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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

Allergy Therapeutics moves ahead with peanut and grass pollen allergy trials

Allergy Therapeutics has announced the first subject has been dosed in the pivotal phase III G306 trial, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Grass MATA MPL. Grass MATA MPL is Allergy Therapeutics’ short-course subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy (SCIT) candidate, which aims to address the cause of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis due to grass pollen. Grass […]

December 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

Ibex and Source announce agreement to aid pathologists with diagnostic accuracy

An agreement has been announced between Ibex Medical Analytics and Source LDPath, part of Source BioScience. It will expand the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to Source’s entire pathology network. Ibex works with AI-powered cancer diagnostics and the expansion builds on its previous work with LDPath. Source, which provides integrated laboratory services and products, acquired […]

December 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

Owlstone Medical launches Breath Biopsy AOC Atlas built with diverse breath samples

Owlstone Medical, a U.K. company working in breath biopsy for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine has announced the launch of the Breath Biopsy AOC Atlas. This is a catalogue of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found on breath. The Atlas provides insight and scientific context into the molecules, supporting biomarker discovery through incorporation […]

December 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

Touchlight and Odimma Therapeutics sign deal to develop personalized cancer therapy

Touchlight, a biotechnology company pioneering enzymatic DNA production to enable genetic medicines, has signed a development and supply agreement with Odimma Therapeutics, a French biotech company focusing on personalized cancer immunotherapy. The agreement focuses on the provision of clinical material for use in Odimma’s oncological neoantigen program. Through the deal, Odimma will gain access to […]

December 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

ImaginAb launching clinical trial for renal cancer and malignant melanoma

ImaginAb Inc., which is focused on developing 89Zr crefmirlimab berdoxam (CD8 ImmunoPET) imaging agent and radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) products, is starting a phase II clinical trial. The trial, PRETZCEL, which will take place at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the U.K., will investigate ImaginAb’s investigational CD8 ImmunoPET agent in patients with melanoma or […]

December 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Dec 2022

Fallouh Healthcare’s device to give early diagnosis for post-surgery strangulation risk

U.K.-based Fallouh Healthcare is developing a device to monitor cardiac patients after surgery, which is when a condition, called cardiac tamponade, can strike. The company says patients recovering from heart surgery can be at risk from the life-threatening condition that sees fluid build-up around the heart, strangling its ability to beat properly. Fallouh Healthcare, formed […]

December 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 5 Dec 2022

New company Liminatus Pharma Inc to develop three cancer treatments

Clinical-stage biopharma company Liminatus Pharma LLC and Iris Acquisition Corp, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses, announced they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will be renamed Liminatus Pharma, Inc.. The […]

December 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Dec 2022

Bactobio raises £6M to search for new antimicrobials

U.K. biotech company Bactobio Ltd. has closed an oversubscribed £6 million ($7.4 million) bridge financing round. The financing was led by Bridford Group, with support from angel investors Peder Holk Nielsen (former CEO and president of Novozymes) and Hugh Grant (former chairman and CEO of Monsanto). New investors included the founders of the London-based fintech […]

December 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 30 Nov 2022

bit.bio expands portfolio for drug discovery in neurodegenerative and neurological diseases

Cell coding company bit.bio has made three additions to its product portfolio: ioGlutamatergic Neurons MAPT N279K and ioGlutamatergic Neurons MAPT P301S disease models, and early access to its ioGABAergic Neurons. This expands bit.bio’s central nervous system (CNS) portfolio to four disease models and three cell types. bit.bio’s cell products are reprogrammed from human induced pluripotent […]

November 30, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 29 Nov 2022

Touchlight receives new grant to further develop doggybone DNA vaccine platform

UK-based biotechnology company, Touchlight, has received a new grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The company will use the money to further its pre-clinical development of its doggybone DNA vaccine platform. The program aims to build on evidence that Touchlight’s rapid enzymatic doggybone DNA vaccines can produce strong neutralizing antibodies and durable T […]

November 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 29 Nov 2022

BioPharma Dynamics expands to provide more solutions for cell and gene therapy industry

BioPharma Dynamics have expanded their portfolio for the cell and gene therapy market to offer a range of chemically defined T-Cell media, DMSO-free cryopreservation solutions, and recombinant growth factors. Suitable for cell therapy applications at any stage, the portfolio of cell media products include immune cell media, stem cell media, and cell cryopreservation solutions. Supporting applications which […]

November 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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MicrofluidX raises £3.3M to develop advanced therapy manufacturing platform

Allergy Therapeutics moves ahead with peanut and grass pollen allergy trials

Ibex and Source announce agreement to aid pathologists with diagnostic accuracy

Owlstone Medical launches Breath Biopsy AOC Atlas built with diverse breath samples

Touchlight and Odimma Therapeutics sign deal to develop personalized cancer therapy

ImaginAb launching clinical trial for renal cancer and malignant melanoma

Fallouh Healthcare’s device to give early diagnosis for post-surgery strangulation risk

New company Liminatus Pharma Inc to develop three cancer treatments

Bactobio raises £6M to search for new antimicrobials

bit.bio expands portfolio for drug discovery in neurodegenerative and neurological diseases

Touchlight receives new grant to further develop doggybone DNA vaccine platform

BioPharma Dynamics expands to provide more solutions for cell and gene therapy industry

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