A US court’s recent decision to find in favor of Sanofi and invalidate Amgen's broad antibody patent claims has biotech manufacturers concerned about how to preserve their IP.
US company, KIYATEC, says a new study has shown that its immune-modified ex vivo platform can measure treatment response through direct interaction between a patient's cancer and infiltrating immune cells, and immuno-oncology agents.
Precigen claims breakthroughs in CAR T cell therapy manufacturing that will eventually allow cancer centers to enable treatments earlier and at a lower cost.
GSK and its partner, Vir Biotechnology, report that their jointly developed monoclonal antibody, VIR-7831, reduces hospitalization and risk of death in early treatment of adults with COVID-19.
Affibody and Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals report that the US FDA has cleared the interleukin-17 (IL-17) blocker, izokibep, to proceed to phase 2 clinical development in non-infectious intermediate, posterior, and pan-uveitis.
Collaboration is not an unknown in the domain of pharmaceutical development, but it is rare enough. The demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, have seen competitors switch to become manufacturing allies.
Pfizer is investing US$25m in a US developer of live biotherapeutics, Vedanta Biosciences; that project is one of four investments, totaling US$120m, made by Pfizer in the second half of 2020 under its breakthrough growth program focused on clinical stage...
Therapies for cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and other drug markets are all siloed, despite new research emerging that shows potential connections between them. In order to create more effective therapeutics, we need to pull from research...
Moderna announced today that it is expanding its pipeline of innovative vaccines with three new development programs based on the 'clinical success' of its infectious disease vaccine portfolio to date.
UK company, Spirea, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, which was founded to deliver the next generation of antibody drug conjugate (ADC) cancer therapeutics, has secured financing from o2h Ventures and Syndicate Room.
Rani Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharma company and developer of the RaniPill robotic pill, today announced that it has raised US$69m in a Series E financing round, bringing total funding to date to US$211.
From operational uncertainty and outdated manual processes to new cell lines and a potential shift towards allogeneic cell therapy, CRB’s new report - Horizons: Cell and Gene Therapy - finds the biopharma industry at the critical intersection of obstacle...
BioInvent, a Swedish biotech focused on the discovery and development of immuno-regulatory antibodies for oncology, reports that it has been contracted as manufacturer of Cantargia’s antibody CAN10.
