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In Depth 14 Apr 2023

mRNA vaccines: a promising future

In 1978, nearly two decades after the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA), the concept of a vaccine made from mRNA was materialized. Like its name suggests, mRNAs are messengers that aid in decoding genetic information from DNA to synthesize proteins, a key cellular function. Previous attempts at developing a vaccine using mRNA failed because mRNA […]

April 14, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

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News and Trends 14 Apr 2023

TORL BioTherapeutics launches with $158M to target cancer

TORL BioTherapeutics LLC, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new biologics for cancer treatment, has announced its public launch and the closing of a $158 million Series B financing. TORL’s pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were discovered in the laboratory of scientific co-founder Dennis Slamon, professor of medicine, and chief of […]

April 14, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Apr 2023

Researchers explain how some lung tumors avoid immunotherapy

The oncogenic activation of MYC, a critical gene in cancer progression, has the potential to identify lung cancer patients who may respond poorly to immunotherapy. This is the main conclusion of a study recently published by a team of researchers led by Montse Sanchez-Cespedes, principal investigator of the Cancer Genetics group at the Josep Carreras […]

April 14, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Apr 2023

biomodal launches new multiomics sequencing technology

biomodal, formerly known as Cambridge Epigenetix, has launched its new duet multiomics solution, which it says reveals the combinatorial power of genetic and epigenetic information from a single low volume sample. The duet multiomics solution is the world’s first single-base-resolution sequencing technology that enables the simultaneous phased reading of genetic and epigenetic information in a […]

April 14, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Podcast 14 Apr 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 41: Sarcoidosis

This week, to coincide with World Sarcoidosis Day, we talk about sarcoidosis with Marcin Szumowski, CEO and president of the management board of Molecure. World Sarcoidosis Day As part of Sarcoidosis Awareness Month, which is observed each April, World Sarcoidosis Day is held on April 13. But what is sarcoidosis? The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research […]

April 14, 2023

News and Trends 13 Apr 2023

Alentis Therapeutics raises $105M for claudin platform

Alentis Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech developing treatments for organ fibrosis and claudin-1 (CLDN1) positive tumors. The company has announced $105 million in Series C financing. The funding round was led by Jeito Capital, Novo Holdings A/S and RA Capital Management with participation from existing investors including BB Pureos Bioventures, Bpifrance through its InnoBio 2 […]

April 13, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Apr 2023

Sumitomo Pharma Oncology receives orphan drug designation for Ewing sarcoma treatment

Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on novel cancer therapeutics, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for TP-1287, an investigational oral CDK9 inhibitor, for the treatment of Ewing sarcoma. “We are delighted to have received this designation for TP-1287 which underscores the need for additional treatment […]

April 11, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Apr 2023

Intracellular drug delivery startup Vitarka Therapeutics raises £1.27M

Vitarka Therapeutics, which focuses on non-viral drug delivery technology, has raised £1.27 million ($1.58 million) in equity from venture capital firm SOSV, the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UK12S) and grant funding from Innovate UK. Founded in 2021 by Vineeta Tripathi, Vitarka Therapeutics is developing combination medicines using RNAi therapies and a non-viral drug […]

April 11, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Apr 2023

Mosaic Therapeutics closes $28M series A funding

Mosaic Therapeutics, Ltd has closed its $28 million series A funding round. The investment in this round was raised from Syncona Investment Management, Ltd, and Cambridge Innovation Capital. The company also announced the appointment of former Novartis Oncology SVP Brian Gladsden as CEO. The Series A funding will be used to further advance Mosaic Therapeutics’ pipeline […]

April 5, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Apr 2023

BioNTech adds antibody-drug conjugates to cancer portfolio with potential $1.5B partnership deal

BioNTech SE and Duality Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. have entered into exclusive license and collaboration agreements for two antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) assets to develop, manufacture and commercialize the two assets globally, excluding mainland China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region. With this collaboration, ADCs will become an additional drug class in […]

April 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Apr 2023

iNtRON looks to control colorectal cancer through microbiome

iNtRON Biotechnology has announced that it has demonstrated the effectiveness of P18-BE3CRC using a cancer organoid model. P18-BE3CRC is a drug candidate from iNtRON Biotechnology’s PHAGERIA platform technology, which is for the development and commercialization of bacteriophage-based drugs (Phageome API) for cancer control. Bacteriophages have been used for R&D on bacterial infectious diseases, but recently […]

April 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Apr 2023

Discovery could lead to cancer drugs with fewer side effects

Many anticancer drugs have serious side-effects in clinical practice. Kinesin inhibitors block kinesin motor proteins required for cancer cell division, and are promising anticancer drug candidates with minimal side-effects. However, their association with kinesin proteins remains unclear. Researchers from Japan have addressed this by solving the crystal structure of the complex formed by the kinesin […]

April 4, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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mRNA vaccines: a promising future

TORL BioTherapeutics launches with $158M to target cancer

Researchers explain how some lung tumors avoid immunotherapy

biomodal launches new multiomics sequencing technology

Beyond Biotech podcast 41: Sarcoidosis

Alentis Therapeutics raises $105M for claudin platform

Sumitomo Pharma Oncology receives orphan drug designation for Ewing sarcoma treatment

Intracellular drug delivery startup Vitarka Therapeutics raises £1.27M

Mosaic Therapeutics closes $28M series A funding

BioNTech adds antibody-drug conjugates to cancer portfolio with potential $1.5B partnership deal

iNtRON looks to control colorectal cancer through microbiome

Discovery could lead to cancer drugs with fewer side effects

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