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Businesswire | July 26, 2023

SQZ Biotechnologies Company announced that Roche has determined that it will not exercise its option for HPV 16 positive solid tumors under the SQZ-APC-HPV program. SQZ Biotechnologies will regain full clinical development and future commercialization rights for its programs targeting HPV 16 positive tumors. The Company intends to explore potential strategic partnerships to support the advancement of its oncology programs and platforms. The Company has completed a review of its ...

Diagnostics

GRAIL | June 06, 2022

GRAIL, LLC, a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced a broad strategic collaboration with AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) to develop and commercialize companion diagnostic (CDx) assays for use with AstraZeneca’s therapies. The collaboration will initially focus on developing companion diagnostic tests to identify patients with high-risk, early-stage disease, with plans to embark on numerous studies across multiple indications over...

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | January 28, 2020

MIT spin-out company Kytopen signed a deal with Cambridge Consultants to co-develop the FlowfectTM system, a scalable process that reportedly yields billions of engineered cells in minutes. The product will streamline the engineering of a wide array of human and human-derived cells for use in next-generation cell therapies, with the goal of expanding access to new medicines, says Paulo Garcia, CEO and co-founder of Kytopen....

BioSpace | February 25, 2020

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. and WuXi Biologics today announced a development and manufacturing collaboration to advance and produce human monoclonal antibodies for the potential treatment of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019), a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will work together on the clinical development, manufacturing, and commercialization of Vir’s proprietary antibodies. WuXi Biologics will conduct cell-line development, process and for...