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Cell and Gene Therapy

AgeX Therapeutics | November 24, 2021

AgeX Therapeutics , Inc. a biotechnology company developing therapeutics for human aging and regeneration, announced that on November 17, 2021 it received a letter from the staff of the NYSE American indicating that AgeX does not meet certain of the Exchange’s continued listing standards as set forth in Section 1003(a)(i) and (ii) of the Exchange Company Guide in that AgeX has stockholders equity of less than $2,000,000 and has incurred losses from continuing operations and/or net losses d...

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Genetic Leap | March 11, 2022

Genetic Leap today announced a research collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma, Inc. to develop novel RNA-targeted small molecule therapeutic candidates against an undisclosed oncology target. Under the terms of the agreement, Genetic Leap will deploy its platform to discover and validate RNA-targeted small molecules against an undisclosed oncology target selected by Astellas. The agreement provides Astellas with certain rights to intellectual property on candidates discover...

Industry Outlook

Ginkgo Bioworks | September 07, 2021

Tantu, a company engineering living biotherapeutic products to treat gastrointestinal diseases, and Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a partnership to accelerate the research and development of Tantu's therapeutic genes. Ginkgo, which recently announced a business combination with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp., serves customers across industries seeking to develop new and better products using biology. Ta...

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Ambagon Therapeutics | January 07, 2022

Ambagon Therapeutics, a biotechnology company unlocking intrinsically disordered proteins and other difficult-to-target protein classes, announced an $85 million Series A to augment its drug discovery platform and to advance its pipeline of molecular glues. The financing was led by Nextech Invest. Ambagon was previously seeded by RA Capital Management, Droia Ventures, Inkef Capital, AbbVie Ventures, MRL Ventures Fund, and Mission BioCapital. Investors from the seed round joined th...