News and Trends 30 Sep 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 16: Adocia, Omnio, Phenomix Sciences, Tridek-One This week, we have four guests: Olivier Soula, deputy-CEO and director of R&D at Adocia; Ulrika Norin, CEO of Omnio; Mark Bagnall, CEO of Phenomix Sciences; and Laurence de Schoulepnikoff, CEO of Tridek-One. We also have our weekly chat with global commercial real estate services company JLL, with Travis McCready. This week’s podcast is sponsored […] September 30, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Sep 2022 Kling Biotherapeutics doses first patient in advanced solid tumor trial Kling Biotherapeutics BV has dosed the first patient with KBA1412 in its phase 1b trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK/PD, and potential efficacy of KBA1412 in adult patients with advanced solid tumors not responding to standard of care. KBA1412 is a first in class fully human anti-CD9 antibody based on an antibody produced by […] September 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Sep 2022 European Science Park Group creates specialized space for innovative industries ESPG AG – European Science Park Group – is one of the first German real estate companies to specialize in the ownership, management and acquisition of science parks. A science park is a concept that originated in the U.S. and has already developed into its own asset class in the U.K. and other European countries. […] September 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Sep 2022 Umeå Biotech Incubator launches international coaching program The Umeå Biotech Incubator (UBI) in Sweden specializes in developing life science business ideas. Now it is launching an international incubator program. “If you strive to be one of the world’s best incubators you must have the whole world as your marketplace,” said Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubator. Umeå Biotech Incubator was founded […] September 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Sep 2022 NeuShen Therapeutics closes $20M pre-A financing Chinese biotech company NeuShen Therapeutics, Inc. has closed an approximately $20 million series pre-A financing led by LAPAM, a China based venture capital. The new capital will be used to expand the team and catalyze in-house CNS (central nervous system) drug discovery in both the U.S. and China. “The successful completion of this fundraising is […] September 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 29 Sep 2022 Removing binding sites for an oncogene can slow cancer cell growth, researchers say Cancer cell growth could be slowed down by removing binding sites for an oncogene, researchers from the University of Helsinki have discovered. They have found a mechanism by which an oncogene commonly activated in cancer patients affects the growth rate of cells. In the future, the findings can help in developing new treatments that could […] September 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Sep 2022 Positive results from study of drug to treat patients with breast cancer published Results from a phase 1b study of a drug to treat patients with androgen receptor positive (AR+) metastatic breast cancer (mBC) in China were published yesterday (September 28). Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited, a clinical stage biotech company has developed Pruxelutamide, an oral new generation AR antagonist which has shown promising activity in heavily pretreated AR+ mBC […] September 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Sep 2022 Treatment for adults with chronic skin condition approved by FDA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of adult patients with prurigo nodularis. Dupilumab is being jointly developed by Sanofi and Regeneron under a global collaboration agreement. To date, dupilumab has been studied across more than 60 clinical trials involving more than 10,000 patients with various chronic diseases […] September 29, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Sep 2022 Human cells can now help scientists accelerate cure for neurodegenerative diseases Cell products providing a scalable source of human cells can now help scientists study neurogenerative diseases in human context. UK-based, cell-coding company, bit.bio announced the expansion to its portfolio today (September 29) with disease model, ioGlutamatergic Neurons TDP-43 and early access to its ioMicroaglia cell product. Despite research efforts and funding, bit.bio says the development […] September 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 AION Labs launches AI startup to improve drug trials AION Labs has formed OMEC.AI, the lab’s first startup approved by the Israel Innovation Authority. The new company will develop AI-powered solutions to analyze pre-clinical data and identify gaps in efficacy and safety to improve the probability of success of drug candidates in clinical trials. OMEC.AI aims to build a next-generation computational platform that can […] September 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 New coalition launched to inject $2.5B into startups addressing food, hunger and health S2G Ventures, Food Systems for the Future and other partners have launched the Food, Nutrition and Health Investor Coalition (FNHIC). The FNHIC is a call to action to drive $2.5 billion in private investment over the next three years to improve hunger and health outcomes through food. The announcement was made at the White House […] September 28, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Primary Aldosteronism Foundation creates alliance to tackle hypertension The Primary Aldosteronism Foundation has announced the creation of a multi-stakeholder alliance to drive diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension. Among the partners is Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc, a biopharmaceutical company developing a novel therapy for the treatment of hypertension. The initiative will facilitate the design and implementation of interventions to […] September 28, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email