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News and Trends 12 Oct 2022

Ascidian Therapeutics launches with $50M to rewrite RNA

Ascidian Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on treating human diseases by rewriting RNA, has been launched. With an initial focus on replacing mutated exons at the RNA level, Ascidian’s technology enables therapeutic targeting of large genes and genes with high mutational variance while maintaining native gene expression patterns and levels. This approach is designed to […]

October 12, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Oct 2022

Malaysian Genomics signs research agreement with government

MGRC Therapeutics Sdn Bhd (MGRC-T), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad, has entered into a cooperation agreement with the National Institutes of Health, Malaysia (NIH). The agreement provides a framework for collaboration between the two parties in medical research pertaining to genomics and biopharmaceuticals. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the research […]

October 12, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 12 Oct 2022

Virtual trials growth leads to Cambridge Cognition acquiring eClinicalHealth

Cambridge Cognition is looking to accelerate its growth through the acquisition of eClinicalHealth Ltd (eCH). Cambridge Cognition is an active player in the central nervous system (CNS) market, supplying digital solutions to assess brain health. eCH is a full-service digital technology provider working on virtual clinical trials for three of the world’s top 10 largest […]

October 12, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Oct 2022

Emergex looks to microneedle patches with Zosano Pharma acquisition

Emergex Vaccines Holding Limited has acquired the assets of California-based company Zosano Pharma Corporation. Emergex is a clinical stage biotechnology company addressing major global infectious diseases through the development of fully synthetic CD8+ T cell Adaptive Vaccines. The assets acquired include intellectual property, license agreements, and manufacturing equipment. They also include Zosano’s proprietary microneedle array […]

October 12, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Oct 2022

WuXi Biologics and Toregem BioPharma to develop antibody for adentia treatment

WuXi Biologics and Toregem BioPharma, a biotech startup company from Kyoto University, have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a strategic partnership to develop TRG035. TRG035 is a monoclonal antibody targeting USAG-1 as a tooth regeneration treatment for congenital adentia. Within the partnership, Toregem BioPharma will have access to WuXi Biologics’ integrated CMC services […]

October 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Oct 2022

Late-breaking data shows significant remission in children with EoE

Late-breaking positive results from a phase 3 trial have shown that children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) given a higher dose of Dupixent showed histological disease remission and signs of weight gain. At week 16, 68% of children aged one to 11 years with active EoE on the higher dose displayed the positive results during the […]

October 11, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 11 Oct 2022

TILT Biotherapeutics doses first U.S. patient in ovarian cancer immunotherapy trial

TILT Biotherapeutics says the first U.S. patient has been dosed in its ovarian cancer trial using its oncolytic adenovirus, TILT-123. The company said TILT-123 has the potential to be first-in-class for this indication. The open-label, phase I, dose-escalation, multicenter, and multinational, clinical trial of TILT-123 in combination with MSD’s (a tradename of Merck & Co., […]

October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Oct 2022

Illumina and AstraZeneca look to drug target discovery with ‘pivotal research collaboration’

Illumina Inc. has announced a strategic research collaboration with AstraZeneca to accelerate drug target discovery by combining their work in artificial intelligence (AI) based genome interpretation and genomic analysis techniques along with industry expertise. The collaboration will evaluate whether a combined framework of these technologies can increase the yield and confidence of target discovery to […]

October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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First patient dosed in study of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Redx, a clinical-stage biotech company, is trialing RXC007, a wholly owned rho associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 2 (ROCK2) selective inhibitor as a potential treatment for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The phase 2a study is a 12-week multi-cohort, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose ranging study to assess early signals of efficacy as well as […]

October 11, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Accelerated application for drug to help immunodeficiency submitted by Pharming

A marketing authorization application (MAA) has been submitted by Dutch company Pharming Group, to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for a rare, primary immunodeficiency in adults and adolescents 12 years and older. Activated phosphonide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS), first discovered in 2013, is caused by genetic variants in either one of two identified genes known […]

October 11, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 11 Oct 2022

License granted to EnteroBiotix for manufacture of microbiome product candidates

Microbiome therapeutics company, EnteroBiotix Limited has been granted a manufacturer’s license for a GMP manufacturing facility for Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP) to make microbiome product candidates for clinical trials. It was given by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and also incorporates an in-house QC hub and analytical department. EnteroBiotix’s manufacturing capabilities include […]

October 11, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 11 Oct 2022

Gedea Biotech reports results from bacterial vaginosis trial

Gedea Biotech has reported top-line results from a clinical study, NEFERTITI, of its lead product, pHyph, a vaginal tablet for topical treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). NEFERTITI is a placebo-controlled, double blind clinical trial performed in Sweden and UK in 150 patients. Treatment details The treatment is a vaginal tablet taken once daily for six […]

October 11, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Ascidian Therapeutics launches with $50M to rewrite RNA

Malaysian Genomics signs research agreement with government

Virtual trials growth leads to Cambridge Cognition acquiring eClinicalHealth

Emergex looks to microneedle patches with Zosano Pharma acquisition

WuXi Biologics and Toregem BioPharma to develop antibody for adentia treatment

Late-breaking data shows significant remission in children with EoE

TILT Biotherapeutics doses first U.S. patient in ovarian cancer immunotherapy trial

Illumina and AstraZeneca look to drug target discovery with ‘pivotal research collaboration’

First patient dosed in study of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Accelerated application for drug to help immunodeficiency submitted by Pharming

License granted to EnteroBiotix for manufacture of microbiome product candidates

Gedea Biotech reports results from bacterial vaginosis trial

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