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Cell and Gene Therapy

Puma Biotechnology | September 21, 2022

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company, announced an agreement with Takeda to license the worldwide research and development and commercial rights to alisertib, a selective, small-molecule, orally administered inhibitor of aurora kinase A. Alisertib is an adenosine triphosphate–competitive and reversible inhibitor of aurora kinase A and results in disruption of mitosis leading to apoptosis of rapidly proliferating tumor cells that are dependent on aurora kinase A. Alisertib h...

Industrial Impact

BioAuxilium Research Inc. | February 10, 2022

At the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening International Conference and Exhibition in Boston, BioAuxilium Research Inc., a biotech tool company focused on facilitating access to fully validated assay kits to the biomedical research community, today announced the expansion of its no-wash THUNDER™ time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer technology portfolio by introducing new cell signaling pathway and biomarker research assay kits, along with a panel of &ldqu...

Industrial Impact

Amberstone Biosciences, Inc. | January 04, 2022

Amberstone Biosciences an emerging biotherapeutics company with unique expertise in conditionally active immunotherapeutics, today announced the completion of a $12 million Series A financing round. The funding was led by Viva BioInnovator, Co-win Ventures and Sinovation Ventures, with additional support from ChangRong Capital, Lifespan Investments and existing shareholders. Amberstone will use the proceeds from the financing to advance its highly differentiated tumor microenviron...

UC Davis | April 14, 2020

The Genentech Foundation has donated $2.5 million to the University of California, Davis, College of Biological Sciences — the college’s largest single gift ever — to fund a program that will help biology students transferring from community college. Called AvenueB, the program will provide financial support and preparatory programs for students going to four-year university. According to the Campaign for College Opportunity, students transferring from community colleges to a U...