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News and Trends 28 Jun 2022

Micropep raises €8.75M to develop alternative crop-protection products

French ag-biotech company Micropep, which develops biological micropeptide-based solutions for agriculture, has completed an €8.75 million ($9.3 million) series A1 financing round. Fall Line Capital led the funding, in addition to existing investors, Supernova Invest, Sofinnova Partners, FMC Ventures and IRDI/SORIDEC. Based in Toulouse, Micropep has developed a technological platform that makes it possible to […]

June 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 28 Jun 2022

Biogen, citing insurance challenges, shutters one of its Aduhelm studies

A company says it was forced to end an observational trial of Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, after a ruling by US federal insurance program, Medicare. Biogen said a recent coverage decision by Medicare has forced it to abandon the trial of the drug after enrolling just 29 participants. The company said it made the decision to […]

June 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 27 Jun 2022

Chimerix awarded $25.3M Public Health Agency of Canada deal for smallpox drug

Biopharma firm Chimerix has announced the Public Health Agency of Canada has awarded the company a contract of up to C$25.3 million (US$32.6 million) to procure TEMBEXA (brincidofovir). Execution of the contract will be the responsibility of Chimerix, as it is expected to substantially occur prior to the close of the pending transaction with Emergent […]

June 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jun 2022

OneThree Biotech completes build and optimization of AI model for RSV data

Poolbeg Pharma, a clinical stage infectious disease pharmaceutical company, says its artificial intelligence (AI) partner, OneThree Biotech, Inc., has completed the build and optimization of a tailored AI model of Poolbeg’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) human challenge data and can now commence its analysis. Results are expected in Q4 2022. The tailored AI model is […]

June 27, 2022 - 4 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

Chinese biotech company gets go-ahead for mRNA COVID-19 omicron trial in the Philippines

Jiangsu Recbio Technology Co., Ltd. has received clinical trial approval for R520A, a mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, from the Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines. R520A is an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant. It was developed by Wuhan Recogen Biotechnology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company. R520A adopts a self-developed lyophilization […]

June 27, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jun 2022

Saudi Arabia to inject $3B into vaccines and medicines industry

Saudi Arabia is boosting biotech and looking to become a center for the vaccine industry. The Saudi Arabian Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, chairman of the manufacturing vaccines and vital medicines committee, Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef, has announced the launch of several investment opportunities in the vaccines and vital medicines industry, valued at $3.4 […]

June 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jun 2022

Trial for adults with late onset Pompe disease halted due to serious adverse event

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a clinical hold on a trial being run for Astrellas Pharma Inc after one of the participants had a serious adverse event (SAE) of peripheral sensory neuropathy. Astrellas made the announcement after the trial, which is evaluating AT845, an investigational adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene replacement in […]

June 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 27 Jun 2022

Covid vaccine granted marketing authorization in Europe

Specialty vaccine company, Valneva, has been given marketing authorization in Europe for its inactivated whole-virus COVID-19 vaccine VLA2001. This is a turnaround from the company’s situation in May of this year when the stock price was knocked down by 20% when gaining traction in the EU was proving to be a struggle. Despite authorization from […]

June 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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

More News! 24 Jun 2022

Gurnet Point Capital and Patient Square Capital buy Radius Health for $890M

Global pharmaceutical company, Radius Health Inc, announced this week (June 23) that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be bought out by Gurnet Point Capital and Patient Square Capital in a transaction valued at approximately $890 million. Radius Health is a company focused on addressing unmet medical needs in the areas of bone […]

June 24, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 24 Jun 2022

Stramsen Biotech to look at 11 plant-based drug candidates

Houston-based biotechnology firm Stramsen Biotech Inc. has announced 11 drug candidates for clinical development. Kefas Mugittu, co-CEO, made the announcement of the plant-based medical candidates. The company said the drugs are safe, effective and currently in use in different countries. The drug candidates are: SBX 1052, which controls/prevents enlargement of the prostate glands; SBX1968, which […]

June 24, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Micropep raises €8.75M to develop alternative crop-protection products

Biogen, citing insurance challenges, shutters one of its Aduhelm studies

Chimerix awarded $25.3M Public Health Agency of Canada deal for smallpox drug

OneThree Biotech completes build and optimization of AI model for RSV data

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

Chinese biotech company gets go-ahead for mRNA COVID-19 omicron trial in the Philippines

Saudi Arabia to inject $3B into vaccines and medicines industry

Trial for adults with late onset Pompe disease halted due to serious adverse event

Covid vaccine granted marketing authorization in Europe

Fermentation facility opens its doors in Wisconsin

Gurnet Point Capital and Patient Square Capital buy Radius Health for $890M

Stramsen Biotech to look at 11 plant-based drug candidates

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