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Cell and Gene Therapy, Industrial Impact

Biocytogen | January 05, 2023

RenNano™, a fully human heavy-chain antibody platform developed by Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., has been launched officially. RenNano™ joins RenMab™ and RenLite® as the newest member of the RenMice™ family. All three RenMice™ technologies from Biocytogen work together to speed up the search and development of entirely human monoclonal, bispecific/multispecific, and single-domain antibodies (sdAbs, or nanobodies). Camels and sharks produce...

Industrial Impact

Synaffix | September 07, 2022

Synaffix B.V. and Emergence Therapeutics AG announce that the Companies have entered into a licensing agreement of up to $360 million, providing Emergence access on a target-specific basis to Synaffix's proprietary antibody drug conjugate technologies comprising GlycoConnect™, HydraSpace™ and SYNtecan E™ linker-payload. Under the terms of the agreement, Synaffix will be eligible to receive up to $360 million in upfront and milestone payments plus royalties on...

BioSpectrum Asia | April 13, 2020

South Korea based Samsung Biologics and US based Vir Biotechnology, Inc. have announced a manufacturing agreement under which Samsung Biologics will perform large scale manufacturing services Vir's SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody (mAb) program. Vir's lead SRS-CoV-2 mAb development candidates, VIR-7831 and VIR-7832, have demonstrated high affinity for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and are highly potent in neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 in live-virus cellular assays. Vir plans to proceed directly i...

Industrial Impact

Nuclera | January 19, 2022

Nuclera, a UK-based biotech company developing cutting-edge benchtop protein printing technologies, announces the opening of its US subsidiary in Boston, MA. The addition of this US facility in the rapidly growing biotechnology hub of greater Boston is a critical step in the company’s plans, paving the way for Nuclera’s revolutionary eProteinTM desktop bioprinter—that offers unprecedented speed and convenience for biotherapeutics, agribiotech and other markets of...