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News and Trends 25 Oct 2022

Distributor of Curcugen and Ginfort receives dual natural product licenses

Two Health Canada natural product licenses have been achieved by DolCas Biotech LLC and have been found safe, effective and high quality. The products are its concentrated turmeric extract, Curcugen, and the other for Ginfort, a powerful ginger extract in powdered format. Produced by Olene Life Sciences, the two ingredient brands are research-backed for clinical […]

October 25, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

Beckley Psytech acquires Eleusis Therapeutics

Beckley Psytech Limited has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire clinical-stage life science company Eleusis Therapeutics Limited in an all equity transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by shareholders, Beckley Psytech has acquired 100% of Eleusis, receiving full developmental and commercial rights for the company’s assets, which will further […]

October 24, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

Syncona to acquire Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation

Healthcare company Syncona Limited says its newly established portfolio company has agreed to acquire, by a tender offer, all outstanding shares of Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC). AGTC is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare and debilitating diseases with an […]

October 24, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

New method of observing cell transport could inspire drug development

Membrane proteins are key targets for many drugs. Some of them, called transporters, move certain substances in and out of the cellular environment. Yet, extracting and storing them for observation is particularly complex. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland, in collaboration with the University of Zurich (UZH), has developed an innovative […]

October 24, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 24 Oct 2022

Sensorion gets go-ahead from France for trial of drug to prevent hearing loss

Biotech company, Sensorion, today (October 24) announced that the initiation of a proof of concept (PoC) clinical trial of SENS-401 (Arazasetron) in patients with Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity (CIO) has been approved by the regulatory authorities in France. Cisplatin and other platinum-based compounds are essential chemotherapeutic agents for many cancers. A serious side effect of these therapies […]

October 24, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

More News! 24 Oct 2022

Mass production of lutetium for targeted cancer therapeutics following collaboration

An international collaboration marking the start of commercial production of lutetium-177 was celebrated in Munich between Canada-based Bruce Power, Isogen and Isotope Technologies Munich (ITM). The announcement was celebrated along with representatives of the partnership organizations during a trade mission with Vic Fedeli, Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. This milestone was […]

October 24, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 21 Oct 2022

Watch: NLS Days NLSInvest award winners – MyoPax

The two biotech start-up companies MyoPax and Asgards Therapeutics won first and second prize at NLSINvest Awards, out of 40 companies that participated in Nordic Life Science Days’ start-up pitching challenge. 40 selected Nordic start-up companies attended Nordic Life Science Days, the largest partnering conference for life sciences in the Nordics, in Malmö. As part […]

October 21, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Oct 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 19: Bone Health Technologies, Immutep, TAU Systems

This week, we have three guests. We have conversations with Marc Voigt, CEO of Immutep; Manuel Hegelich, CEO of TAU Systems; and Laura Yecies, CEO of Bone Health Technologies. We also have our weekly chat with global commercial real estate services company JLL, with Travis McCready. FDA fast tracks Immutep non-small cell lung cancer candidate […]

October 21, 2022

News and Trends 20 Oct 2022

Sunshine Biopharma acquires Nora Pharma

Sunshine Biopharma Inc, a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of oncology and antiviral drugs, has completed the acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Nora Pharma Inc., effective immediately. Nora Pharma is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunshine Biopharma Inc. The addition of Nora Pharma allows Sunshine Biopharma to expand […]

October 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Oct 2022

Tiziana Life Sciences looks to phase 1 trial for intranasal Alzheimer’s drug

Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd. says it plans to submit an investigational new drug (IND) application for a phase 1 trial of intranasal foralumab in Alzheimer’s disease patients. It comes after the company received an affirmative written response from the FDA on a pre-investigational new drug application (PIND). Tiziana plans on filing the IND for Alzheimer’s […]

October 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Oct 2022

Spanish research institution to use Elicera Therapeutics’ iTANK platform

Elicera Therapeutics AB has entered a material transfer agreement with the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (JCLRI) in Spain for use of the iTANK platform in arming CAR T-cells for the treatment of Ewing Sarcoma. Sweden’s Elicera is a clinical stage cell and gene therapy company developing next generation immuno-oncological treatments based on enhanced oncolytic […]

October 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Oct 2022

AbbVie acquires LifeArc portfolio company DJS Antibodies

AbbVie has acquired LifeArc’s portfolio company DJS Antibodies Limited, a privately-held UK-based biotechnology company dedicated to discovering and developing antibody medicines that target difficult-to-drug disease-causing proteins, such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). DJS’s lead program is DJS-002, a potential first-in-class lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor 1 (LPAR1) antagonist antibody currently in investigational preclinical studies for the […]

October 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Distributor of Curcugen and Ginfort receives dual natural product licenses

Beckley Psytech acquires Eleusis Therapeutics

Syncona to acquire Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation

New method of observing cell transport could inspire drug development

Sensorion gets go-ahead from France for trial of drug to prevent hearing loss

Mass production of lutetium for targeted cancer therapeutics following collaboration

Watch: NLS Days NLSInvest award winners – MyoPax

Beyond Biotech podcast 19: Bone Health Technologies, Immutep, TAU Systems

Sunshine Biopharma acquires Nora Pharma

Tiziana Life Sciences looks to phase 1 trial for intranasal Alzheimer’s drug

Spanish research institution to use Elicera Therapeutics’ iTANK platform

AbbVie acquires LifeArc portfolio company DJS Antibodies

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