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News and Trends 13 Jun 2023

CellCentric receives FDA Fast Track designation for relapsed refractory multiple myeloma drug

CellCentric has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its novel cancer drug, inobrodib, Fast Track designation for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The FDA’s Fast Track designation is designed to aid the development of new treatments, expediting the review of drugs to treat serious conditions […]

June 13, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Jun 2023

ITM follows €255M investment round by opening new facility

After a recent funding announcement, Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM), a radiopharmaceutical biotech company, has opened its new production facility for therapeutic radionuclides in Neufahrn near Munich, Germany. ITM’s new facility is the world’s largest production site of lutetium-177, an innovative medical isotope used in targeted cancer therapies. Due to its medical properties, lutetium-177 has […]

June 13, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 9 Jun 2023

Enhancing canine wellness: The promise of immunotherapy for dogs

Given that dogs are widely regarded as ‘man’s best friend’, it makes sense that we are constantly striving to find ways to improve canine health and extend their lives. One method that has been – and is still being – explored is the use of immunotherapy, which uses a dog’s own immune system to fight […]

June 9, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

News and Trends 9 Jun 2023

MOSAIC spatial atlas of cancer cells to be created

Owkin, NanoString Technologies and cancer research institutions University of Pittsburgh, Gustave Roussy, Lausanne University Hospital, Uniklinikum Erlangen/Friedrich-Alexander- Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin are launching MOSAIC (Multi Omic Spatial Atlas In Cancer) at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting. MOSAIC is a $50 million project to revolutionize cancer research through the use […]

June 9, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jun 2023

Astellas developing new gastric cancer drug

Astellas Pharma Inc. has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for zolbetuximab. Zolbetuximab is a first-in-class investigational Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2)-targeted monoclonal antibody, for first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma whose tumors are CLDN18.2-positive. If approved, […]

June 9, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Jun 2023

Acepodia raises $100M financing to boost cell therapies

Acepodia, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class cell therapies with its antibody-cell conjugation (ACC) and allogeneic gamma delta 2 T-cell platforms to address gaps in cancer care, has announced a $100 million Series D financing. The funds will be used to progress the company’s pipeline of enhanced cell therapies for solid tumors and hematologic […]

June 8, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 6 Jun 2023

$5.5M funding for Oncopole to tackle cancer

Oncopole, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) cancer division in Canada, has received major investments that boost its public-private partnership model dedicated to the fight against cancer. Oncopole will continue to pursue its mission thanks to a $3 million reinvestment from founding partner Merck Canada. Oncopole, FRQS cancer division, is the result of […]

June 6, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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

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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

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

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

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CellCentric receives FDA Fast Track designation for relapsed refractory multiple myeloma drug

ITM follows €255M investment round by opening new facility

Enhancing canine wellness: The promise of immunotherapy for dogs

MOSAIC spatial atlas of cancer cells to be created

Astellas developing new gastric cancer drug

Acepodia raises $100M financing to boost cell therapies

$5.5M funding for Oncopole to tackle cancer

Head and neck cancer data presented at ASCO 2023

Optimizing early discovery by unraveling cancer complexity within precision therapeutics

Shasqi using click chemistry to target cancer

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New approach improves cancer treatment and minimizes side effects

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