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News and Trends 29 Jun 2023

AI program finds multiple influenza drug targets

Poolbeg Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharma company focusing on infectious and other prevalent diseases, has announced a breakthrough in its world-first influenza Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programme working with the company CytoReason. Poolbeg’s disease progression data from influenza human challenge trials combined with CytoReason’s broad repositories of curated disease data were analyzed using CytoReason’s AI-led platform. The […]

June 29, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 28 Jun 2023

Four biotech events to attend in South East Asia this year

The South East Asian biotech industry is one to reckon with. The growing biotech industry in the region has seen countries like Singapore and Thailand become prominent players in the commercialization of drugs, thanks to a rising emphasis on research and development. As governments in the eleven countries introduce policies that encourage biopharmaceutical research, with […]

June 28, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 23 Jun 2023

European Coalition for Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling launched

The European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE) along with Exact Sciences, Guardant Health, Illumina, MSD and Novartis, have launched the European Coalition for Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (ECGP), to improve cancer care through increased routine clinical access and reimbursement of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (CGP) in Europe. CGP is a method of testing tumors that […]

June 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Jun 2023

BIO International Convention 2023: The Highlights

BIO International Convention, one of the largest networking events hosted for the biotech industry, has been influential in helping biopharmas discover new opportunities and building and strengthening partnerships within the biotech and pharma community. This year, the event took place from June 5 to 8, in the bustling biotech hotspot of Boston, Massachusetts, and saw […]

June 20, 2023 - 14 minutesmins - By Dylan Kissane

News and Trends 19 Jun 2023

Trial shows colorectal cancer drug efficacy

HUTCHMED (China) Limited and Takeda have announced results of their phase III FRESCO‑2 study evaluating fruquintinib in patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), which were published in The Lancet. Fruquintinib is a highly selective and potent inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) -1, -2 and -3. FRESCO-2 is a global phase […]

June 19, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

Researchers say open-source collaboration is ‘fundamental’

New Seqera Labs data have revealed that 72% of research scientists believe open-source collaboration and workflow management is now “fundamental” to the work they do. The data published by Seqera Labs, a provider of secure data orchestration software, brings together the views of 500 researchers and scientists who use open-source scientific workflow platforms for their […]

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 13 Jun 2023

‘Clinical trial in a dish’ for Alzheimer’s disease

Axol Bioscience Ltd., a pluripotent stem cell technology provider for drug discovery, has signed an agreement with StrataStem to access and commercialize its collection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patient samples. Harnessing its stem cell knowledge, Axol will reprogram these patient samples into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that can then be differentiated into a wide […]

June 13, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jun 2023

MOSAIC spatial atlas of cancer cells to be created

Owkin, NanoString Technologies and cancer research institutions University of Pittsburgh, Gustave Roussy, Lausanne University Hospital, Uniklinikum Erlangen/Friedrich-Alexander- Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin are launching MOSAIC (Multi Omic Spatial Atlas In Cancer) at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting. MOSAIC is a $50 million project to revolutionize cancer research through the use […]

June 9, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - 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 with AstraZeneca to develop, manufacture and commercialize autologous, engineered Treg cell therapies for two autoimmune disease indications. “We are extremely pleased to have AstraZeneca on […]

June 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 6 Jun 2023

$5.5M funding for Oncopole to tackle cancer

Oncopole, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) cancer division in Canada, has received major investments that boost its public-private partnership model dedicated to the fight against cancer. Oncopole will continue to pursue its mission thanks to a $3 million reinvestment from founding partner Merck Canada. Oncopole, FRQS cancer division, is the result of […]

June 6, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Jun 2023

Shasqi using click chemistry to target cancer

Shasqi, Inc., whose mission is to revolutionize cancer treatment with click chemistry, has entered into a research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Enterprise Innovation Inc. Through the collaboration, Shasqi will apply its tumor-targeted Click Activated Protodrugs Against Cancer (CAPAC) platform to the development of new cancer therapies. Shasqi’s CAPAC platform relies on chemistry, not biology, […]

June 6, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Podcast 26 May 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 47

The companies Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca have worked together for several years. This week’s podcast is sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca. On this week’s podcast, we have a conversation with Markus Kosch, the head of Oncology Europe and Canada for Daiichi Sankyo, and Greg Rossi, Senior Vice President, Oncology, Europe and Canada, from AstraZeneca, who are joining […]

May 26, 2023

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AI program finds multiple influenza drug targets

Four biotech events to attend in South East Asia this year

European Coalition for Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling launched

BIO International Convention 2023: The Highlights

Trial shows colorectal cancer drug efficacy

Researchers say open-source collaboration is ‘fundamental’

‘Clinical trial in a dish’ for Alzheimer’s disease

MOSAIC spatial atlas of cancer cells to be created

Quell in potential $2B AstraZeneca cell therapy deal

$5.5M funding for Oncopole to tackle cancer

Shasqi using click chemistry to target cancer

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