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News and Trends 18 Aug 2022

Carina Biotech raises funds for colorectal cancer research

Australia’s Carina Biotech has raised A$7.5 million (US$5.2 million) at first close of its current funding round. Venture capital business Tenmile was the cornerstone investor, with support from existing investors. The capital raise enables Carina Biotech to complete its Investigational New Drug (IND) enabling studies and initiate a CAR-T clinical trial of its LGR5 CAR-T […]

August 18, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 18 Aug 2022

CSL gets positive results for preventive treatment in patients with hereditary angioedema

Hereditary angioedema (HAE), a condition that causes recurrent attacks of severe swelling, could be prevented by a monoclonal antibody after positive top line phase 3 results were reported. Garadacimab, biotech company CSL’s investigational monoclonal antibody inhibiting factor XIIa, is being developed as a long-term preventive treatment for patients with HAE. Efficacy objectives The study met […]

August 18, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

PAN-TB collaboration: a new project for tuberculosis treatment

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Collaboration to advance investigational tuberculosis drug treatments

A collaboration called The Project to Accelerate New Treatments for Tuberculosis (PAN-TB) was announced yesterday (August 17). The joint development agreement (JDA) will support the progression of two investigational tuberculosis (TB) combination treatment regimens into phase 2 clinical development. The collaboration is made up of organizations contributing five antimicrobial agents. Active pulmonary TB Together they […]

August 18, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

TurtleTree produces first precision fermentation sustainable lactoferrin

Singapore biotech company TurtleTree has announced production of LF+, the world’s ﬁrst sustainable bovine lactoferrin created using precision fermentation technology. A key part of the company’s ongoing work with cultivated dairy, precision fermentation uses microbial hosts for the mass production of ingredients. Compared to traditional methods, precision fermentation offers far greater efficiency and volume, enabling […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

AUM LifeTech secures $400,000 grant for lung cancer immunotherapy program

AUM LifeTech, Inc., a Philadelphia-based preclinical stage biotech company, has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance its preclinical program in lung cancer immunotherapy using a non-viral RNA-targeting gene therapy approach. “This grant will help advance our preclinical immunotherapy […]

August 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Scottish biotech startup secures funding for sustainable omega-3 production

MiAlgae, a Scottish biotech start-up, has secured new investment of £2.3 million ($2.8 million) to help drive the next stage of its growth journey. Established in 2016, MiAlgae has created a solution to producing a sustainable source of omega-3 for animal and human consumption. Championing the circular economy, the company has developed a novel biotechnology […]

August 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Palisade Bio announces closing of $13.8M upsized underwritten public offering

A biopharma company advancing therapies for acute and chronic gastrointestinal (GI) complications has announced today (August 17) the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering for $13.8 million. An underwritten public offering means a public offering in which the common stock is offered and sold on a firm commitment basis through one or more underwriters. […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Researchers invited to apply for DNA synthesized by Evonetix’s platform

An early access program for semiconductor synthesized DNA has been opened by UK-based gene synthetic biology company, Evonetix. Evonetix’s DNA synthesis capability brings together semiconductor chip design and proprietary, thermally controlled synthesis chemistry, integral to the company’s future gene synthesis platforms. Silicon chip The company’s proprietary process utilizes a silicon chip to control the synthesis […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Ryvu Therapeutics bags €22M from EIB to work on new cancer treatments

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €22 million ($22.4 million) in financing to Ryvu Therapeutics, a Polish clinical-stage drug discovery and development company focusing on novel small molecule therapies that address unmet medical needs in oncology. The funding is being provided under the EIB’s venture debt instrument, which is tailored to the specific financing […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

New partnership delivers clinically proven products and manufacturing processes for advanced therapies

AGC Biologics has announced its partnership with supplier of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSCs), RoosterBio Inc. The partnership, the companies say creates an end-to-end solution for the development and production of hMSCs and exosome therapeutics using RoosterBio’s well-established cell and media products and process development services together with AGC’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing capabilities. […]

August 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Aug 2022

Sanofi drops amcenestrant clinical development program

Sanofi says it is discontinuing the global clinical development program of amcenestrant, an investigational oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD). The decision was based on the outcome of an interim analysis of the phase 3 AMEERA-5 trial evaluating amcenestrant in combination with palbociclib compared with letrozole in combination with palbociclib in patients with estrogen receptor-positive […]

August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Aug 2022

Viridian reports positive news from ongoing trial for patients with Thyroid Eye Disease

Patients with active thyroid eye disease (TED) could benefit from rapid and significant improvements after positive data emerged from a clinical trial. Viridian Therapeutics made the announcement yesterday (August 15) that the 10mg/kg cohort in its ongoing phase 1/2 trial of VRDN-001, an anti-IGF-1R antibody TED – an autoimmune disease where the body’s own immune […]

August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Carina Biotech raises funds for colorectal cancer research

CSL gets positive results for preventive treatment in patients with hereditary angioedema

Collaboration to advance investigational tuberculosis drug treatments

TurtleTree produces first precision fermentation sustainable lactoferrin

AUM LifeTech secures $400,000 grant for lung cancer immunotherapy program

Scottish biotech startup secures funding for sustainable omega-3 production

Palisade Bio announces closing of $13.8M upsized underwritten public offering

Researchers invited to apply for DNA synthesized by Evonetix’s platform

Ryvu Therapeutics bags €22M from EIB to work on new cancer treatments

New partnership delivers clinically proven products and manufacturing processes for advanced therapies

Sanofi drops amcenestrant clinical development program

Viridian reports positive news from ongoing trial for patients with Thyroid Eye Disease

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