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ANTABIO raises €25 million for phase 2 next-gen antibacterial study

Antabio SAS, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for severe drug-resistant bacterial infections, has raised €25 million in a Series B financing round, which will enable the company to complete the phase 2 clinical studies of MEM-ANT3310, a next generation antibacterial.

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Metrion Biosciences closes £3.5m new equity financing to expand Cambridge laboratories

Metrion Biosciences, a specialist ion channel CRO and drug discovery company, has secured £3.5 million (about US$3,19 million) in new equity financing, including £2.5m from lead investor Maven Capital Partners and £1 million from existing investor, Gresham House Ventures. The funding will be used to further expand Metrion’s laboratories in Cambridge, UK, invest in specialist […]

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Aptamer Group signs agreement with biotech company to develop Optimer binders for genetic medicines

Aptamer Group, the developer of novel Optimer binders to enable innovation in the life sciences industry, has entered into a material agreement with a biotechnology company developing genetic medicines.

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ProBioGen granted patent for DirectedLuck transposase technology

ProBioGen’s Transposase binds to specific epigenetic histone marks characteristic for highly active genome regions. Omitting the plasmid backbone, multiple transposable elements carrying the transgene cassette are specifically inserted resulting in highly stable and high expressing clones.

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Ana-Maria Šimundić appointed director of new Global Medical & Clinical Affairs department at Greiner Bio-One

On 1 December 2023, Ana-Maria Šimundić took up the newly created position as director of Global Medical & Clinical Affairs at Greiner Bio-One. In this role, she will represent Greiner Bio-One in national and international professional circles as well as foster exchange with experts in science and the field. Her area of responsibility includes all […]

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Bayer and Broad Institute extend cancer therapy research collaboration

Bayer and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have renewed their research alliance, adding five years to a 10-year collaboration that has already yielded three clinical oncology candidates. This research collaboration is aimed at identifying cancer targets and exploring novel therapeutic approaches in oncology with the goal of bringing more medicines to patients.

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Azenta selects Oxford for new genomic services facility

Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford, UK, a key European life sciences hub, as the location for its next GENEWIZ Multiomics and Synthesis Solutions site. The site will feature a new state-of-the-art genomics lab scheduled to begin full operations in March this year.

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MIMETAS and Yamaha Motor sign joint marketing agreement to advance automated human disease model applications for drug development

MIMETAS, a leader in human 3D disease modelling, and Yamaha Motor Co., a developer of the Cell Handler, have singed a strategic joint marketing agreement aimed at advancing therapeutic development using human-relevant models throughout the early drug development pipeline. The collaboration combines MIMETAS’ comprehensive disease modelling and assay development expertise with Yamaha Motor’s state-of-the-art Cell […]

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CN Bio PhysioMimix Organ-on-a-Chip data supports Inipharm study of INI-822 for metabolic liver disease treatment

CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) company, says its PhysioMimix assay for Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was important for confirmation of efficacy for INI-822 from Inipharm.

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Verici DX signs global licensing and commercialisation agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific

Verici Dx, a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, has signed an exclusive global licensing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to further develop an assay for pre-transplant prognostic testing for risk of early kidney rejection.