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News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

AstraZeneca adds to its treatments for blood cancer with $100M deal

AstraZeneca announced today (July 5) it has agreed to buy a company working on a cancer cure. The company will hand over $100 million for TeneoTwo, Inc. in an upfront payment that will include its phase 1 clinical-stage CD19/CD3 T-cell engager, TNB-486, that is being evaluated in relapsed and refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. With the […]

July 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 4 Jul 2022

Nanoparticle can kill cancer cells and aid muscle relaxation

A nanoparticle that is both a nanoheater and a nanothermometer at the same time has been developed by researchers at a Japanese university. The university said this is a significant development that not only aids muscle relaxation, but it can also kill cancer cells. Satoshi Arai and colleagues at Kanazawa University have successfully showed that […]

July 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 1 Jul 2022

License submitted to FDA for drug to help those with large B-cell lymphoma

A biologics license application has been submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an antibody to treat patients with B-cell lymphoma. Genmab A/S is a biotechnology company that says its core purpose is to improve the lives of people with cancer. Recently it announced its intent to submit the application for subcutaneous […]

July 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 1 Jul 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 3: Ariceum Therapeutics, TWB, Unilever

On this week’s podcast, we have three conversations: with Manfred Rüdiger, CEO of Ariceum Therapeutics; Jon Hague, Unilever’s R&D VP for homecare; and Olivier Rolland, executive director at TWB. Ambrosia and Dionymer winners at 2022 TWB Start-Up Day TWB, which sets up industrial biotechnology R&D projects and designer of innovative and sustainable solutions, announces the […]

July 1, 2022

News and Trends 28 Jun 2022

Companies unite to bolster diagnostics for cancer and liver disease

Two companies set on making improvements for those with lung cancer, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and breast cancer have partnered in a bid to bolster noninvasive diagnostics for the conditions. IV Bio-holdings (IVBH), a clinical-stage bio-platform company that conceives, creates and scales first-generation precision health solutions that improves the detection, diagnosis and treatment of disease […]

June 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Kintor Pharmaceutical drug gets positive results for breast cancer

News and Trends 28 Jun 2022

Breast cancer drug recommended for approval

A cancer drug from AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo called Enhertu, that reduces the risk of disease progression or even death by 72%, has been recommended for approval in the European Union (EU). The drug containing trastuzumab deruxtecan is specifically engineered for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer treated with […]

June 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 28 Jun 2022

Trinity, St. James’s and Legend Biotech collaborating on solid tumors

Trinity College and St. James’s Hospital Dublin (SJH) in Ireland have entered into a strategic collaboration with Legend Biotech, a global biotechnology company developing, manufacturing and commercializing novel therapies. Together, they will develop 3D models exploring chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) cell therapies in solid tumors. CAR T-cell therapies are customized for each individual patient. […]

June 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jun 2022

Eye inflammation leads to FDA partial clinical hold on Nuvation Bio solid tumor study

U.S. biopharma company Nuvation Bio Inc. says the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a partial clinical hold on the company’s phase 1 dose escalation study of NUV-422 in solid tumors, including high grade glioma, HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer and metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. The company’s Phase 1 trial began enrolling patients in […]

June 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Jun 2022

Evaxion Biotech picks candidate for lung cancer trial

A clinical-stage biotech company that specializes in developing AI-driven immunotherapies has chosen its product candidate for an upcoming clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer. Evaxion Biotech selected EVX-03 within its DNA technology platform to target a new indication based on what it said are very encouraging results from pre-clinical studies. EVX-03 is optimized […]

June 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 23 Jun 2022

Scancell to produce and clinically validate T cell redirecting bispecific antibodies

Scancell Holdings plc, which develops immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious disease, has announced it will develop its GlyMab antibodies into T cell redirecting bispecific (TCB) antibodies and take them into the clinic. The UK company said this is a promising new therapeutic approach to treat cancer. TCB antibodies have dual-binding specificity, which […]

June 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Jun 2022

Roquefort Therapeutics buys UK biotech in return for shares

Medical biotechnology company, Roquefort Therapeutics, has conditionally agreed to buy UK biotech Oncogeni Ltd in return for shares. Oncogeni develops novel patented cancer medicines, and will receive 50 million shares, worth just under £4 million ($4.9 million). Acquisition In light of the acquisition, Oncogeni co-founder Ajan Reginald will become chief executive of the group, and […]

June 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Jun 2022

Galapagos to acquire CellPoint and AboundBio to advance cell therapies

Belgian headquartered biotech Galapagos NV has acquired CellPoint and AboundBio, a move the Belgian company said propels it into next-generation cell therapy. Galapagos said the acquisitions give it access to an innovative, scalable, decentralized and automated point-of-care cell therapy supply model as well as a next-generation fully human antibody-based therapeutics platform. Galapagos said the goal […]

June 22, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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AstraZeneca adds to its treatments for blood cancer with $100M deal

Nanoparticle can kill cancer cells and aid muscle relaxation

License submitted to FDA for drug to help those with large B-cell lymphoma

Beyond Biotech podcast 3: Ariceum Therapeutics, TWB, Unilever

Companies unite to bolster diagnostics for cancer and liver disease

Breast cancer drug recommended for approval

Trinity, St. James’s and Legend Biotech collaborating on solid tumors

Eye inflammation leads to FDA partial clinical hold on Nuvation Bio solid tumor study

Evaxion Biotech picks candidate for lung cancer trial

Scancell to produce and clinically validate T cell redirecting bispecific antibodies

Roquefort Therapeutics buys UK biotech in return for shares

Galapagos to acquire CellPoint and AboundBio to advance cell therapies

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