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Cell and Gene Therapy

Cimeio | November 29, 2022

Cimeio Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a novel approach to cell therapies, today announced the U.S. Patent Office has issued a key patent covering the company’s Shielded-Cell & Immunotherapy Pairs platform. U.S. Patent No. 11,499,168 covers a method for in vivo selective depletion of edited primary hematopoietic cells or non-edited primary hematopoietic cells. This method was first discovered and developed in the lab of company founder Lukas Jeker, M.D.,...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Dyno Therapeutics, Inc. | December 02, 2021

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Dyno Therapeutics, Inc. announced an option and license agreement was signed on November 23 to develop next-generation adeno-associated virus vectors for gene therapy directed to skeletal and cardiac muscle using Dyno's CapsidMap™ platform. Dyno's CapsidMap platform represents a transformative approach applying in vivo experimental data and machine learning to create novel AAV capsids – the cell-targeting protein shells of viral vectors...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Valneva SE, IDT Biologika | November 30, 2021

Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company, and IDT Biologika announced their collaboration for the production of Valneva’s inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate VLA2001. This follows last week’s announcement that Valneva signed an Advance Purchase Agreement with the European Commission to supply up to 60 million doses of VLA2001, over two years. Under the collaboration, IDT Biologika will produce VLA2001’s drug substance at its Biosafety Level 3 facilities in Dess...

Cell and Gene Therapy

SOPHiA GENETICS | March 08, 2022

SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced today the launch of their SOPHiA DDM Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD) Solution, opening new doors for cancer research. The application provides a unique approach for molecular cancer testing by combining the identification of HRD-causing mutations with the analysis of HRD-induced genomic instability across the whole genome of tumor samples. HRD is caused by a cell's impaired ability to repair ...