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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

Patient dosed in phase 1 trial evaluating ATG-018 treatment

News and Trends 13 Jul 2022

Development of cancer therapeutics accelerated by end-to-end single-cell multi-omics services

Solid tumor assays have been launched by Mission Bio Inc., through its Pharma Assay Development (PAD) services. The availability of this new service offering from Mission Bio, a high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis company, will help accelerate the development of cancer therapeutics. It will do so by reducing the time and cost associated with […]

July 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 12 Jul 2022

AI being used to perform molecular analysis of biopsies from bowel disease patients

Artificial intelligence will be used to perform molecular analysis of biopsies from unidentified Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients in a bid to help those with immune diseases and cancer. Athos Therapeutics, a late-stage preclinical, California-based biotech company uses artificial intelligence to develop small molecule therapeutics for immune-mediated diseases and cancer, announced this week (July 11) […]

July 12, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

Brii Bio takes hepatitis B treatment option

Brii Biosciences Limited, based in China and the U.S., has exercised its option to acquire exclusive development and commercialization rights for VIR-3434 in Greater China as part of its broader collaboration with Vir Biotechnology, Inc. VIR-3434, also known as BRII-877, is a broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibody targeting hepatitis B virus (HBV) that is currently in […]

July 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Cleara Biotech closes $2.5M round for senescence treatment

News and Trends 4 Jul 2022

U.S. biotech financing drops 46% in Q1 compared to 2021

Venture financing deal value for U.S.-headquartered biotech companies dipped by 46% in Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2021, according to analysis from GlobalData. The data and analytics company said the decrease was due to venture capital firms becoming more selective in their investments due to the current economic and geopolitical uncertainties. Mariam Shwea, business fundamentals […]

July 4, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 29 Jun 2022

ARCH Venture Partners launches $3B fund for biotech companies

ARCH Venture Partners has announced the closing of ARCH Venture Fund XII, with $2.975 billion to invest in the creation, development and funding of early stage biotechnology companies. The new fund follows the January 2021 announcement of the $1.941 billion ARCH Venture Fund XI. “All the fundamental innovations in biotechnology are accelerating, with huge promise […]

June 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jun 2022

Eye inflammation leads to FDA partial clinical hold on Nuvation Bio solid tumor study

U.S. biopharma company Nuvation Bio Inc. says the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a partial clinical hold on the company’s phase 1 dose escalation study of NUV-422 in solid tumors, including high grade glioma, HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer and metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. The company’s Phase 1 trial began enrolling patients in […]

June 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jun 2022

Fermentation facility opens its doors in Wisconsin

A new fermentation facility producing food ingredients and cultures, bacterial cultures, and probiotics has been opened in Franksville, Wisc., by Cultures Supporting Life (CSL). The ingredients, cultures and probiotics produced will be used in dairy, food, dietary supplements, pharma, and agriculture. Kyle Griffiths, vice president of sales and marketing said: “The new production facilities located […]

June 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

North america sequencing ultima genomics biotech investment

In Depth 27 Jun 2022

The biggest US biotech investments in May 2022

The DNA sequencing newcomer Ultima Genomics won the crown for the biggest U.S private biotech investment in May 2022. Other top fundraising firms are developing gene and cell therapies in addition to cultured leather and omics-based diagnostics. The headliner private biotech investment in the US in May 2022 went to the Californian firm Ultima Genomics. […]

June 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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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

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

Development of cancer therapeutics accelerated by end-to-end single-cell multi-omics services

AI being used to perform molecular analysis of biopsies from bowel disease patients

Brii Bio takes hepatitis B treatment option

U.S. biotech financing drops 46% in Q1 compared to 2021

ARCH Venture Partners launches $3B fund for biotech companies

Eye inflammation leads to FDA partial clinical hold on Nuvation Bio solid tumor study

Fermentation facility opens its doors in Wisconsin

The biggest US biotech investments in May 2022

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