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News and Trends 18 Oct 2022

Progress of COPD drug boosted by debt financing of up to $150M

Verona Pharma plc has today (October 17) announced that it has entered into a debt financing facility providing access of up to $150 million from Oxford Finance LLC. The non-dilutive capital provides further financial flexibility and support for commercialization activities for ensifentrine, the company’s product candidate, which recently reported positive phase 3 data in the […]

October 18, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Gene activity could help identify risk of kidney cancer spreading

Among patients with kidney cancer, the activity of four specific genes in the cancer cells seems to be able to predict the risk of the tumor spreading and the patient’s chances of survival. This is shown by researchers from Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Sweden in a preclinical study published in Nature Communications. “This could potentially […]

October 17, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 17 Oct 2022

Clinical trial of treatment for advanced solid tumors approved

A clinical trial of a drug to treat advanced solid tumors has been approved by the National Medical Products Administration. China-based Akeso Inc., made the announcement on Sunday (October 16) about a phase 1b/2 clinical trial of its in-house developed Ivonescimab (PD-1/VEGF bi-specific AK112) combined with Drebuxelimab (CD73, AK119). AK112 is the first PD-1/VEGF bi-specific […]

October 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Ophthalmology biopharma company Oculis combines with EBAC

Oculis, SA, a global biopharmaceutical company developing treatments to save sight and improve eye care and European Biotech Acquisition Corp (EBAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. Upon closing of the transaction, the company will be named Oculis Holding SA and will work to accelerate the development […]

October 17, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Amgen joining Evotec and TIAP to boost Canadian life science companies

Evotec SE and Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP) have expanded LAB150, their translational BRIDGE partnership, to include Amgen as a strategic partner. The expansion goes along with a combined investment of $14 million to expedite LAB150 programs towards the formation of new companies. LAB150 was created by Evotec and TIAP in 2017 to accelerate Toronto’s […]

October 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Kira Pharmaceuticals gets approval for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria study

Kira Pharmaceuticals says the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has cleared the investigational new drug (IND) application for evaluation of KP104. KP104 is a first-in-class bifunctional biologic that selectively targets the alternative and terminal complement pathways, in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). This approval enables Phase 2 study of the efficacy, safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), […]

October 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Positive results from Milestone Pharmaceuticals’ phase 3 PSVT trial

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced positive topline efficacy and safety data from the phase 3 RAPID clinical trial of etripamil, the company’s investigational calcium channel blocker, in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). “PSVT is an unpredictable, disruptive burden on patients, with current interventions restricted to the costly and inconvenient acute care setting,” said Bruce […]

October 17, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Clinical Microbiomics acquires MS-Omics

Clinical Microbiomics, a microbiome research company, has acquired MS-Omics, a metabolomics provider based in Denmark. Clinical Microbiomics works on clonal-level microbiome profiling. With the acquisition, Clinical Microbiomics adds expertise in metabolite profiling from MS-Omics to further advance its systems biology platform and help researchers worldwide understand the microbiome and how to impact health and disease. […]

October 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

More positive news announced for Verona’s COPD treatment

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, Verona, has announced more positive news from its phase 3 ENHANCE-2 clinical trial of ensifentrine that treats chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The company focuses on respiratory diseases, and made the announcement today (October 14) about the positive analyses demonstrating how ensifentrine reduced exacerbation rates across subgroups in the trial. Ensifentrine is […]

October 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Way to transform Cas-9 protein into spherical nuclear acid developed

A team of researchers at U.S. Northwestern University has developed a way to transform the Cas-9 protein into a spherical nuclear acid (SNA). It can then be loaded with critical components as required to access a broad range of tissue and cell types, as well as the intracellular compartments required for gene editing. The team […]

October 17, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Italian study shows CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of Interleukin-30 reduces prostate cancer growth

Metastatic prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in men worldwide. Interleukin (IL)-30, a cytokine that may perform immunomodulatory functions, promotes prostate cancer onset and development, but whether it can be a suitable therapeutic target remains to be investigated. In a new study published in the Journal of Hematology & Oncology, researchers at […]

October 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery: the lowdown on base editing

PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery provides cell engineering tools and services for researchers in drug discovery and development. Horizon’s portfolio is focused on research reagents; screening and cell line engineering services; bioproduction cell lines; reference standards and base editing. Horizon’s base editing platform, Pin-point is a gene editing method with the ability to effect multiple single base edits […]

October 17, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Progress of COPD drug boosted by debt financing of up to $150M

Gene activity could help identify risk of kidney cancer spreading

Clinical trial of treatment for advanced solid tumors approved

Ophthalmology biopharma company Oculis combines with EBAC

Amgen joining Evotec and TIAP to boost Canadian life science companies

Kira Pharmaceuticals gets approval for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria study

Positive results from Milestone Pharmaceuticals’ phase 3 PSVT trial

Clinical Microbiomics acquires MS-Omics

More positive news announced for Verona’s COPD treatment

Way to transform Cas-9 protein into spherical nuclear acid developed

Italian study shows CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of Interleukin-30 reduces prostate cancer growth

PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery: the lowdown on base editing

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