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News and Trends 12 Jan 2023

Team wins $149M contract for National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

A team consisting of Battelle, AmplifyBio and Andelyn Biosciences has won a seat on an eight-year, $149 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in the U.S. As one of the prime contractors on the multi-award IDIQ, the team will provide manufacturing and nonclinical support […]

January 12, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

Lifesciences and biotech in 2023

A Q&A with Bill Coyle, principal, ZS. ZS is a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare. In some ways, 2022 could be seen as a challenging year—at least financially—in biotech. Do you see those trends continuing? Although we see overall sentiments to invest in biotech turning positive in 2023 after a […]

January 11, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

BD and CerTest Biotec receive emergency use authorization for mpox test

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), and CerTest Biotec have announced emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for mpox virus detection. The VIASURE Monkeypox Virus Real Time PCR Reagents for BD MAX System is now available for BD MAX System users. “The […]

January 9, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

Rani Therapeutics provides pipeline update

Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. has completed a pre-investigational new drug (IND) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with respect to RT-102, the RaniPill GO containing a proprietary formulation of human parathyroid hormone (1-34) analog (PTH) for the potential treatment of osteoporosis, and provided a corporate update. Following feedback from the meeting with […]

January 9, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

Researchers discover new type of CRISPR gene scissors

Scientists at the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg in Germany, and Benson Hill, Inc. (Missouri) and Utah State University in the U.S., have found a nuclease, which they dubbed Cas12a2, that represents an entirely new type of CRISPR immune defense. Unlike any other previously known nuclease of the CRISPR-Cas immune system, the source of ‘gene scissors,’ Cas12a2 […]

January 5, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Jan 2023

Infex’s novel AMR drug candidate MET-X receives FDA QIDP designation

Infex Therapeutics has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted qualified infectious disease product (QIDP) designation to MET-X, the company’s broad spectrum metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) inhibitor. Infex Therapeutics’ MET-X is a resistance bypass treatment that targets Gram-negative Enterobacterales. These pathogens produce MBL enzymes to deactivate beta-lactam antibiotics and evade antibiotic clearance of […]

January 4, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Jan 2023

Aditxt forms Adimune to focus on immune modulation therapies

Aditxt, Inc., a biotech innovation company developing and commercializing technologies with a focus on monitoring and modulating the immune system, has formed a U.S.-based subsidiary Adimune, Inc. The plan is to submit a clinical trial application (CTA) for its immunotherapeutic technology drug candidate, ADI-100 (ADI). The CTA will request approval for Adimune to conduct the […]

January 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Sensorion announces first patient enrolled in cisplatin-induced ototoxicity trial

Sensorion has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in its phase 2a proof of concept clinical trial of SENS-401 (Arazasetron) in patients suffering from cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. Cisplatin and other platinum-based compounds are essential chemotherapeutic agents for many cancers. A serious side effect of these therapies is ototoxicity, or permanent and irreversible hearing loss, […]

January 3, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 27: Cradle, Rani Therapeutics

This week, in our last podcast of 2022, we have two guests. We have conversations with Talat Imran, CEO of Rani Therapeutics; and Stef van Grieken, CEO and co-founder of Cradle. Rani Therapeutics – aiming to remove the pain of needles Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company focused on the oral delivery of […]

December 23, 2022

News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

InSitu Biologics and Mayo Clinic to co-develop anti-cancer therapeutics

InSitu Biologics, Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research to further develop its prolonged-release drug delivery technology for anti-cancer therapeutics. The company has developed an industry-leading platform technology for loading large doses of a variety of medications into a localized delivery matrix. Once injected, medication elutes from […]

December 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Dec 2022

Ganymede Bio raises $12.75M for data platform

Ganymede Bio, the cloud infrastructure provider purpose-built for the life sciences and manufacturing industries, has announced a $12.75 million series A funding round, led by Caffeinated Capital. This follows a $2.9 million seed round completed earlier this year, bringing the total to more than $15.6 million. Founded in 2022, Ganymede Bio has exceeded $1 million […]

December 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

iOnctura raises €17.5M for pancreatic cancer therapy

iOnctura BV, a clinical-stage biotech developing novel cancer therapies, has been granted €17.5 million ($18.6 million) funding from the European Investment Council’s (EIC) accelerator program to develop IOA-289 for pancreatic cancer. The EIC’s funding consists of a grant of €2.5 million ($2.7 million), and €15 million ($16 million) of equity investment. Earlier this month, iOnctura […]

December 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Team wins $149M contract for National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Lifesciences and biotech in 2023

BD and CerTest Biotec receive emergency use authorization for mpox test

Rani Therapeutics provides pipeline update

Researchers discover new type of CRISPR gene scissors

Infex’s novel AMR drug candidate MET-X receives FDA QIDP designation

Aditxt forms Adimune to focus on immune modulation therapies

Sensorion announces first patient enrolled in cisplatin-induced ototoxicity trial

Beyond Biotech podcast 27: Cradle, Rani Therapeutics

InSitu Biologics and Mayo Clinic to co-develop anti-cancer therapeutics

Ganymede Bio raises $12.75M for data platform

iOnctura raises €17.5M for pancreatic cancer therapy

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