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News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

Selecta and Astellas sign LOPD treatment agreement

Selecta Biosciences, Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. have announced an exclusive licensing and development agreement for IdeXork (Xork). Xork is being studied as a potential next generation immunoglobulin G (IgG) protease that will be developed by Astellas for use with AT845, an investigational, adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based treatment for late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) in adults. Pompe […]

January 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

2023 Editorial Calendar updated

Each month here at Labiotech.eu, we produce a special newsletter. While still news-related, these special editions are an opportunity to take a deeper look at topics of interest. It also allows us to focus on some of the special awareness days – of which there are many – associated with health and the life sciences. […]

January 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

Ori Biotech and Inceptor Bio partner on solid tumor cell therapy

Cell and gene therapy (CGT) company Ori Biotech, and cell therapy firm Inceptor Bio have announced a new partnership. The deal will utilize Ori Biotech’s manufacturing platform technology to support initial process development through scale-up for manufacturing of Inceptor’s novel CAR-M, CAR-T and CAR-NK programs. Inceptor Bio is the third partner to join Ori’s LightSpeed […]

December 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Dec 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 26: CellCentric, MicrofluidX, Potter Clarkson

This week, we have three guests. We have conversations with Antoine Espinet, CEO of MicrofluidX; Will West, CEO of CellCentric; and Sara Holland, patent attorney at Potter Clarkson. MicrofluidX raises £3.3M to develop advanced therapy manufacturing platform MicrofluidX (MFX), a U.K. based provider of next-generation bioreactors for cell research and manufacturing, today announces £3.3 million […]

December 16, 2022

News and Trends 16 Dec 2022

CSL closer to gene therapy treatments for hemophilia B patients in Europe

CSL says the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending conditional marketing authorization (CMA) of etranacogene dezaparvovec. Etranacogene dezaparvovec is a one-time gene therapy for the treatment of appropriate adults with hemophilia B that reduces the rate of annual bleeds with a single infusion. […]

December 16, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 15 Dec 2022

To avoid stagnation, the EU must refine its ATMP regulation

Over the decades, the EU has spearheaded the adoption of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) such as cell and gene therapies. However, changes are needed to ATMP regulations to keep Europe competitive with the rest of the world. The EU has a rich resource base in terms of biotech innovation. Over the last decades, this […]

December 15, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 15 Dec 2022

EMA gives Myrtelle’s Canavan disease gene therapy candidate OD designation

Myrtelle Inc., a clinical stage gene therapy company, has announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan drug (OD) designation for rAAV-Olig001-ASPA, the company’s lead gene therapy product candidate for the treatment of Canavan disease (CD). EMA OD designation’s aim is to encourage the development of treatments for life-threatening rare conditions by providing […]

December 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Dec 2022

Replay targets genetic brain disorders with new gene therapy company, Kaleibe

Replay, a genome writing company, today announced the launch of Kaleibe, an HSV gene therapy company targeting genetic brain disorders. It is the third of Replay’s product companies to launch since the company’s formation in July and will leverage Replay’s high payload capacity herpes simplex virus (HSV) delivery vector, synHSV, to target genetic brain disorders. […]

December 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Dec 2022

MicrofluidX raises £3.3M to develop advanced therapy manufacturing platform

MicrofluidX (MFX), a U.K. based provider of next-generation bioreactors for cell research and manufacturing, has announced £3.3 million ($4 million) of secured investments. This brings the company’s total funding to date to £7 million ($8.5 million). MicrofluidX’s next generation platform, the Cyto Engine, addresses the need for an affordable, scalable cell culture platform to revolutionize […]

December 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Dec 2022

Polyplus announces completion of acquisition of Xpress Biologics to expand plasmid DNA

Polyplus has announced the completion of an acquisition of Belgian Xpress Biologics to expand plasmid DNA technology. Xpress Biologics specializes in the production of plasmid DNA and protein using microbial expression systems. Polypus concentrates on the manufacturing of advanced therapeutic medicinal products from research to commercial grade. The acquisition will strategically expand the Polyplus plasmid […]

December 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 5 Dec 2022

MaxCyte and Curamys sign cell and gene therapies agreement

MaxCyte, Inc. and Curamys have announced the signing of a strategic platform license. MaxCyte is a cell-engineering focused company providing enabling platform technologies to advance the discovery, development and commercialization of next-generation cell-based therapeutics and to support cell-based research. Curamys is a South Korean biotechnology company developing cell and gene therapy using cell fusion technology […]

December 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Dec 2022

FDA clears SparingVision’s investigational new drug application to treat ocular diseases

SparingVision today announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug application (IND) for SPVN06. The genomic medicine company has had its developing vision-saving treatments for ocular diseases, lead gene independent therapy for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a form of rod-cone dystrophy (RCD) and the most prevalent […]

December 1, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Selecta and Astellas sign LOPD treatment agreement

2023 Editorial Calendar updated

Ori Biotech and Inceptor Bio partner on solid tumor cell therapy

Beyond Biotech podcast 26: CellCentric, MicrofluidX, Potter Clarkson

CSL closer to gene therapy treatments for hemophilia B patients in Europe

To avoid stagnation, the EU must refine its ATMP regulation

EMA gives Myrtelle’s Canavan disease gene therapy candidate OD designation

Replay targets genetic brain disorders with new gene therapy company, Kaleibe

MicrofluidX raises £3.3M to develop advanced therapy manufacturing platform

Polyplus announces completion of acquisition of Xpress Biologics to expand plasmid DNA

MaxCyte and Curamys sign cell and gene therapies agreement

FDA clears SparingVision’s investigational new drug application to treat ocular diseases

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