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News and Trends 1 Jun 2022

New treatment option available for Dravet syndrome

Global biopharma company UCB says the UK’s National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE) has issued a positive Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) for its FINTEPLA (fenfluramine) oral solution. FINTEPLA is used for the treatment of seizures associated with Dravet syndrome as an add-on therapy to other anti-epileptic medicines for patients two years of age and older. […]

June 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Jun 2022

GSK to acquire clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Affinivax

GSK plc is set to acquire Affinivax, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, for a $2.1B upfront payment and up to $1.2B in potential development milestones. Affinivax is developing a novel class of vaccines, the most advanced of which are next-generation pneumococcal vaccines. Pneumococcal disease includes pneumonia, meningitis, bloodstream infections, and […]

June 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 May 2022

Therapeutic RNA company receives additional funding

UK biotech company Transine Therapeutics, which is developing a novel class of therapeutic RNAs, has successfully raised £4.6M ($5.8M) in additional seed funding. The financing was led by new investor Epidarex Capital with participation from existing investor the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). Transine said the additional funds will enable it to further develop its SINEUP […]

May 31, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 May 2022

Evotec adds cell therapy manufacturing facility through Rigenerand takeover

German headquartered life science company Evotec SE has acquired 100% of the capital of Rigenerand Srl, an Italian cell technology company, for €23M ($24.7M). Founded in 2009 as a spin-off of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy, Rigenerand is based in Medolla, Italy, about 100 km south of Evotec’s Campus Levi-Montalcini in […]

May 31, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 May 2022

Award to help NRG Therapeutics develop new Parkinson’s and Motor Neuron Disease treatments

UK neuroscience company NRG Therapeutics Ltd has received a Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) award to fund preclinical development of its small molecule disease-modifying medicines for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, motor neuron disease (MND) and other debilitating chronic neurodegenerative disorders. The £2.68M ($5.8M) early-stage BMC award part-funded by the government-backed agency Innovate UK will support a […]

May 31, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 May 2022

ANGLE and U.S. urology group to undertake prostate cancer study

ANGLE plc has signed a master clinical study agreement with Solaris Health Holdings, LLC and joinder agreements with MidLantic Urology LLC, to collaborate and conduct clinical studies in prostate cancer and as a potential route to market in the U.S. Alongside Solaris affiliate MidLantic Urology, UK-headquartered ANGLE will initiate clinical studies aimed at detecting prostate […]

May 31, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 May 2022

Up to 500 new jobs as Lilly invests $2.1B in new manufacturing sites

Eli Lilly and Company is boosting its manufacturing footprint by investing $2.1 billion in two new U.S. sites. The new facilities are located at Indiana’s LEAP Lebanon Innovation and Research District in Boone County. David A. Ricks, Lilly’s chair and CEO, said: “These new sites will add capacity in support of our growing pipeline of […]

May 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 May 2022

HotSpot looks to boost cancer therapy pipeline with Excelra partnership

U.S. biotech company HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc. is looking to increase its drug development and discovery efforts by partnering with Indian data and digital insights company Excelra. HotSpot discovers and develops small molecule allosteric therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. What are allosteric therapies? In the journal ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Ahmed F. […]

May 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 May 2022

Companies partner on early lung cancer detection blood test

U.S. company CorePath Laboratories is partnering with U.K. diagnostics firm Cizzle Biotechnology on an early-stage lung cancer test for the U.S. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., making up almost 25% of all cancer deaths. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate […]

May 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 May 2022

Blue Lake Biotechnology RSV vaccine gets FDA fast track

U.S. company Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fast Track designation for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) intranasal vaccine. The biopharma company, a subsidiary of CyanVac LLC, develops vaccines using a parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-based vector. The FDA Fast Track designation applies to BLB-201, a vaccine for the prevention […]

May 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 May 2022

Animal-free milk company Imagindairy reaches $28M in funding

Israeli foodtech startup Imagindairy, Ltd., developer of animal-free dairy milk proteins, has secured an additional $15M in its extended seed-round to bring the total investment so far to $28M. The alt-protein company creates animal-free milk proteins from microorganisms through precision-fermentation technology, which allows the production of a wide range of dairy analogs, from raw milk […]

May 27, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 25 May 2022

Duke Street Bio enters stage with next-generation cancer therapies

The UK startup Duke Street Bio has exited stealth mode with funding to develop PARP enzyme inhibitors that treat cancer by blocking the repair of DNA in tumor cells. London-based Duke Street Bio said Tuesday that it has a portfolio of PARP1 and PARP7 enzyme inhibitors and has raised enough cash to fund its pipeline […]

May 25, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Susannah Rodgers

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New treatment option available for Dravet syndrome

GSK to acquire clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Affinivax

Therapeutic RNA company receives additional funding

Evotec adds cell therapy manufacturing facility through Rigenerand takeover

Award to help NRG Therapeutics develop new Parkinson’s and Motor Neuron Disease treatments

ANGLE and U.S. urology group to undertake prostate cancer study

Up to 500 new jobs as Lilly invests $2.1B in new manufacturing sites

HotSpot looks to boost cancer therapy pipeline with Excelra partnership

Companies partner on early lung cancer detection blood test

Blue Lake Biotechnology RSV vaccine gets FDA fast track

Animal-free milk company Imagindairy reaches $28M in funding

Duke Street Bio enters stage with next-generation cancer therapies

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