Biotech-365

CEBINA | July 13, 2020

CEBINA GmbH, an Austrian biotech company, announces positive results of its COVID-19 drug repurposing project with the identification of commonly used approved drugs with activity against SARS-CoV-2 infection in in vitro assays. One of these drugs, Azelastine an antihistamine currently available as a nasal spray, has been identified as a potential topical preventive or post-exposure anti-COVID-19 approach.CEBINA, in collaboration with Professor Robert Konrat, a renowned structural biologis...

Medical, Industry Outlook

Globenewswire | July 13, 2023

NANOBIOTIX a late-clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering physics-based approaches to expand treatment possibilities for patients with cancer, today announced a global licensing, co-development, and commercialization agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, for the investigational, potential first-in-class radioenhancer NBTXR3. NBTXR3 is currently being evaluated in several studies across solid tumor in...

Diagnostics

Zoetis | June 27, 2022

Zoetis Inc. is the world's largest animal health company committed to providing medicine and vaccinations for pets and livestock. The company announced completing the acquisition of a privately held petcare genetics company, Basepaws, which offers early health risk assessments, genetic tests, and analytics to pet owners. The acquisition was first announced on June 7th. However, the financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Basepaws, founded by CEO Anna Skaya in 2017,...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. | December 18, 2021

Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. on exploring the role that cytokine and gene editing/cell therapy can have in treating patients with cancer, blood disorders, and monogenic diseases, announces that Brooklyn has been added to the ICE Biotechnology Index following the December 20, 2021 reconstitution. “The continued recognition of Brooklyn among key biotechnology indices is encouraging and we continue to believe that our value proposition and approach to...