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News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Ascletis’ monkeypox tablet receives IND approval from the FDA

A drug to treat monkeypox from Ascletis Pharma has had its investigational new drug (IND) application approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA made its decision based on the available data, which was 800 mg ASC10 taken twice a day, and Ascletis can now go ahead with a phase 1b clinical […]

November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Enzymes could be key to understanding ‘origin of DNA errors’

Enzymes, critical to controlling how cells replicate in the human body, could be the very ingredient that encourages DNA to spontaneously mutate – causing potentially permanent genetic errors, according to new research from the University of Surrey in the U.K. Using quantum chemical calculations, researchers from Surrey’s Quantum Biology Doctoral Training Centre have found that […]

November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Growth in UK cell and gene therapy sector continues

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) has published its ninth annual U.K. cell and gene therapy Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing report, showing continued growth in the advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) UK manufacturing sector. This growth is across industry and academia, showing how the sector is responding to the operationalization and skills […]

November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Kadans Science Partner to develop new London life sciences innovation facility

Kadans Science Partner and Canary Wharf Group (CWG) are developing a new innovation facility in London, U.K., to provide access to fully-fitted laboratories and space for developing life science companies. Kadans Science Partner is converting levels four and five, totalling 38,000 sq ft, at the BREEAM Outstanding 20 Water Street, into flexible, fully serviced CL2 […]

November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Immutep announces efti clinical results for non-small cell lung cancer

Immutep Limited has revealed what it says are compelling new clinical data from its TACTI-002 all-comer PD-L1 phase II trial evaluating Immutep’s lead product candidate, eftilagimod alpha in combination with MSD’s (Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA) anti-PD-1 therapy KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) in 114 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The new data was […]

November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Poolbeg-led consortium awarded €2.3m to develop oral vaccine platform

EncOVac, a consortium led by Poolbeg Pharma, has been awarded €2.3m ($2.4 million) in non-dilutive grant funding to progress its Oral Vaccine Platform under the Irish Government’s Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF). Taking place over three years, the collaboration between Poolbeg Pharma, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and AnaBio Technologies will result in the […]

November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Aelis Farma’s first trial for cognitive disorder drug for Down Syndrome patients

Aelis Farma has announced positive results from its safety trials in healthy volunteers and the authorization to start the first trial in people with Down syndrome, with AEF0217, its drug candidate for the treatment of cognitive disorders. Aelis Farma is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of treatments for brain diseases, made […]

November 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Jnana Therapeutics raises $107M for PKU program and announces new Roche partnership

Jnana Therapeutics has entered into a second collaboration and license agreement with Roche for the discovery of small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer, immune-mediated and neurological diseases. The collaboration covers multiple targets from a diverse range of target classes to address diseases with high unmet need. The company also announced the close of […]

November 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Researchers create mini ‘bone marrow in a dish’ to boost anti-cancer treatments

Scientists from Oxford University and the University of Birmingham in the U.K. have made the first bone marrow ‘organoids’ that capture the key features of human bone marrow. The technology, which is the subject of a patent application filed by University of Birmingham Enterprise, will allow for the screening of multiple anti-cancer drugs at the […]

November 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Bel Group and Standing Ovation partner on cheese proteins

Dairy giant Bel Group and start-up Standing Ovation are partnering on incorporating casein milk protein into Bel’s alternative cheese offerings. In September, Bel acquired an equity stake in Standing Ovation. Standing Ovation has developed a precision fermentation process that produces caseins of non-animal origin. These proteins are identical to those present in milk. Standing Ovation’s […]

November 15, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Potential new lead compounds for treatment of depression and anxiety disorders

Currently, various classes of drugs are available for the treatment of mental illnesses – such as depression and anxiety disorders. However, although these drugs have benefits, they can also be associated with adverse side-effects. A research group has conducted a study to identify new drugs that could potentially be used for the treatment of neuropsychiatric […]

November 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Researchers awarded £2M to develop drugs to prevent epileptic seizures in children

Scientists at Aston University in the U.K. have started work on a project that will look for new drug treatments to prevent the onset of childhood epilepsy. The three-year Medical Research Council (MRC) funded project is a collaboration led by researchers in the College of Health and Life Sciences at Aston University, partnered with Bristol […]

November 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Ascletis’ monkeypox tablet receives IND approval from the FDA

Enzymes could be key to understanding ‘origin of DNA errors’

Growth in UK cell and gene therapy sector continues

Kadans Science Partner to develop new London life sciences innovation facility

Immutep announces efti clinical results for non-small cell lung cancer

Poolbeg-led consortium awarded €2.3m to develop oral vaccine platform

Aelis Farma’s first trial for cognitive disorder drug for Down Syndrome patients

Jnana Therapeutics raises $107M for PKU program and announces new Roche partnership

Researchers create mini ‘bone marrow in a dish’ to boost anti-cancer treatments

Bel Group and Standing Ovation partner on cheese proteins

Potential new lead compounds for treatment of depression and anxiety disorders

Researchers awarded £2M to develop drugs to prevent epileptic seizures in children

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