Curative Care

Cell and Gene Therapy

CSL Plasma | March 11, 2022

CSL Plasma, a division of global biotherapeutics pioneer CSL Behring, announced the Rika Plasma Donation System created by Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, a medical technology company based in Lakewood, Colorado, has received regulatory approval. The new plasmapheresis system is expected to provide technologies to support a safe, efficient, and better experience for plasma donors and an improved experience for CSL Plasma personnel, according to Terumo Blood and Cell Technologi...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Merck and Orna Therapeutics | August 17, 2022

Merck known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Orna Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering a new investigational class of engineered circular RNA therapies, today announced a collaboration agreement to discover, develop, and commercialize multiple programs, including vaccines and therapeutics in the areas of infectious disease and oncology. Under the terms of the agreement, Merck will make an upfront payment to Orna of $150 million, which will be expensed b...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Bicycle Therapeutics | January 06, 2022

Bicycle Therapeutics plc, a biotechnology company pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide technology, announced continued progress in its ongoing Phase I/II clinical trials of BT8009, BT5528 and BT7480. “Last quarter, we reported interim clinical results from ongoing trials of two of our Bicycle toxin conjugates, BT8009 and BT5528, demonstrating preliminary anti-tumor activity in tw...

Labiotech.eu | January 28, 2020

A Swiss research group has developed tiny plastic particles that could carry gene therapies to the center of the cell with less risk of getting attacked by the immune system than conventional gene therapies. The majority of gene therapies in use today are delivered to the DNA of target cells using viral vectors. While efficient at their job, viral vectors can risk triggering the immune system to destroy them. This can lead to the therapy becoming ineffective....