inflammatory disease News
-
Appointment of Joint Company Secretary
Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB; Nasdaq:MESO), global leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced that Paul Hughes has been appointed as Joint Company Secretary of Mesoblast Limited, joining the existing Company Secretary, Ms Niva Sivakumar. Mr Hughes and Ms Sivakumar are jointly responsible for the Company Secretary role for Mesoblast and are the persons ...
-
Gesynta Pharma presents results from an exploratory clinical study of its drug candidate GS-248
Gesynta Pharma AB today announces results from an exploratory Phase II study of the candidate drug GS-248 in systemic sclerosis patients. GS-248 was well tolerated, exhibited a favorable safety profile, and elicited a potent systemic inhibition of the target enzyme mPGES-1. However, no significant effects on the patients' symptoms could be demonstrated. For this reason, the company intends to ...
-
Optimus Holding Completes Acquisition of Om Pharma, Strengthening Biotech Cluster in Switzerland
Full commitment of Optimus Holding and its shareholders to the sustainable growth of OM Pharma More than CHF 250 million investment in R&D and other projects planned Expansion of manufacturing capacities in Meyrin/Geneva already decided Today, Optimus Holding announced the successful closing of the acquisition of OM Pharma, a global biotech company headquartered in Meyrin, Geneva. ...
-
SFA Therapeutics, Inc. Receives an FDA Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for SFA001 in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
PRLog - SFA Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that FDA has granted an official Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to SFA001, the company's novel human-microbiome-based treatment for human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). "By granting an Orphan Drug Designation to SFA001, FDA has given a special status to treatment of the most prevalent form of liver cancer. This ODD designation will provide SFA ...
-
Etienne Jornod, Om Pharma‘S Executive Chairman Receives Swiss Biotech Success Stories Award 2022
OM Pharma is pleased to announce that Etienne Jornod, its Executive Chairman and co-owner, has been recognised as winner of the Swiss Biotech Success Stories Awards 2022. The awards, bestowed annually by the Swiss Biotech Association, celebrates those who have made important and sustainable contributions to the biotech industry in Switzerland. The Swiss entrepreneur was particularly ...
-
Amgen to Acquire Rodeo Therapeutics Corporation
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Rodeo Therapeutics Corporation (Rodeo) today announced an agreement under which Amgen will acquire Rodeo, a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in Seattle that develops small-molecule therapies designed to promote regeneration and repair of multiple tissues. Rodeo's 15-PGDH program is a strong strategic fit with Amgen's inflammation portfolio and efforts to ...
By Amgen Inc.
-
The new Walloon company Cellaïon makes its first closing
Cellaïon, a Walloon biotechnology company created by a consortium of Belgian-Luxembourg investors, announces its first closing following the acquisition of the assets of Promethera and its HepaStem® technology platform. The consortium led by Fund Plus (Leuven, Belgium) is also composed of SMS Investments SA (Luxembourg), Sopartec (UCLouvain Technology Transfer Office, Louvain-la-Neuve, ...
By Cellaïon
-
Regeneron to Report First Quarter 2022 Financial and Operating Results and Host Conference Call and Webcast on May 4, 2022
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that it will report its first quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, before the U.S. financial markets open. The Company will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast at 8:30 AM Eastern Time that day. Conference Call Information Participants may access the conference call live via webcast on ...
-
GC-IMS for medical and healthcare applications
Imspex Diagnostics’ proprietary GC-IMS analytical technology platform has built a legacy of being a versatile, accurate and robust analytical research tool in situations where compound combinations are complex and/ or concentrations are low. Much of this legacy has centred around volatile compounds in industrial and more recently environmental and food production settings. The ultra-highly ...
-
Gesynta Pharma completes patient enrollment in its Phase II study in systemic sclerosis
Gesynta Pharma AB today announces that all patients have been recruited for the company's clinical Phase II study with the drug candidate GS-248, which is being evaluated as a treatment for the rare disorder systemic sclerosis.The study is intended to demonstrate proof-of-concept and to evaluate the safety profile of GS-248. Top-line data is expected in the fall of 2022. Systemic ...
-
EnteroBiotix completes new manufacturing facility focused on gut microbiome therapies
EnteroBiotix, a Scottish biopharma focused on making gut microbiome therapies, said construction of its new manufacturing, lab and office facility has been completed. Located at the Strathclyde Business Park in Bellshill, the 20,000-square-foot facility is designed to meet regulatory biologics requirements and product analysis while providing the company end-to-end control of its supply chain, ...
-
MedBiome licenses the MetaLab metaproteomic software
MedBiome is pleased to announce that it has licensed the iMetaLab software platform from the University of Ottawa. iMetaLab (imetalab.ca) is a leading bioinformatics software for metaproteomics data analysis. MedBiome uses the iMetaLab software in combination with the RapidAIM assay to identify Precision Microbiome Therapeutics that change the composition of the human microbiome, ...
-
Locus Biosciences Secures Financing of up to $25 Million from Hercules Capital. Proceeds to be used to advance development of synthetic biology engine and manufacturing capabilities
Locus Biosciences, Inc. (“Locus”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new class of precision engineered bacteriophage treatments for a diverse set of bacterial and inflammatory diseases, today announced that the company has entered a credit facility of up to $25 million with Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC), a specialty financing lender for life science and ...
-
Aurealis Therapeutics Publishes First Study on Four-in-One-Combination Therapy Using Live Lactococcus Lactis Expressing Three Human Therapeutic Proteins for the Treatment of Chronic Non-Healing Wounds
Aurealis Therapeutics, a synthetic biology company developing ground-breaking four-in-one cell and gene therapies, announced today the publication of the first study on its investigational product AUP-16, a four-in-one -combination therapy using live Lactococcus lactis expressing three human therapeutic proteins for the treatment of chronic non-healing wounds. This announcement comes as the ...
-
Creative Proteomics Cytokine Boosts Your Research and Discovery with Mouse Cytokine Assay
The Cytokine division belongs to Creative Proteomics, which specializes in providing cytokine research and analysis services for researchers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, as well as academic institutes and government agencies. Creative Proteomics Cytokine recently launched the Mouse Cytokine Assay with high sensitivity to support research in immune responses, inflammatory ...
-
Siolta Therapeutics Joins Microbiome Therapeutics Innovation Group
The Microbiome Therapeutics Innovation Group (MTIG) announced today the addition of Siolta Therapeutics to its coalition of companies leading the research and development of FDA-approved microbiome therapeutics and microbiome-based products. This new addition brings MTIG's membership to five companies pursuing regulatory approvals for microbiome therapeutics and microbiome-based products. Siolta ...
-
Gesynta Pharma initiates Phase II study of its first-in-class drug candidate GS-248 in patients with systemic sclerosis
Gesynta Pharma AB today announced that the first patients have been dosed in a Phase II study of its oral drug candidate GS-248 in patients with systemic sclerosis - a debilitating autoimmune disease that causes serious damage to the microvasculature. This proof-of-concept study will investigate the safety of GS-248 and its efficacy on Raynaud's phenomenon and peripheral blood flow in this ...
-
NIH investigators find link between DNA damage and immune response
Researchers offer the first evidence that DNA damage can lead to the regulation of inflammatory responses, the body's reaction to injury. The proteins involved in the regulation help protect the body from infection. The study, performed by scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, is one of the first studies ...
-
Gesynta Pharma`s drug candidate GS-248 granted Orphan Drug Designation in US by the FDA for the treatment of systemic sclerosis
Gesynta Pharma AB today announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to the company's drug candidate GS-248 for the treatment of systemic sclerosis. GS-248 is currently being evaluated in a Phase II clinical trial as a treatment for Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to systemic sclerosis. Orphan Drug Designation is intended to encourage the ...
-
£1 million investment for CRACK IT Challenge
Led by King's College London and also involving the University of Hertfordshire, the Inhalation Translation Challenge aims to help reduce the number of animals used to test medicines for treating inflammatory diseases of the airways such as asthma. Following a successful proof-of-concept study (Phase 1) and a 'Dragons' Den' style interview process, the project was the winning team chosen to ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you