News and Trends 20 Jan 2023 Aldevron launches type-V CRISPR Nuclease Aldevron, which develops and manufactures plasmid DNA, RNA and proteins for the biotech industry, has launched Eureca-V Nuclease, the wild-type MAD7 CRISPR Type-V nuclease, licensed from Inscripta, at Research Grade, with GMP to follow. Aldevron’s launch at Advanced Therapies Week of Eureca-V Nuclease expands the toolkit of available CRISPR nucleases for therapeutic, diagnostic, and agricultural […] January 20, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Jan 2023 New drug could replace current standard for treating brain cancer Glioblastoma (GBM) is a WHO grade IV brain tumor with dismal prognosis. Although post-surgical radiation chemotherapy combined with temozolomide is the standard line of treatment, GBM cells surviving radiotherapy contribute to tumor progression and recurrence even more aggressively. Researchers have now unveiled the mechanism of radioresistance in glioblastoma cells, identifying therapeutic targets to overcome radioresistance. […] January 20, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Jan 2023 Pathalys Pharma brings in $150M for SHPT trials Pathalys Pharma, Inc. and Launch Therapeutics (Launch Tx) have announced a collaboration to advance phase 3 clinical trials for upacicalcet (designated PLS240 for clinical trials) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in patients on hemodialysis. Launch Therapeutics is backed by funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle and its life sciences franchise Abingworth. Pathalys […] January 19, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Dec 2022Beyond 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 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email