PrecisionLife, a techbio company driving precision medicine in complex chronic diseases, has announced a data access agreement with the University of Oxford to spearhead new treatments for endometriosis.
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SMi Systems, a company specializing in single molecule imaging and quantification technologies, has disclosed a £6m seed funding round to develop the utility of a novel multi-omic platform for in vitro diagnosis and biomedical research.
Vial, a CRO providing clinical trial management services, has partnered with biopharma company Nielsen BioSciences to study the safety and efficacy of CANDIN, a treatment for common warts.
Kelly Smeltzer loves processes, processes that work and save on waste and money. She has a particular interest in the excess production of pharmaceutical drugs and wastage, with 30 years of experience in supply chain management under her belt.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has launched a new commercial-scale contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) called Lifera.
Vera Therapeutics, a late-stage biotech company focused on developing treatments for patients with serious immunological diseases, has announced the results of its phase 2 clinical trial of atacicept for the treatment of IgA nephropathy (IgAN).
CStone Pharmaceuticals' shares have risen after academic journal Nature Cancer published the clinical study results of its lung-cancer treatment sugemalimab.
Eli Lilly’s blockbuster type 2 diabetes (T2B) drug Mounjaro is likely to become the dominant therapy in obesity and T2D, due to significant weight loss induced by it, says GlobalData.
With both GSK and Pfizer recently gaining FDA approval for their respective respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines, the stakes are high for competition in the sector.
Following its latest funding round, Rosa Biotech has announced plans to accelerate development of its bio-sensing technology, designed to enable cost effective screening of a range of diseases with high accuracy at an early stage.
Sygnature Discovery has launched an in vivo inflammation model, that the company says is ‘exciting but only the beginning’ of understanding life-limiting neuroinflammatory conditions.
Launching in April last year, Cancer Research Horizons (CRH) describes itself as the “meeting point” between academia and industry, attempting to prevent drug discoveries from entering the ‘valley of death’ and stalling in their progress.
Back in May, Cytiva completed its integration with Pall Life Sciences, a move that CEO Emmanuel Ligner now describes as a “winning recipe” which has improved the company’s supply chain and fostered industry collaboration.
Samsung Biologics’ upcoming fifth plant will be operational by April 2025, five months earlier than previously expected, the biotech company revealed at BIO International Convention on Monday 5.
CDMO Wheeler Bio, Inc. has welcomed Charles River’s flexible biologics testing lab, RightSource, to its Oklahoma City drug substance manufacturing site.
Sales of branded anti-obesity drugs (AOB) could hit $44 billion in 2030 vs. $2.5 billion in 2022, with just under 70% stemming from the US, according to a report from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Immutep, a clinical-stage biotech company developing immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune disease, has announced encouraging new clinical data in first-line non-small cell lung cancer from INSIGHT-003.
Cartherics, a biotechnology company developing immune cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, will be presenting at the upcoming 2023 BIO International Convention in Boston.
Scarlet Therapeutics, a leader in red blood cell-based therapeutics, has raised seed funding from Science Creates Ventures and Meltwind to develop its platform and build a pipeline of novel therapies.
Neurimmune has announced that primary results of its phase 1 proof-of-concept study of NI006, a recombinant human antibody to deplete amyloid deposits in ATTR cardiomyopathy, have been presented in Prague at Heart Failure 2023, a scientific congress of...
Locate Bio, a UK-based orthobiologics company, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device designation for LDGraft.
HexisLab, a UK biotech company, has secured a £490,000 funding grant from Innovate UK to develop a scale-up manufacturing process for its novel sustainable and green ingredients.
Sania Therapeutics, a new biotech company focused on developing genetic medicines for neural circuit dysfunction, has launched by unveiling its suite of proprietary patented platforms at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) conference.
iOnctura, a clinical stage biotech company developing breakthrough therapies for cancer, has announced the peer-reviewed publication of translational research on the novel autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor IOA-289.
Mursla Bio will present its novel tissue-specific Extracellular Vesicle (EV) isolation technology NEXPLOR at the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) annual meeting.
SiSaf has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (PRDD) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its osteopetrosis treatment, SIS-101-ADO.
UCB and Ariceum have announced a strategic research collaboration to identify and develop systemic targeted radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of solid tumors and immune-related diseases.
Servier has received marketing approval from the European Commission (EC) for Tibsovo (ivosidenib tablets) to treat isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1)-mutated acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and IDH1-mutated cholangiocarcinoma.
The Japanese pharmaceutical giant Astellas Pharma has taken over the U.S. company Iveric Bio in a $5.9 billion deal to get hold of its ophthalmology-focused pipeline.
The company finalizes a deal to establish its first manufacturing facility in Africa, which will have the capacity to produce 500 million vaccine doses per year.
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Measuring potency for gene and cell therapies is not so clear-cut, and some companies have hit roadblocks in their submissions to regulatory agencies as a result.
Gerresheimer has enhanced its manufacturing capabilities in India, in an effort to ensure consistent, local supply for pharma and healthcare operations.
A global biomanufacturing training hub will be established in Korea to serve low- and middle-income countries wishing to produce biologicals such as vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatments.
Last week saw the WHO announce the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines on the African continent, as part of the global mRNA technology transfer hub project.
The biologics CDMO market is expected to grow by US$8.65bn from 2021 to 2026, at a CAGR of 12.2% during the forecast period, according to new market data from Technavio.
