Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, announced today a collaboration with Schrödinger, Inc., a company focused on transforming the way therapeutics are discovered with a physics-based computational platform, to bring the two companies’ technology platforms together to discover new antibody therapeutics against G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) targets. Under the

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc., an advanced phase biotechnology company developing new T-cell based cancer immunotherapies, and Cellectis, a clinical phase biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of immunotherapies based on genetically modified allogeneic CAR-T cells (UCART), have announced the signing of a research partnership and an exclusive global license agreement granting at Iovance a license for certain applications of Cellectis TALEN® technology to develop tumor i

Empirico Inc. announced today that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Ionis Pharmaceuticals. During the three-year collaboration, Empirico will utilize its Precision Insights Platform, which incorporates huge biological data sets, human genetics and advanced algorithmic approaches, to identify therapeutic targets for indications and tissues that are amenable to Ionis’ industry-leading antisense technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Ionis can advance up to ten tar

Aro Biotherapeutics Company announces it has entered a licensing and collaboration agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leader in RNA-targeted therapeutics, through which Ionis will use Aro’s CENTYRIN™ technology to develop targeted cell- and tissue- specific delivery of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs). Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will collaborate to create unique ASO-Centyrin conjugates that are designed to achieve tissue specific, therapeutically

AXIM® Biotechnologies, Inc., a world leader in cannabinoid research and development, announced today that the Company has signed a binding term sheet to acquire leading oncology research and development company Sapphire Biotech, Inc. (“Sapphire”) as a wholly-owned subsidiary. AXIM and Sapphire intend to enter into Definitive Documents for the transaction no later than February 28, 2020. However, the binding Term Sheet will remain in full force and effect until such t

Candel Therapeutics, a leader in developing viral immunotherapies across multiple tumor indications, announced today that it has acquired all oncolytic and other Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) based assets from PeriphaGen, Inc., bringing its vector engineering, production expertise and next-generation HSV drug development platform in-house. This acquisition solidifies Candel's viral therapy leadership position and supports further development of Candel's rQNestin34.5, currently in a Phase

MiNA Therapeutics, the pioneer in RNA activation therapeutics, announced today the initiation of a research collaboration with AstraZeneca to evaluate small activating RNA ("saRNA") molecules in metabolic diseases. The collaboration combines MiNA's leading expertise in the discovery and development of saRNA therapeutics with AstraZeneca's experience in identifying and bringing breakthrough treatments to patients with metabolic diseases. “Many metabolic diseas

HOOKIPA Pharma Inc., a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics targeting infectious diseases and cancers based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that HOOKIPA has made strong progress in its collaboration with Gilead for novel arenavirus-based therapeutics intended to support functional cures for chronic Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. HOOKIPA and Gilead Sciences designed and tested multiple arenaviral vect

Antabio SAS, the biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a broad pipeline of  antibacterial treatments against life threatening WHO critical priority pathogens, announces today that it has been awarded up to $4.4 million in a second tranche funding from CARB-X, the global non-profit partnership dedicated to tackling the global rising threat of drug-resistant bacteria. The funding is to support the development of Antabio's novel small molecule candidate for the treatment of Ps