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Verona Pharma | November 19, 2020

A British clinical-stage biotech firm with U.S. base camp in Raleigh is investigating the alternative of repurposing its leading drug candidate to treat COVID-19 patients. Flush with $200 million after a July raise, the London-based Verona Pharma is now making large walks with its "first-in-class" drug, ensifentrine, targeting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Now, against the backdrop of a pandemic, it’s pushing ahead with a pilot clinic...

Phanes Therapeutics | June 16, 2020

Phanes Therapeutics, Inc. (Phanes), an emerging leader in innovative discovery research in immuno-oncology announced today that it has developed a proprietary bispecific antibody technology platform, PACbodyTM, which enables construction of a bispecific antibody using any pair of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) while maintaining the IgG-like structure. The technology was presented at the BIO Digital 2020."The beauty of the PACbodyTM bispecific antibody platform is that it's a 'pl...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Caris Life Sciences | April 11, 2022

Caris Life Sciences®(Caris), the leading molecular science and technology company actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionize healthcare, to present findings that provide a deeper understanding that tumor expression of genes related to extent of drug exposure, stratified by p53 status, is associated with clinical outcomes on the common chemotherapeutic regimens used to treat metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). These results will be presented at the 2022 American ...

Industrial Impact

PRNewswire | June 14, 2023

PhenomeX Inc. the functional cell biology company, announced that the Company's technology was recently featured in a groundbreaking study published in Cell Reports titled "Potent Omicron-neutralizing antibodies isolated from a patient vaccinated six months before Omicron emergence" that has revealed the remarkable efficacy of vaccines in generating potent antibodies against emerging variants at an accelerated rate. The study, conducted by researchers from the La J...