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Brains Bioceutical Set to Achieve One of the World’s First CEP for Cannabidiol Certification With the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare
Brains Bioceutical Corp. (BBC) has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by submitting one of the world’s first CEP (Certification of Suitability) application for its Cannabidiol (CBD)…
Abata Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Abata Therapeutics recently announced the US FDA has granted Fast Track designation for ABA-101 for the treatment of patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). The…
Emergex Receives Patent Protection for First-in-Class Influenza A Vaccines With Potential to Provide Long-Term T Cell Immunity
Emergex Vaccines Holding Limited recently announced it has received patent protection from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its novel class of…
Ingenza Announces Partnership With Cellugy to Investigate the Potential of Biofabricated Cellulose
Industrial biotech specialist Ingenza recently announced it is collaborating with Cellugy to accelerate the development of its innovative platform for producing biofabricated cellulose. This technology…
PCI Pharma Services’ Bedford, NH Location Successfully Completes International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities Inspection
PCI Pharma Services (PCI), a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has successfully completed the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) inspection…
SGS Introduces New Specialized Bioanalytical Testing Services in North America
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, announces the introduction of new specialized bioanalytical testing services in the North American pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical…
Bora Completes Acquisition of US Sterile Fill/Finish Facility From Emergent
Bora Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. recently announced it has completed the acquisition from Emergent BioSolutions of its sterile manufacturing facility in Baltimore-Camden, MD. The facility adds…
Cumulus Oncology & leadXpro Achieve Critical Milestone
Cumulus Oncology recently announced that, in partnership with its collaborator leadXpro (LXP), key milestones have been achieved in their protein structure driven GPR68 drug discovery…
ST Pharm & Quantoom Biosciences Announce First Supply Agreement of SmartCap Under Extended Collaboration to Advance RNA Manufacturing
ST Pharm and Quantoom Biosciences recently announced an extended collaboration to accelerate the development and manufacturing of RNA-based vaccines and therapeutics. This collaboration brings together…
Pharma CMO M&A Activity Shifts Focus to Scaling in 2023
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the pharmaceutical contract manufacturing industry declined in 2023 compared to 2021-22. High inflation and interest rates along with an…
Opus Genetics Receives Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for Ocular Gene Therapy
Opus Genetics recently announced the US FDA has granted Rare Pediatric Disease designation (RPD) for its ocular gene therapy OPGx-LCA5 to treat patients with the…
ImmuneSensor Therapeutics Receives Clearance to Initiate First-in-Human Phase 1 Clinical Trial of cGAS inhibitor Drug Candidate
ImmuneSensor Therapeutics recently announced it has received Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval and Clinical Trial Notification (CTN) clearance by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration…
Processa Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Preclinical Data for NGC-Iri
Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced positive data from preclinical studies that support the potential for NGC-Iri to have improved efficacy and a better side effect…
Shuttle Pharma Ready to Enroll Patients in Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Treatment of Patients With Glioblastoma
Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. recently announced it has entered into agreements with two of the six site locations to administer the Phase 2 clinical trial…
Nanoform Collaborates With Takeda on Plasma-Derived Therapy Development
Nanoform Finland Plc recently announced it is to enter into a pre-clinical development agreement with the Plasma-derived Therapies Business Unit of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the…
Abata Therapeutics Announces Strategic Investment From Bristol Myers Squibb
Abata Therapeutics recently announced it has received an equity investment from Bristol Myers Squibb to support the development of its Treg cell therapy products. Their…
TransCode Therapeutics Announces Phase 1 Clinical Trial Initiation
TransCode Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced initiation of its Phase 1 multicenter, open-label, clinical study of its lead therapeutic candidate, TTX-MC138. Two clinical trial sites have…
Denali Therapeutics Announces Publication Demonstrating the Potential of the Oligonucleotide Transport Vehicle Platform to Achieve Broad Biodistribution of Antisense Oligonucleotides in the CNS & Muscle Following Intravenous Administration
Denali Therapeutics Inc. recently announced publication of nonclinical data in the August 14, 2024, issue of Science Translational Medicine (link) demonstrating the ability of the…
Nuntius Therapeutics Announces Collaboration With Taiho Pharmaceutical to Develop Next-Generation mRNA Therapies Using Nuntius’ Proprietary Cell-Specific Delivery Technology
Nuntius Therapeutics recently announced it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a leading company in Japan for developing innovative medicines…
Prota Therapeutics Announces Publication of Long-Term Peanut Allergy Study Confirming Clinical Remission as the Optimal Treatment Outcome
Prota Therapeutics Pty Ltd recently announced publication in the journal Allergy of the first long-term study directly comparing remission and desensitization endpoints following food allergen…