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More News! 29 Jul 2022

Cancer patients enrolled on study to predict immunotherapy response

An observational study has started enrolling patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Florida-based Nilogen Oncosystems made the announcement today (July 29) that those who are receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors in the standard of care will be registered for the study. Using advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to discover biomarker signatures as […]

July 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 29 Jul 2022

VerImmune raises $2.5M to develop virus-inspired particle immunotherapies

VerImmune, Inc., a U.S. biotech company developing new therapeutic modalities that aim to redirect the body’s pre-existing immunity toward cancer, has obtained $2.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by SeedFolio, a seed series venture capital firm. The round also included participation from U.S. and global investment venture firms such as Ulu Ventures, […]

July 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 29 Jul 2022

Sarepta looks for quick approval for Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy treatment

U.S. company Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. said it intends to submit a Biologics License Application (BLA) seeking accelerated approval for SRP-9001 (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) to treat ambulant individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. SRP-9001 is an investigational gene therapy for Duchenne being developed in partnership with Roche. “We are delighted to confirm that based on the feedback we […]

July 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 29 Jul 2022

Biotech startup Novasenta raises $40M to advance novel cancer therapeutics

Novasenta Inc., a U.S. startup biotech company focused on the discovery and validation of novel targets to develop cancer therapies, has completed $40 million in Series A financing. The round was led by UPMC Enterprises. The funding will allow Novasenta to advance its pipeline of antibody-based therapeutics and expand its computational platforms for target discovery, […]

July 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 28 Jul 2022

Biogen’s New Drug Application for first treatment of rare form of neurological disease accepted by FDA

A drug to target a rare genetic form of a neurological disease that affects the nerve cells, leading to the loss of everyday functions, could be the first of its kind available if approved. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a New Drug Application (NDA) from Massachusetts-based Biogen Inc. for tofersen, an […]

July 28, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 28 Jul 2022

First of a kind multiple sclerosis biosimilar natalizumab accepted by US Food and Drug Association

Sandoz, a global pharmaceutical company working in generic and biosimilar medicines, announced this week that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its biologics application (BLA) for treatment for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The application is for a biosimilar natalizumab developed by Polpharma Biologics and includes all indications covered by the reference […]

July 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 28 Jul 2022

Commercial launch of Monkeypox PCR test announced for research

A PCR test to pick up the monkeypox virus is now available outside the US for use in research applications by laboratories. Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) a global medical technology company and CerTesy Biotec made the announcement today (July 27). The BD MAX System used to leverage the test is a fully integrated, automated […]

July 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 27 Jul 2022

T-cell therapy company AlloVir set to raise $126.6M

AlloVir, Inc., a late clinical-stage allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company, has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a group of institutional and strategic investors to sell 27,458,095 shares of common stock in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $4.61 per share. Gross proceeds from the offering will equal approximately $126.6 million. The […]

July 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Jul 2022

New AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo breast cancer drug accepted by FDA

A drug candidate for unresectable or metastatic breast cancer has been accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug is being jointly developed and commercialized and the result of a high-profile partnership between AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo. Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) is a specifically engineered HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC). Acceptance The companies received […]

July 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Jul 2022

InterVenn expands globally to drive the potential of glycoproteomics to improve patient outcomes

Intervenn Biosciences is expanding across Asia-Pacific and North America and opening new facilities in Kuala Lumpur, the Philippines, Australia and California. The company leverages glycoporteomics and says it is adding a large footprint of laboratories and office space for scaling up Intervenn’s software development, technical support, clinical research and business development. Biomedical hubs Aldo Carrascoso, […]

July 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 14 Jul 2022

Boston startup bags $40M Series A to smash preclinical bottlenecks

The U.S. company Manifold Bio has raised $40 million in a Series A round to bankroll protein barcoding technology that could speed up the preclinical development of targeted cancer drugs. Two years after bagging a $5.4 million seed investment, the Boston-based protein drug developer Manifold Bio has hit the headlines with a $40 million round […]

July 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

More News! 13 Jul 2022

Paradigm of treatment of mental health to be transformed by gut-brain development program

Building on a decade of research, a development program for next-generation probiotics and therapeutics to modulate gut microbiota and mental health has been launched. Seed Health, a microbiome science company along with Axial Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company announced the joint program in the US today (July 13). It will build on the work […]

July 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Cancer patients enrolled on study to predict immunotherapy response

VerImmune raises $2.5M to develop virus-inspired particle immunotherapies

Sarepta looks for quick approval for Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy treatment

Biotech startup Novasenta raises $40M to advance novel cancer therapeutics

Biogen’s New Drug Application for first treatment of rare form of neurological disease accepted by FDA

First of a kind multiple sclerosis biosimilar natalizumab accepted by US Food and Drug Association

Commercial launch of Monkeypox PCR test announced for research

T-cell therapy company AlloVir set to raise $126.6M

New AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo breast cancer drug accepted by FDA

InterVenn expands globally to drive the potential of glycoproteomics to improve patient outcomes

Boston startup bags $40M Series A to smash preclinical bottlenecks

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