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News and Trends 13 Dec 2022

Therabest and Glycotope to assess breast cancer combination treatment

Therabest USA. Inc, Therabest Korea and Glycotope GmbH have signed an agreement to assess the clinical development of Therabest’s EiNK (enhanced iPSC-derived NK) cell therapy, TB-100, in combination with Glycotope’s immuno-cytokine, GT-00AxIL15 in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. NK (natural killer) cell therapies from various cell sources have demonstrated exciting results in early clinical trials […]

December 13, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Dec 2022

New company Liminatus Pharma Inc to develop three cancer treatments

Clinical-stage biopharma company Liminatus Pharma LLC and Iris Acquisition Corp, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses, announced they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will be renamed Liminatus Pharma, Inc.. The […]

December 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Dec 2022

MaxCyte and Curamys sign cell and gene therapies agreement

MaxCyte, Inc. and Curamys have announced the signing of a strategic platform license. MaxCyte is a cell-engineering focused company providing enabling platform technologies to advance the discovery, development and commercialization of next-generation cell-based therapeutics and to support cell-based research. Curamys is a South Korean biotechnology company developing cell and gene therapy using cell fusion technology […]

December 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Oct 2022

Adalta and GPCR Therapeutics to collaborate on novel cancer treatments

AdAlta Limited and GPCR Therapeutics Inc, are set to collaborate to evaluate AdAlta’s CXCR4 inhibiting i‑bodies as cancer therapeutics, using GPCR Therapeutics’ combination inhibition approach. AdAlta said its i-body platform is suited to engaging an important class of drug targets called G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). One of these GPCRs is known as CXCR4. In addition […]

October 13, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 7 Sep 2022

The biggest private biotech investments in August 2022

The healthcare-focused companies Orna Therapeutics, F2G and Sironax bagged the biggest biotech investments in August 2022, with mRNA vaccines, genomics and fermentation technology attracting big funding rounds. As many took a well-deserved vacation in the month of August 2022, the world of biotech remained busy with fundraising. Sit back and browse our lists of the […]

September 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 10 Aug 2022

Stem cell therapy to be used in treatment of long COVID by Panacell Biotech

A South Korean biotech company says it will use natural killer (NK) cells, exosomes and brown adipose-derived stem cells (ADSC) as treatment of long COVID. NK cells are a type of immune cell that have granules or small particles that can kill tumor cells or those infected with a virus. Panacell Biotech said they can […]

August 10, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 20 Jul 2022

IVI and Moderna sign MOU for vaccine R&D

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization with a mission to discover, develop, and deliver safe, effective, and affordable vaccines for global health, and Moderna, a biotech company working on messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to partner on collaborative vaccine research and development. “IVI welcomes this […]

July 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Jul 2022

SK Bioscience signs deal with Novavax to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine

South Korean company SK Bioscience has extended its partnership with Novavax, Inc., a U.S. biotechnology company specializing in next-generation vaccines, for the manufacturing and supply of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine targeting Omicron variants in prefilled syringes. SK Bioscience and Novavax signed an agreement for the technology transfer of Novavax proprietary COVID-19 variant antigen materials and manufacturing […]

July 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 14 Jul 2022

GenScript ProBio enters strategic partnerships with two South Korean biotechs

GenScript ProBio, the CDMO segment of the leading biotech GenScript, has entered into a strategic partnership memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DAAN Bio Therapeutics for the discovery and development of novel drugs and with ACT Therapeutics to develop new CAR-T cell therapies. With offices located in the U.S., the Netherlands, China, Singapore and Japan, GenScript […]

July 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Omnia Ibrahim

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News and Trends 12 Jul 2022

Legochem Bioscience signs agreement with Glycotope to develop cancer drug

A company from South Korea has signed a research collaboration and license agreement with a German business to develop a cancer fighting drug. Seoul-based Legochem Biosciences Inc and Berlin-based Glycotope GmbH will develop an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) by combining LBC’s technology with one of Glycotope’s investigational tumor targeting antibodies. ADCs are a class of […]

July 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Therabest and Glycotope to assess breast cancer combination treatment

New company Liminatus Pharma Inc to develop three cancer treatments

MaxCyte and Curamys sign cell and gene therapies agreement

Adalta and GPCR Therapeutics to collaborate on novel cancer treatments

The biggest private biotech investments in August 2022

Stem cell therapy to be used in treatment of long COVID by Panacell Biotech

IVI and Moderna sign MOU for vaccine R&D

SK Bioscience signs deal with Novavax to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine

GenScript ProBio enters strategic partnerships with two South Korean biotechs

Legochem Bioscience signs agreement with Glycotope to develop cancer drug

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