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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

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

Cartherics granted first patent in China

Cartherics Pty Ltd, a biotechnology company developing immune cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, has been granted a Chinese patent, “Genetically modified cells and uses thereof.” The patent provides a proprietary position for multiple development candidates in Cartherics’ pipeline. Specifically, it covers Cartherics’ chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting tumor-associated glycoprotein-72 (TAG-72), along with T […]

January 9, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

New biomarker for early prediction of response to CAR-T cell therapy

A MedUni Vienna research team in Austria has discovered a new highly potent biomarker for clinical response to CAR-T cell therapy, describing the prerequisites for optimal use of this novel therapy for lymphoma treatment. The current findings are an essential step forward towards optimizing this promising therapy. The results of the study were recently published […]

January 9, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Jan 2023

Transgene approved for IV oncolytic virus trial

Transgene has received clinical trial application (CTA) approval from the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) to proceed with a phase I clinical trial of TG6050. TG6050 is a novel oncolytic virus (OV) that will be administered intravenously in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Transgene is […]

January 6, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Jan 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 28: Mainz Biomed, Newron Pharmaceuticals

This week, we have two guests. We have conversations with Newron CEO, Stefan Weber, and Mainz Biomed CEO, Guido Bächler. Mainz Biomed year-end corporate review Mainz Biomed N.V., a molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in the early detection of cancer, announced its corporate summary for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. The company launched […]

January 6, 2023

News and Trends 6 Jan 2023

Ensoma acquiring Twelve Bio

Arix Bioscience, a global venture capital company focused on investing in breakthrough biotechnology companies, announced that portfolio company Twelve Bio will be acquired by Ensoma in connection with an $85 million financing of Ensoma which Arix co-led, investing $9 million. Twelve Bio is a gene editing company pioneering the therapeutic application of next-generation CRISPR-Cas medicines. […]

January 6, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Jan 2023

C2i Genomics extends AstraZeneca cancer deal

C2i Genomics, a cancer intelligence company, today announced an extension of a collaboration with AstraZeneca. The two companies have collaborated to evaluate the potential of whole-genome minimal residual disease (MRD) testing across solid cancers, with the goal of enhancing oncology treatment, supporting clinical trial recruitment, and monitoring. C2i genomics has completed AstraZeneca’s BeyondBio Innovation Hub’s […]

January 6, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Jan 2023

BioNTech partnering with UK Government on personalized mRNA cancer immunotherapies

BioNTech SE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of the United Kingdom. The deal is set to benefit patients by speeding up clinical trials for personalized mRNA immunotherapies. The aim is to provide personalized cancer therapies for up to 10,000 patients by the end of 2030, either through clinical trials or […]

January 6, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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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

Cartherics granted first patent in China

New biomarker for early prediction of response to CAR-T cell therapy

Transgene approved for IV oncolytic virus trial

Beyond Biotech podcast 28: Mainz Biomed, Newron Pharmaceuticals

Ensoma acquiring Twelve Bio

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BioNTech partnering with UK Government on personalized mRNA cancer immunotherapies

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