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Aspect Biosystems | April 07, 2022

Aspect Biosystems ("Aspect"), a biotechnology company developing bioengineered tissue therapeutics to transform how we treat disease, is pleased to announce a partnership with JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization. The JDRF-Aspect partnership supports Aspect's focus on developing a bioengineered tissue therapeutic for type 1 diabetes that will provide insulin independence and control of blood sugar without the need for chro...

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Salipro Biotech | September 08, 2022

Salipro Biotech AB, a Swedish biotech company with a leading technology platform for the stabilization of membrane proteins for drug development, announced today that its patent entitled "Saposin lipoprotein particles and libraries from crude membranes" has been issued by both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and by the China National Intellectual Property Administration. The patents cover the company's novel method of direct extraction of membrane proteins from cells or crude ...

TheDailyTimes | April 15, 2020

Ensysce Biosciences announced that it is exploring the opportunity to initiate a clinical trial of oral Nafamostat, an ingredient from its opioid overdose protection platform, as a treatment for COVID-19. The goal is to evaluate if nafamostat mesylate (Nafamostat), a synthetic protease inhibitor will be effective in preventing or reducing the lethal outcome of COVID-19 infection. Currently, there are no approved drugs to manage infection with SARS-CoV-2 and nafamostat has shown promise in severa...

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SIGA Technologies Inc. | July 16, 2022

SIGA Technologies, Inc. a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the health security market, today announced a collaboration with KaliVir Immunotherapeutics to make TPOXX® available for use with KaliVir’s proprietary oncolytic vaccinia immunotherapy platform. This novel oncolytic platform includes multiple proprietary genetic modifications that can be combined to generate a unique oncolytic virus that has been optimized for systemic delivery and anti-tumor immune stimulatio...