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News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

The challenges of translating CRISPR to the clinic

CRISPR-Cas9 is revolutionizing all facets of drug discovery, allowing for both a deeper understanding of disease processes, and for the development of ground-breaking genetic medicines. As these new classes of cell and gene therapies translate to the clinical setting, some key bottlenecks remain to be solved before the technology will realize its full societal impact. […]

October 17, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

CRISPR/Cas9: Challenges and outlook from an investor’s perspective

A Q&A with Fady Riad, CEO of consulting company Centurion Life Sciences. How did CRISPR/Cas9 revolutionize gene editing and the broader life sciences industry? CRISPR/Cas9 is undoubtedly one of the greatest scientific advancements of the last 100 years. In 2012, Jennifer Doudna and Emanuelle Charpentier published a peer-reviewed paper discussing the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in […]

October 17, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 14 Oct 2022

Cytel signs agreement with two Scandinavian medicinal product companies

U.S.-based Cytel Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Scandinavian companies SDS Life Sciences AB and SDS MedeQ AB. Cytel says the move will add new talent to the company’s strategic consulting group and bring additional capabilities for the development of drugs and medical devices. It says sponsors will also have easier access to […]

October 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 14 Oct 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 18: BiotechX, Cultivated Biosciences, EPFL, Faron Pharmaceuticals

This week, we have four interviews. Our guests are: Juho Jalkanen, COO of Faron Pharmaceuticals; Ardemis Boghossian and Melania Reggente from the EPFL School of Basic Sciences in Switzerland; Tomas Turner, CEO and co-founder of Cultivated Biosciences; and Joanna Magaji, conference manager for the BiotechX event. BiotechX event taking place in Basel in November BiotechX, […]

October 14, 2022

News and Trends 14 Oct 2022

Danish researchers create ‘Wikipedia of resistant bacteria’

According to the WHO, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to public health. Researchers at DTU in Denmark have created a new tool in the fight against resistant bacteria that, based on 214,000 microbiome samples, can create an overview of the problem across countries, people and environments. In the future, even a small […]

October 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 14 Oct 2022

Mablink Bioscience receives €31M series A funding for ADC pipeline

French biotech company Mablink Bioscience has raised €31 million ($30.3 million) in series A funding to advance its lead candidate to the clinic and to build a pipeline of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). The round was led by Sofinnova Partners and Mérieux Equity Partners. Existing shareholders Elaia Partners, UI-Investissement/Pertinence Invest 2 (advised by Mérieux Equity […]

October 14, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Oct 2022

A-Alpha Bio and Bristol Myers Squibb to collaborate on protein degradation

A-Alpha Bio, a synthetic biology and machine learning company that measures and engineers protein-protein interactions is to collaborate with Bristol Myers Squibb to discover molecular glue targets for protein degradation. A-Alpha will identify and characterize novel pairs of E3 ubiquitin ligases and targets that Bristol Myers Squibb will utilize for potential design and development of […]

October 14, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Oct 2022

Plan launched to improve diversity of clinical trials

Help to improve the equity of clinical trials by providing site-level participant demographic data including race, sex, age and ethnicity has been revealed. Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, has launched the intelligent trials diversity module. The new module will help sponsors and clinical research organizations (CROs) benchmark the diversity of their trials and identify sites […]

October 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 13 Oct 2022

Agreement to take advantage of stem cells from first teeth

An agreement has been made to utilize the advantage of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) under development by Japan-based Kidswell Bio. Kidswell is entering into the agreement with Showa Denko Materials Co., which will also enable process development as well as clinical manufacturing of cell therapy products. Under the terms of agreement, […]

October 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 13 Oct 2022

CMT Research Foundation funding boosts Samsara Therapeutics Charcot-Marie-Tooth treatment

The CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a non-profit focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, has invested in Samsara Therapeutics Inc. Samsara Therapeutics is a biotech company focusing on discovering and developing therapeutics to restore autophagy – the process by which cells recycle damaged or dysfunctional components. Samsara is developing several novel, […]

October 13, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Oct 2022

Xcell Biosciences and aCGT Vector pushing ahead with cell and gene therapies

Xcell Biosciences Inc. (Xcellbio), an instrumentation company focused on cell and gene therapy applications, and aCGT Vector, a point-of-care cell and gene therapy-as-a-service (TaaS) company, are collaborating to improve manufacturing and analytic procedures to develop personalized cell and gene therapies for cancer patients. aCGT Vector will provide its point-of-care, GMP-licensed manufacturing platform to validate Xcellbio’s […]

October 13, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Oct 2022

Odyssey Therapeutics raises $168M for oncology medicine portfolio

Biotech company Odyssey Therapeutics, Inc. has announced it has raised $168 million in series B financing. Odyssey Therapeutics is working on next generation precision immunomodulators and oncology medicines. The current round brings the total capital raised to $386 million. The proceeds will enable Odyssey to advance its portfolio of precision immunomodulators and oncology medicines in […]

October 13, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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The challenges of translating CRISPR to the clinic

CRISPR/Cas9: Challenges and outlook from an investor’s perspective

Cytel signs agreement with two Scandinavian medicinal product companies

Beyond Biotech podcast 18: BiotechX, Cultivated Biosciences, EPFL, Faron Pharmaceuticals

Danish researchers create ‘Wikipedia of resistant bacteria’

Mablink Bioscience receives €31M series A funding for ADC pipeline

A-Alpha Bio and Bristol Myers Squibb to collaborate on protein degradation

Plan launched to improve diversity of clinical trials

Agreement to take advantage of stem cells from first teeth

CMT Research Foundation funding boosts Samsara Therapeutics Charcot-Marie-Tooth treatment

Xcell Biosciences and aCGT Vector pushing ahead with cell and gene therapies

Odyssey Therapeutics raises $168M for oncology medicine portfolio

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