Press Releases
18 August 2023
TFC Therapeutics (TFC), a biotechnology company focused on developing novel biologics to target and eliminate key drivers of cancer recurrence and metastasis, today announced a financing led by ARCH Venture Partners with participation from Breakout Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, and Alumni Ventures. In connection with the financing, Steven Gillis, Ph.D., Managing Director at ARCH, has been appointed as Chairman of the TFC Board of Directors. TFC has entered i
Read more...19 August 2023
Akeso Inc. ("Akeso", 9926. HK) announced today that the first patient has been dosed in a head-to-head phase III trial of ivonescimab, a potential first-in-class investigational PD-1/VEGF bi-specific antibody discovered by Akeso. The Phase III trial will evaluate the clinical efficacy and assess the safety of ivonescimab compared with tislelizumab in combination with chemotherapy as first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer (sq-NSCLC)
Read more...HBC Immunology LLC a majority owned subsidiary of Hofseth BioCare ASA, global leader in marine lipid and peptide research, has successfully completed the required minimum seed capital financing of approx. $900,000 from external investors to commence preclinical animal trials with its patented peptides, FT-002 and FT-005. These are analogs of peptides discovered by HBC in ProGo® bioactive peptides, which modulate iron metabolism and have Qualified Health claims granted for this mode of act
Read more...Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer, announced that it has completed the exclusive license of key assets from Deverra Therapeutics Inc. ("Deverra") related to its proprietary allogeneic stem cell expansion and directed differentiation platform for the generation of multiple distinct immune effector cell types, including natural killer (NK) and monocyte/macrophages. The transaction enables Coept
Read more...18 August 2023
TFC Therapeutics a biotechnology company focused on developing novel biologics to target and eliminate key drivers of cancer recurrence and metastasis, today announced a financing led by ARCH Venture Partners with participation from Breakout Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, and Alumni Ventures. In connection with the financing, Steven Gillis, Ph.D., Managing Director at ARCH, has been appointed as Chairman of the TFC Board of Directors. TFC has entered into an exclus
Read more...17 August 2023
The life science group Sartorius and Repligen Corporation today announced the launch of an integrated bioreactor system that incorporates Repligen XCell® ATF upstream intensification technology into Sartorius’ Biostat STR® bioreactor, simplifying intensified seed train and N perfusion implementation for biopharmaceutical manufacturers. The Biostat STR® now contains a fully compatible embedded XCell® ATF hardware and software module offering predefined advanced control re
Read more...17 August 2023
Halia Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative medicines to treat a broad range of diseases driven by chronic inflammation and neurodegeneration, today announced the opening of its new 20,000 square foot headquarters located at The Summit, on 3900 North Traverse Mountain Blvd., in Lehi, Utah. "We are very excited to welcome the community and media to our new headquarters and research facility in Utah, especially as this move brings us back t
Read more...Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage company whose mission is to deliver highly effective, off-the-shelf, allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell-based therapies, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for AlloNK® (also known as AB-101), in combination with rituximab for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in patients with active lupus nephritis (LN). AlloNK is a non-gene
Read more...Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK)'s partner Venatorx Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company's New Drug Application (NDA) for cefepime-taniborbactam, an investigational beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor (BL/BLI) antibiotic for the potential treatment of adult patients with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), including pyelonephritis. The FDA has granted Priority Review of the NDA with a Prescription Drug User Fee A
Read more...16 August 2023
Lantern Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRN), an artificial intelligence (AI) company developing targeted and transformative cancer therapies using its proprietary RADR® AI and machine learning (ML) platform with multiple clinical-stage drug programs, received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) covering a method of treatment for Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT) using LP-184, an aggressive and rapidly growing form of cancer of the central nervous
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