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News and Trends 12 Jan 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 29: Janssen, Knowledge Gate

This week, our guests are Viktoriya Vasilenko, Knowledge Gate co-founder and CEO; and Avery Ince, vice president, medical affairs, cardiovascular & metabolism at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC. Study confirms benefit of XARELTO (rivaroxaban) for secondary prevention of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has revealed observational data from […]

January 12, 2023

News and Trends 12 Jan 2023

Anticancer drugs could lead to new sepsis treatment

Researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) in Oeiras, Portugal, say because anti-cancer drugs limit inflammation, they could be a potential treatment for sepsis. The study, published in eLife, reveals that the class of drugs used in cancer treatment limit the unrestrained production of inflammatory mediators by the immune system. The discovery positions these […]

January 12, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Jan 2023

Breast cancer most studied disease area in 2022

Phesi, a global provider of patient-centric data analytics, has released the results of its global analysis of all clinical trials conducted in 2022. The report, which analyzed 80,917 trial records, reveals that breast cancer retained its position as the most-studied disease area, followed by COVID-19. Three of the top five most-studied disease areas fell within oncology, […]

January 12, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Best in Biotech 12 Jan 2023

The biggest biotech trends that will shape 2023

2023 has begun at full throttle. We have collected seven major biotech trends that industry experts are keeping an eye on over the next 12 months. Just like that, another year has begun. 2023 has already launched with announcements of big pharma acquisitions and the approval of Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab by the […]

January 12, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 12 Jan 2023

Ajinomoto and Exelixis to discover and develop novel ADCs to treat cancer

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. has signed a license agreement with Exelixis, Inc. to incorporate AJICAP, Ajinomoto Co.’s proprietary site-specific bioconjugation and linker technologies, in the development of some of Exelixis’ antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) programs. Exelixis is an oncology-focused biotechnology company looking to accelerate the discovery, development and commercialization of new medicines for difficult-to-treat cancers. Utilizing its […]

January 12, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

New nanotransporter delivers drugs inside cells

A new study by the University of Barcelona in Spain has analyzed the viability of a new nanomolecule that can be used as a nanotransporter to deliver drugs. The results, published in the journal Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, show that liposomes designed by researchers are able to transport and deliver an anticancer drug that […]

January 11, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

AbbVie bets on Anima mRNA modulators to tackle cancer

AbbVie and Anima Biotech have announced a collaboration to discover and develop mRNA biology modulators for three targets in oncology and immunology. Anima Biotech will use its mRNA Lightning platform to discover novel mRNA biology modulators against the collaboration targets, providing AbbVie exclusive rights to license and further develop and commercialize the programs. “This collaboration […]

January 11, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

Clinical trends for 2023

By Richard Staines, account director, Optimum Strategic Communications Few would deny that the decade has had a turbulent start, but after the tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war, there’s hope that 2023 will see a new wave of clinical research. Exciting new technologies such as gene editing, gene therapy and a next […]

January 11, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

We DUB this target ‘druggable’

By Sheelagh Frame, CSO at Ubiquigent Modulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) presents a rich source for drug discovery. Recent years have seen the clinical validation of proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) unlock the ability to drug the undruggable, by exploiting E3 ligases to mediate targeted protein degradation (TPD), paving the way to tackle exciting new drug […]

January 11, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

Lifesciences and biotech in 2023

A Q&A with Bill Coyle, principal, ZS. ZS is a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare. In some ways, 2022 could be seen as a challenging year—at least financially—in biotech. Do you see those trends continuing? Although we see overall sentiments to invest in biotech turning positive in 2023 after a […]

January 11, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

Boehringer Ingelheim and 3T Biosciences to develop next-generation cancer immunotherapies

Boehringer Ingelheim and 3T Biosciences have entered into a strategic collaboration and licensing agreement to discover and develop next-generation cancer therapies to address high unmet patient needs. The partnership will bring together 3T Biosciences’ best-in-class 3T-TRACE (T-Cell Receptor Antigen and Cross-Reactivity Engine) discovery platform with Boehringer Ingelheim’s two-pronged research strategy combining cancer cell-directed and immune […]

January 9, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

ErVaccine raises €4.5M to start therapeutic cancer vaccine trial

ErVaccine Technologies, announces the closing of a €4.5 million ($4.8 million) seed round, including dilutive and non-dilutive funds, with Seventure and Bpifrance as part of the Aide au Développement de l’Innovation (ADI) program. ErVaccine is a biotech company and spin-off from the Centre Léon Bérard-Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, France, which develops next-generation […]

January 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Beyond Biotech podcast 29: Janssen, Knowledge Gate

Anticancer drugs could lead to new sepsis treatment

Breast cancer most studied disease area in 2022

The biggest biotech trends that will shape 2023

Ajinomoto and Exelixis to discover and develop novel ADCs to treat cancer

New nanotransporter delivers drugs inside cells

AbbVie bets on Anima mRNA modulators to tackle cancer

Clinical trends for 2023

We DUB this target ‘druggable’

Lifesciences and biotech in 2023

Boehringer Ingelheim and 3T Biosciences to develop next-generation cancer immunotherapies

ErVaccine raises €4.5M to start therapeutic cancer vaccine trial

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