and delivery tools called CasX-Editors (XE) based on foundations such as the CasX enzyme will enable genetic modification of natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer and will support Sanofi’s […] September 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Optics11 Life receives €5 million in funding for drug development and rollout of products Expanded offerings for drug development and regenerative medicines will be the focus of €5 million ($4.8 million) funding raised by Optics11 Life. The funding from Forward.ONE and returning investor, Value Creation Capital, was announced today (September 28) and will support the rollout of new products applying the company’s technology for experiments at scale requiring high-throughput […] September 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 28 Sep 2022 How the alternative protein space aims to address food waste Food waste impacts the whole of society, including the field of alternative protein. Nick Cooney, managing partner of Lever VC, explains how companies and investors in the space aim to tackle the global problem. This week, the UN and its food security-focused arm, the Food and Agriculture Organization, celebrate the International Day of Awareness of […] September 28, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Spoonshot on how foodtech can reduce food waste With the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste just around the corner, Labiotech caught up with Spoonshot co-founder and CEO Kishan Vasani to find out how the foodtech sector can tackle food waste. Spoonshot is a software platform for food and beverage professionals that delivers category intelligence by leveraging data from more […] September 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email