Cell therapy Archives

In Depth 27 Jul 2023

Cell and gene therapy manufacturing: trends, advancements and challenges

Cell and gene therapy manufacturing has been a pertinent topic for a while now, largely due to the fact it is such a complicated process, involving a number of moving…

July 27, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

Podcast 14 Jul 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 54

1:24 Labiotech news3:45 TolerogenixX This week, we have a conversation with Matthias Schaier, CEO of TolerogenixX, about tackling rejection of organs following transplantation. TolerogenixX GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing personalized…

July 14, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jul 2023

NK:IO awarded £1.6M grant to develop NK cell therapy

NK:IO, a U.K. company working on natural killer (NK) cell biology applied to the development of exceptionally potent, off-the-shelf cell therapies targeting solid tumors, has been awarded £1.6 million ($2.1…

July 11, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Jul 2023

TolerogenixX expands trial and closes €12M financing

TolerogenixX GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing personalized cellular therapies aimed at achieving sustained immune tolerance to combat organ rejection and autoimmune diseases, has announced that its phase IIb study in…

July 7, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Jul 2023

LIfT produces neutrophil-based cell therapy from iPSCs

LIfT BioSciences has announced successful proof-of-concept production of its patented cancer-killing alpha neutrophils from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The proof-of-concept using iN-LIfT, the company’s second-generation platform, which is derived…

July 6, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jun 2023

Astraveus exits stealth to advance cell and gene therapy platform

Astraveus SAS has emerged from stealth with the completion of an oversubscribed €16.5 million ($18.1 million) Series Seed financing. The company creates modular, microfluidic cell foundries that transform cell and…

June 27, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Jun 2023

FDA clears T-Cell receptor natural killer cell therapy for sarcoma

Replay, a genome writing company, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson), have announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a ‘safe…

June 21, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Beyond Biotech podcast gene cell therapy

Podcast 16 Jun 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 50

The International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT), the global society of more than 3,000 members dedicated to the translation of cell and gene therapies (CGT) into safe and…

June 16, 2023 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jun 2023

Quell in potential $2B AstraZeneca cell therapy deal

Quell Therapeutics Ltd, a developer of engineered T-regulatory (Treg) cell therapies for serious medical conditions driven by the immune system, has entered into a collaboration, exclusive option and license agreement…

June 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Jun 2023

Acepodia raises $100M financing to boost cell therapies

Acepodia, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class cell therapies with its antibody-cell conjugation (ACC) and allogeneic gamma delta 2 T-cell platforms to address gaps in cancer care, has announced…

June 8, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Jun 2023

ElevateBio raises $401M for cell and gene therapies

ElevateBio, LLC (ElevateBio), a technology-driven company focused on cell and gene therapies, has closed its $401 million Series D financing. “We have made significant strides in scaling our technologies and…

June 1, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 18 May 2023

8 rare diseases selected for gene therapy trial portfolio

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) says the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (AMP BGTC) has selected eight rare diseases for its clinical trial portfolio. …

May 18, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 10 May 2023

5 cell therapy companies you should know about

Cell therapy has come a long way in recent years, with many biotech companies now specializing in the development of cell therapies to treat various diseases. In this article we…

May 10, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

Opinion 9 May 2023

Where is innovation needed in cell therapy?

By Dr Ryan Roberts, cell processing lead at Cellular Origins Despite the rapidly emerging innovations in the field of cell and gene therapy, bottlenecks in cell therapy manufacturing processes are…

May 9, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 9 May 2023

Gene & cell therapy manufacturer Ascend launches with more than $130M

Ascend Gene & Cell Therapies (Ascend), a company innovating manufacturing processes to improve quality, potency, safety and cost enabling better reach for gene therapy technologies, has launched as a facilitator…

May 9, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 May 2023

LIfT BioSciences says data show potent killing of pancreatic cancer tumoroids

LIfT BioSciences has revealed preclinical data demonstrating that its immunomodulatory alpha neutrophil product (IMAN) showed potent killing of pancreatic cancer tumoroids. The tumoroid originated from a patient with pancreatic ductal…

May 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 May 2023

Cabaletta Bio’s lupus drug cleared for trial

Cabaletta Bio, Inc., a U.S. clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing and launching the first curative targeted cell therapies for patients with autoimmune diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food…

May 2, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

PL BioScience, ELAREM, GMP-compliant supplements, cell therapy

Becoming human: GMP-compliant supplements for cell therapy

Media additives, or supplements, are indispensable for cell growth and vitality, as they deliver vitamins, energy sources, and various other essential growth factors. However, current animal-sourced supplements are poorly compatible…

April 25, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Ute Boronowsky

8 life science innovators you must meet at BioTrinity 2023

Here are the 8 life science innovators to watch at BioTrinity 2023 from 25th to 26th April! More than 800 biotechs operate in France today, with 60 new ones created…

April 20, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 13 Apr 2023

Aspect and Novo Nordisk working on bioprinted tissue for diabetes and obesity

Aspect Biosystems and Novo Nordisk A/S are set to collaborate on developing bioprinted tissue therapeutics to replace, repair, or supplement biological functions inside the body with the aim of delivering…

April 13, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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