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Stemcyte | March 23, 2022

On January 7th, 2022, the FDA received the BLA (Biologics License Application) for the "HPC-Cord Blood" product. On March 8th, 2022, StemCyte was formally informed that the submission was acceptable to join the biologics license quality review process. The "HPC-Cord Blood" is an umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cell product intended for unrelated donor hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation procedures in patients with hematopoietic system disorder...

Medical

Berkery, Noyes & Co. | October 08, 2021

Entopsis, Inc., the developer of an unbiased approach to diagnostics using bio-molecular signatures with a focus on oncology, announced that it has engaged Berkery Noyes & Co. as its financial advisor to assist the company in pursuing strategic alternatives for their OpsisDxTM platform. OpsisDxTM is a urine-based technology platform that shifts the focus away from conventional RNA and DNA approaches, offering a highly sensitive and specific diagnostic test for the detection of...

Research

Samsung Biologics | July 21, 2021

Kineta, Inc., a clinical-stage biotech firm developing novel immunotherapies in oncology, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Samsung Biologics, one of the world's top contract development and manufacturing companies (CDMO). To support the IND filing for KVA12.1, Kineta's new anti-VISTA antibody under development to treat solid tumors, Samsung Biologics will offer end-through-end CDMO services ranging from cell line development to cell line development clinical drug substan...

Cell and Gene Therapy

DRI | March 10, 2022

New research from the Healthy Nevada Project® found associations between genetics, obesity, and childhood trauma, linking social health determinants, genetics, and disease. The study, which was published this week in Frontiers in Genetics, found that participants with specific genetic traits and who experience childhood traumas are more likely to suffer from adult obesity. In 2016, DRI and Renown Health launched the Healthy Nevada Project®, the nation’s first communi...