Genprex has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to its lead candidate, Reqorsa immunogene therapy (quaratusugene ozeplasmid), for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Lonza has launched the Nebula Absorbance Reader, a new absorbance microplate reader, which joins the company’s portfolio of optimized instruments for streamlined endotoxin and pyrogen testing.
Evox Therapeutics, an exosome therapeutics company, has announced the publication of its research identifying novel exosome scaffold proteins that significantly improve drug loading into exosomes for therapeutic purposes.
NK:IO, a leader in natural killer (NK) cell biology applied to the development of potent, off-the-shelf cell therapies targeting solid tumors, has raised £1.2m.
Renaissance Pharma, a company focused on the development of life changing therapies in pediatric rare disease, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for Hu14.18, a humanised antibody in development...
Epsilogen, a leader in the development of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to treat cancer, has published phase 1 data from the first ever clinical trial of an IgE antibody therapeutic in Nature Communications.
Boston-based pharma company Ratio Therapeutics has initiated dosing in a phase 1 study evaluating the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and radiation dosimetry of a novel fibroblast activation protein-alpha (FAP)-targeted radiopharmaceutical, RTX-1363S,...
Enterome, a clinical-stage company developing first-in-class immunomodulatory drugs for solid and liquid malignancies and inflammatory diseases, has announced that the first patient has been dosed in its phase 1/2 trial evaluating EO4010.
A microbiome therapeutic developed by the Danish biotech company Freya Biosciences has achieved promising topline results in a phase 1 trial in women with asymptomatic vaginal tract dysbiosis.
Amgen has announced that the US Food and Drug administration (FDA) has converted the accelerated approval for its blood cancer treatment Blincyto to a full approval.
Bora Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company that provides solutions for the development, manufacturing, and packaging of pharmaceutical products. In the large molecule space, it offers comprehensive services from the development of mammalian cell...
Purolite, an Ecolab company based in Pennsylvania, is a leading manufacturer of healthcare, pharmaceutical and life science products. Its affinity and ion exchange resins are used in various purification processes in the manufacture of biologics.
Lumen Bioscience has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for LMN-201, its biologic drug to treat and prevent C. difficile infection (CDI).
TILT Biotherapeutics, a biotech company developing cancer immunotherapies, has announced that the first patient has been dosed in a phase 1 trial of the company’s oncolytic adenovirus TILT-123.
Acesion Pharma has announced positive data from pre-clinical studies with AP31969, developed for chronic oral maintenance treatment to prevent atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence.
Memo Therapeutics, a biotech company developing therapeutic antibodies, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to AntiBKV.
Vir Biotechnology has been awarded a new $10 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support its novel T cell vaccine development program for the prevention of HIV.
Cytiva and the life sciences business of Pall Corporation are now united as one business under the Cytiva brand, with the completion of the integration announced this morning. Emmanuel Ligner, Danaher Group Executive, President and CEO of Cytiva, tells...
The US-Chinese company Adcentrx Therapeutics has raised $38m in a Series A+ round to begin a phase 1 trial of its lead candidate antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) later this year.
The new €350m ($386m) biotechnology research center will help power Boehringer Ingelheim’s development of biopharmaceuticals, which account for around 50% of the company’s research pipeline.
Avidity Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of RNA therapeutics called Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs), today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to AOC 1044.
bluebird bio has announced the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for lovotibeglogene autotemcel (lovo-cel) gene therapy in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
An mRNA cancer vaccine, in combination with Keytruda, reduced the risk of recurrence or death in melanoma patients by 44% compared to Keytruda alone, according to Phase 2b data. Merck and Moderna plan to initiate a Phase 3 study in the coming months.
Merck will acquire Prometheus Biosciences, a San Diego biotech working on a precision medicine approach for developing therapeutics for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases.
As part of a $1 billion deal forged in 2020, Biogen has exercised the option to license a treatment candidate for Alzheimer’s disease developed by the US biotech company Denali Therapeutics. The engineered antibody drug is designed to cross into the brain...
Samsung Ventures, the global investment arm of Samsung Group, has invested an undisclosed amount in the Swiss company Araris Biotech. The deal is independent from Araris’ ongoing Series A fundraising and will be used to bankroll the development of antibody-drug...
A Phase 1 trial found that a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis vaccine was safe, well-tolerated and elicited robust antigen-specific serum antibody and Th1-type cellular immune responses.
The biotech startup Immune Bridge has bagged $12 million in a seed financing round to drive the development of natural killer (NK) cells that can be used in cell therapies for cancer.
Moderna has announced new mRNA vaccine development programs: with the Lyme disease candidate representing an expansion of the company's mRNA tech to target bacterial pathogens.
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.
BioNTech and Duality Biologics have entered into exclusive license and collaboration agreements for two ADC assets: thus adding ADCs as an additional drug class in BioNTech’s oncology portfolio.
Vertex will pay CRISPR Therapeutics $100m up-front for non-exclusive rights to its technology with the goal of developing a certain type of therapy for diabetes.
BioNTech and OncoC4 have announced a worldwide license and collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize OncoC4’s next-generation anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody candidate, ONC-392, as monotherapy or combination therapy in various cancer indications....
OPKO Health’s ModeX Therapeutics has entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Merck to develop MDX-2201, ModeX’s preclinical nanoparticle vaccine candidate targeting EBV.
Moderna’s RSV vaccine launch – expected either late this year or early in 2024 – will draw on the infrastructure and learnings gained from the company's COVID-19 vaccine launch.
mRNA therapeutics have received increased amounts of attention and funding ever since mRNA vaccines proved effective in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, researchers are exploring mRNA therapeutics’ use in other disease spaces, reports...
Minaris Regenerative Medicine, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for cell and gene therapies, is pairing up with LIfT BioSciences on development and manufacturing for a first-generation advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP).
Australia’s Vaxxas has initiated a Phase I clinical trial with the first needle-free inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine quadrivalent (IIV4) candidate.
