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Industrial Impact

Envisagenics | December 05, 2022

Envisagenics, an Artificial Intelligence driven biotechnology company that delivers therapies for RNA splicing diseases, today announced a research collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb. The multi-year collaboration will leverage Envisagenics' SpliceCore® AI platform to identify alternative splicing derived targets for therapeutic development to expand Bristol Myers Squibb's vast oncology pipeline. Envisagenics will receive an upfront payment and milestone payments based ...

Sartorius | November 03, 2020

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading partner of the biopharma industry, successfully closed the acquisition of the Slovenian purification specialist BIA Separations. The transaction was completed on November 2, 2020, after receiving the required approvals. "BIA's portfolio is highly complementary to Sartorius Stedim Biotech. We are thus creating an excellent offering for the manufacturing of gene therapies and other advanced therapies, and are pleased to welcome 120 new employees,&...

Cell and Gene Therapy, Industrial Impact

Enlaza Therapeutics | December 19, 2022

Enlaza Therapeutics, the first covalent biologic platform company, announced its official launch with the closing of $61 million in seed financing. The financing was led by Avalon Ventures and joined by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Frazier Life Sciences, and Samsara BioCapital. The financing will be used to further advance Enlaza’s proprietary War-LockTM platform and build a pipeline of covalent biologics with an initial focus on developing novel, differentiated cancer therapeutics with ta...

Cell and Gene Therapy, Industrial Impact

GI CELL | December 13, 2022

GI CELL, Inc. announced that it has entered into a research license and option agreement with Optieum Biotechnologies, Inc. Under the agreement, Optieum Biotechnologies will provide GI CELL with scFv antibodies directed against hematological tumor targets generated through Optieum Biotechnologies’ Eumbody System™. GI CELL will carry out feasibility studies and be responsible for further development and commercialization of the CAR-NK cell products if the company exercises an option. ...