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News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

Mersana Therapeutics and Merck to develop novel ADCs

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. has announced a research collaboration and commercial license agreement with a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to discover novel Immunosynthen antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) directed against up to two targets. Immunosynthen, Mersana Therapeutics’ proprietary STING-agonist ADC platform, is designed to generate systemically administered ADCs that locally activate STING signaling in both […]

December 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

Merck and Kelun-Biotech collaborating on seven ADC cancer candidates

Merck (MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada), and Kelun-Biotech (a holding subsidiary of Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd), have entered into an exclusive license and collaboration agreement to develop seven investigational preclinical antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) for the treatment of cancer. “Advances in ADC technologies are yielding a new generation of candidates designed to more […]

December 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

InSitu Biologics and Mayo Clinic to co-develop anti-cancer therapeutics

InSitu Biologics, Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research to further develop its prolonged-release drug delivery technology for anti-cancer therapeutics. The company has developed an industry-leading platform technology for loading large doses of a variety of medications into a localized delivery matrix. Once injected, medication elutes from […]

December 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Dec 2022

Anocca secures €25M to develop next-generation T-cell therapies for cancer

Anocca, a fully integrated cell therapy biotechnology company, has secured €25 million ($26.5 million) venture debt financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Anocca’s CEO and co-founder Reagan Jarvis said: “We’re delighted that the EIB has chosen to support us as we build a critical piece of advanced biotechnology capability and infrastructure in Sweden. Anocca’s […]

December 21, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Dec 2022

Artificial DNA can kill cancer

Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have used artificial DNA to target and kill cancer cells in a new way. The method was effective in lab tests against human cervical cancer- and breast cancer-derived cells, and against malignant melanoma cells from mice. The team created a pair of chemically synthesized, hairpin-shaped, cancer-killing DNA. […]

December 21, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

Watch: Valo Therapeutics at Bio-Europe

Valo Therapeutics Oy is a Finnish immunotherapy company developing antigen-coated oncolytic viruses and vaccine vectors as innovative immunotherapy approaches against cancer and infectious disease. The Valo Therapeutics lead platform, PeptiCRAd (Peptide-coated Conditionally Replicating Adenovirus), was developed at the laboratory of Vincenzo Cerullo at the University of Helsinki in Finland. It turns oncolytic adenoviruses into targeted […]

December 20, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

Watch: Mendus interview

Mendus AB is a Swedish company dedicated to changing the course of cancer treatment by addressing tumor recurrence and improving survival outcomes for cancer patients, while preserving quality of life. The company leverages its expertise in allogeneic dendritic cell biology to develop an advanced clinical pipeline of novel, off-the-shelf, cell-based immunotherapies which combine clinical efficacy […]

December 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

Ori Biotech and Inceptor Bio partner on solid tumor cell therapy

Cell and gene therapy (CGT) company Ori Biotech, and cell therapy firm Inceptor Bio have announced a new partnership. The deal will utilize Ori Biotech’s manufacturing platform technology to support initial process development through scale-up for manufacturing of Inceptor’s novel CAR-M, CAR-T and CAR-NK programs. Inceptor Bio is the third partner to join Ori’s LightSpeed […]

December 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

iOnctura raises €17.5M for pancreatic cancer therapy

iOnctura BV, a clinical-stage biotech developing novel cancer therapies, has been granted €17.5 million ($18.6 million) funding from the European Investment Council’s (EIC) accelerator program to develop IOA-289 for pancreatic cancer. The EIC’s funding consists of a grant of €2.5 million ($2.7 million), and €15 million ($16 million) of equity investment. Earlier this month, iOnctura […]

December 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

UroGen completes bladder cancer phase 3 trial enrollment

UroGen Pharma Ltd. says its phase 3 ENVISION study of investigational agent UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical solution in development for the treatment of LG-IR-NMIBC is fully enrolled. The study targeted enrollment of 220 patients across 90 sites and, assuming positive findings, UroGen anticipates submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) for UGN-102 in 2024. “Completing enrollment […]

December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

Ordaōs and Yatiri Bio to tackle AML

Ordaōs has announced a joint development agreement to create new therapeutics for two novel targets in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with Yatiri Bio. Ordaōs is a biotechnology company designing novel mini-proteins to help drug hunters deliver life-saving treatments, and Yatiri Bio is a biotechnology company that has developed a proprietary platform that links patient proteomic […]

December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

Prenetics acquires ACT Genomics

Prenetics Global Limited is acquiring a majority stake in ACT Genomics Holdings Company Limited, an Asia based genomics company specializing in precision oncology with operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and in the U.K. “With the addition of ACT’s technologies, capabilities and team, Prenetics will be well-positioned to accelerate the utilization of genetic […]

December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Mersana Therapeutics and Merck to develop novel ADCs

Merck and Kelun-Biotech collaborating on seven ADC cancer candidates

InSitu Biologics and Mayo Clinic to co-develop anti-cancer therapeutics

Anocca secures €25M to develop next-generation T-cell therapies for cancer

Artificial DNA can kill cancer

Watch: Valo Therapeutics at Bio-Europe

Watch: Mendus interview

Ori Biotech and Inceptor Bio partner on solid tumor cell therapy

iOnctura raises €17.5M for pancreatic cancer therapy

UroGen completes bladder cancer phase 3 trial enrollment

Ordaōs and Yatiri Bio to tackle AML

Prenetics acquires ACT Genomics

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