Cell & gene therapies

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Atara licenses T cell therapy to Pierre Fabre for up to $640 million

By Jonathan Smith

As it extends its cash runway, the cell therapy developer Atara Biotherapeutics has expanded a partnership with Pierre Fabre Laboratories to commercialize the off-the-shelf T-cell therapy tabelecleucel (tab-cel) for a rare form of blood cancer.

Sanofi invests $30m in MeiraGTx’s gene therapy pipeline

Sanofi invests $30m in MeiraGTx’s gene therapy pipeline

By Jonathan Smith

The London and New York-based gene therapy player MeiraGTx Holdings has received a $30 million investment from Sanofi in addition to potential strategic deals with the big pharma company down the road.

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Terumo BCT and BioCentriq to generate public CAR-T cell data

By Isabel Cameron

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, a medical tech company, and BioCentriq, a cell therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), are working together to demonstrate the capabilities of Terumo’s automated cell and gene therapy platforms...

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Congenica extends contract with Hong Kong Genome Project

By Isabel Cameron

Congenica, a digital health company providing software and solutions for the analysis and interpretation of genomic data at scale, has announced a two-year extension to its contract for the Hong Kong Genome Project (HKGP), the first large-scale genome...

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Fujifilm Diosynth builds advanced therapy manufacturing facility in UK

By Jonathan Smith

The contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies has completed a UK manufacturing facility for the production of advanced therapies including viral gene therapies, oncolytic viruses and viral vaccines for...

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Gene sequencing identifies rare pediatric disorders in Mexico

By Isabel Cameron

A new genetic sequencing technology from Element Biosciences has helped researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of the City of Hope, identify the likely genetic causes of disorders in six of nine children from Sonora,...

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Donaldson acquires Univercells Technologies for €136 million

By Isabel Cameron

Donaldson, a provider of filtration products and solutions, has acquired Univercells Technologies, a producer of biomanufacturing solutions for cell and gene therapy research, development, and commercial manufacturing, to broaden its life sciences reach....

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Insmed unveils new research platforms and capabilities

By Isabel Cameron

US biopharma Insmed has announced progress across its early-stage research programs at the company's investor and analyst event, The Future of Rare at Insmed: Functional Genes, AI-Enhanced Proteins, Glowing Algae, and More.