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News and Trends 9 Mar 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 37: Natural killer cells, biopharma revenue, toxic shock syndrome vaccine

This week our guests are Marit Inngjerdingen from the Institute of Clinical Medicine in Norway; Kyle Forcier, senior director of life sciences product marketing at Model N; and Dr. Andreas Roetzer, head of R&D for vaccines at Biomedical Research & Bio-Products. The next breakthrough in cancer treatment? In our body, we have an innate immune […]

March 9, 2023

Best in Biotech 9 Mar 2023

5 advancements in kidney disease research over the past year

Prevalent in millions of people across the globe, kidney diseases manifest through various symptoms like blood and excess protein in urine, fluid retention causing swollen ankles, poor appetite and even the inability of the body to filter waste, resulting in acute kidney failure. To boost the research and development of treatments for kidney diseases, Kidney […]

March 9, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

In Depth 3 Mar 2023

Let’s Take a Closer Look at 7 Autoimmune Diseases Biotechs are Fighting to Treat

While we mostly think of disease as being caused by bacteria or viruses, an illness can often occur when the body’s own defenses turn against itself. Here we’ll take a look at seven rare autoimmune diseases you may not have heard of and what biotechs are doing to treat them. The body’s immune system can […]

March 3, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 28 Feb 2023

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Cartherics to work on CAR-T cell therapy for ovarian cancer

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) in Australia and Cartherics Pty Ltd have entered into a collaborative development program agreement (CDPA) to develop Cartherics’ proprietary autologous CAR-T cell therapy (CTH-004) for the treatment of ovarian cancer. The clinical trial to be conducted by Peter Mac will be the first time a CAR-T cell therapy product […]

February 28, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 28 Feb 2023

5 advancements in rare disease research over the past year

There are more than 7,000 rare diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. As Rare Disease Day is observed on February 28, here are five recent advancements that have transformed research and boosted the scope for the development of novel therapies. FDA approves tissue-agnostic therapies for rare cancers Tissue-agnostic drug development has been […]

February 28, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 24 Feb 2023

AELIX announces ‘important step towards HIV eradication’

AELIX Therapeutics S.L., a clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in the discovery and development of immunotherapies for HIV infection, has announced positive topline results from its AELIX-003 trial. The study evaluated the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity and efficacy of AELIX Therapeutics’ HTI T-cell therapeutic HIV vaccine in combination with Gilead’s investigational Toll-Like Receptor 7 (TLR7) agonist, vesatolimod […]

February 24, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Feb 2023

Depression trial gets green light

Beckley Psytech Ltd has received investigational new drug (IND) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a global multi-site phase IIb study exploring the safety, efficacy and tolerability of two doses of its lead compound, BPL–003, in patients with treatment resistant depression (TRD). BPL-003 is the Beckley Psytech’s novel synthetic formulation of […]

February 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Feb 2023

Positive topline data from sepsis trial

Modus Therapeutics AB has published positive top-line data from its phase 1b lipopolysaccharide (LPS) provocation study, a key step in evaluating the potential of its lead asset, sevuparin, as a treatment for sepsis and other conditions with systemic inflammation. In the study, healthy volunteers received LPS to induce a transient systemic inflammation reaction together with […]

February 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Feb 2023

First patient enrolled in Pharming APSD trial

Pharming Group N.V. says the first patient has been enrolled in its phase III clinical trial evaluating the investigational drug leniolisib, an oral, selective phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) inhibitor, in children with activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS). There is currently no approved treatment for this complex and progressive disease caused by genetic variants. At […]

February 21, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Feb 2023

Positive results for INOVIO recurrent respiratory papillomatosis trial

INOVIO Pharmaceuticals has announced positive preliminary results from the second cohort of its phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating INO-3107 for the treatment of HPV 6 and HPV 11-associated recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) in adults. In the second cohort of 11 patients who were administered INO-3107 via the exploratory side port needle, 10 of the 11 […]

February 17, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Feb 2023

Immuno Cure starts HIV drug trial

Immuno Cure BioTech, a clinical stage biotechnology group based in the Hong Kong Science Park, which specializes in PD-1-enhanced DNA vaccines and immunotherapies, has started its phase I clinical trial of ICVAX, a therapeutic vaccine against HIV/AIDS. The trial is taking place at the National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases at The Third People’s […]

February 17, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Feb 2023

Report: China leads the way with phase 1 studies

Novotech, an Asia Pacific biotech CRO, has published a new global report on phase 1 trial activity including current metrics on fast growth regions and therapeutic areas. The data analysis found that Asia Pacific has been the fastest-growing region for phase 1 clinical trials in the last 10 years, reaching a share of 58% in […]

February 17, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Beyond Biotech podcast 37: Natural killer cells, biopharma revenue, toxic shock syndrome vaccine

5 advancements in kidney disease research over the past year

Let’s Take a Closer Look at 7 Autoimmune Diseases Biotechs are Fighting to Treat

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Cartherics to work on CAR-T cell therapy for ovarian cancer

5 advancements in rare disease research over the past year

AELIX announces ‘important step towards HIV eradication’

Depression trial gets green light

Positive topline data from sepsis trial

First patient enrolled in Pharming APSD trial

Positive results for INOVIO recurrent respiratory papillomatosis trial

Immuno Cure starts HIV drug trial

Report: China leads the way with phase 1 studies

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