Collaborative Drug Discovery - CDD VAULT

Evolugate | May 28, 2020

INRAE, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive option license agreement with biotechnology company Evolugate of Gainesville, FL to optimize its probiotic to manage human hypercholesterolemia, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.INRAE is the first worldwide research institute in agronomy. INRAE-Micalis has been investigating the human microbiome to identify microbes that can influence hypercholesterolemia. They have selected microbes that degrade or sequeste...

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Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | December 02, 2022

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a leading late-stage biotechnology company advancing an integrated and sustainable pipeline of genetic therapies for rare childhood disorders with high unmet need, today announces that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Renovacor, Inc. a biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative precision therapies to improve the lives of patients and families battling genetically-driven cardiovascular and mechanistically-related diseases. Under the...

Medical

Bio-Techne Corporation | April 13, 2022

Bio-Techne Corporation launched 3G assay for automated process impurity assessment on the EllaTM immunoassay platform ( NASDAQ: TECH ) and Cygnus Technologies, a division of Maravai LifeSciences ( NASDAQ: MRVI ). In cell and gene therapy applications, the purification of viral particles to reduce host cell protein (HCP) contamination is an important part of the viral production workflow. To guarantee HCP impurity clearance is performed in compliance with regulatory criteria, accurate quan...

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GlobeNewswire | October 03, 2023

Amicus Therapeutics a global, patient-dedicated biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing, and delivering novel medicines for rare diseases, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a $430 million financing collaboration with funds managed by Blackstone. As part of the collaboration, Blackstone Life Sciences and Blackstone Credit have agreed to...