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News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Emyria starts program with neuroscience drug discovery CRO

Emyria Limited, a clinical stage biotech, is set to work with PsychoGenics, a specialist neuroscience preclinical drug discovery and contract research organization (CRO). Emyria and partner, the University of Western Australia, will start by screening five novel MDMA analogs from their proprietary library using PsychoGenic’s drug discovery platform, SmartCube. SmartCube extracts and analyzes behavioral and […]

September 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Startup Scout 22 Sep 2022

Cartography Biosciences unearths cancer immunotherapy targets

Despite its meteoric growth in the last twenty years, cancer immunotherapy research is hamstrung by a lack of viable drug targets. Cartography Biosciences is using a single-cell sequencing approach to meet this demand. Immuno-oncology as a field barely existed 20 years ago, but has rapidly grown into a thriving field of biotechnology research. This has […]

September 22, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

New phase 1 biomarker results reported by Glyscend Therapeutics for diabetes drug

A U.S.-based biotech yesterday (September 21) reported additional biomarker results for a treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) from a phase 1 study. Glyscend Therapeutics, has been looking at orally administered drug GLY-200, which is a gut-restricted therapeutic. The company also received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on an Investigational New […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

National Hemophilia Foundation launches research fund

The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) in the U.S. has announced the launch of Pathway to Cures (P2C), a new venture philanthropy investment fund focused on creating transformational impact across all inheritable blood disorders. Investing alongside and partnering with traditional private capital funds and other industry organizations, P2C hopes to spur the development of inheritable blood […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

Bioreactor platform launched to support process development for cell and gene therapy

A medical technology company, today announced the launch of a bioreactor platform that supports process development through to commercial manufacturing for the cell and gene therapy (CGT) sector. Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT) named its Quantum Flex Cell Expansion System, after identifying the industry’s need for earlier automation to potentially limit additional and […]

September 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

Biopharma company Faron announces escalation data cancer treatment study

A clinical stage biopharma company has announced further dose escalation data from its phase 1/2 study looking at the safety and efficacy of a monotherapy in ten different hard-to-treat cancers. Latest progress from Faron Pharma’s MATINS (Macrophage Antibody To INhibit immune Suppression) study was focused on higher dose levels and frequencies to finalize the dose […]

September 20, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

Regen BioPharma files patent on new RNA/DNA-based approach to cancer immunotherapy

Regen BioPharma, Inc. has filed a provisional patent application with the USPTO entitled “Dual Checkpoint Inhibitor Aptamer Based Therapeutics.” The application covers novel compositions of matter capable of acting as conventional checkpoint inhibitor drugs while simultaneously silencing genes that regulate T cells and cancer cells such as NR2F6 and Survivin. The company says this platform […]

September 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

Dyania Health raises $5.3M to help speed up clinical trials

Dyania Health was founded in 2019 to address a significant and unsolved problem for clinical trials. That is, the process of manual chart review to pre-screening patients for clinical research is cumbersome and time-consuming. The process to match patients on very specific and time-sensitive clinical trial criteria typically takes 18 to 24 months for most […]

September 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

GENFIT to acquire Versantis to expand liver disease portfolio

GENFIT has entered into an exclusivity agreement with a view to acquire all the share capital and voting rights of Versantis, a private Swiss-based clinical stage biotechnology company focused on addressing the growing unmet medical needs in liver diseases. GENFIT said the acquisition fits its strategic vision of becoming a global leader in ACLF (acute-on-chronic […]

September 19, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

Biologics manufacturing facility launched by Evotec SE in Toulouse

Construction of a biologics manufacturing facility commenced on Friday (September 16). It is being built by Evotec at its Campus Curie in Toulouse, is the second facility of its kind, and the first in Europe. It will use Just – Evotec Biologics’ flexible J.POD technology to deliver clinical and commercial manufacturing capacity for biologics. Therapeutic […]

September 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

FDA approves Heron Therapeutics’ post-op nausea and vomiting drug

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved APONVIE (aprepitant) injectable emulsion, for intravenous use for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in adults. Heron Therapeutics’ APONVIE is the first and only IV formulation of aprepitant for PONV prevention. Administered via a single 30-second IV injection, APONVIE reaches […]

September 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

FDA boosts Antengene pancreatic cancer treatment

Biopharma company Antengene Corporation Limited says ATG-101, the company’s in-house developed novel PD-L1/4-1BB bispecific antibody, has been granted an orphan drug designation (ODD) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The company said the ODD will help Antengene facilitate regulatory communication with the FDA, accelerate the clinical development […]

September 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Emyria starts program with neuroscience drug discovery CRO

Cartography Biosciences unearths cancer immunotherapy targets

New phase 1 biomarker results reported by Glyscend Therapeutics for diabetes drug

National Hemophilia Foundation launches research fund

Bioreactor platform launched to support process development for cell and gene therapy

Biopharma company Faron announces escalation data cancer treatment study

Regen BioPharma files patent on new RNA/DNA-based approach to cancer immunotherapy

Dyania Health raises $5.3M to help speed up clinical trials

GENFIT to acquire Versantis to expand liver disease portfolio

Biologics manufacturing facility launched by Evotec SE in Toulouse

FDA approves Heron Therapeutics’ post-op nausea and vomiting drug

FDA boosts Antengene pancreatic cancer treatment

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