Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has acquired the rights to Hemera Biosciences’ investigational gene therapy HMR59: which has been designed to help preserve vision in patients with severe age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
ERS Genomics, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by the one of the joint 2020 Nobel Prize winners for Chemistry, Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier, has granted a non-exclusive license agreement...
With the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the UK yesterday, the roll out of the first 800,000 doses will begin next week. 'We have spent months preparing for this day, so that as soon as we got the green light we would be ready to go,'...
Upstream processes were the focus of most early applications of continuous bioprocessing. That is now changing, with many biologic manufacturers evaluating downstream continuous processing and suppliers preparing their portfolios for the anticipated pivot...
Special Edition: The Future of Continuous BioProcessing
Erbi Biosystems recently raised US$3.8m in a round led by Jaguar Biotech; the funds will allow the company to expand its platform of microfluidic bioprocess and bioreactor equipment, which is said to enable ultra-high cell density and continuous processing.
Special Edition: The Future of Continuous BioProcessing
The shift away from batch downstream processing has moved closer in recent years amid progress on techniques such as antibody purification using continuous chromatography media. However, there remain barriers to clear before manufacturing facilities that...
The Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK has granted a temporary authorization for emergency use for Pfizer and BioNTech's mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2), against COVID-19.
A neuroprotective drug which is already in development may be particularly effective for MND patients carrying a newly discovered genetic risk factor, helping to halt progression or even prevent the onset of the devastating degenerative disease.
Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna have each submitted formal applications for Conditional Marketing Authorization (CMA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for their COVID-19 vaccines: completing the rolling review process.
US based scientists have hit upon a method to efficiently identify potential biological mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder (ASD); the Harvard and MIT based researchers say the approach is an important first step toward developing treatments...
