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Cell and Gene Therapy

Valneva SE, IDT Biologika | November 30, 2021

Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company, and IDT Biologika announced their collaboration for the production of Valneva’s inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate VLA2001. This follows last week’s announcement that Valneva signed an Advance Purchase Agreement with the European Commission to supply up to 60 million doses of VLA2001, over two years. Under the collaboration, IDT Biologika will produce VLA2001’s drug substance at its Biosafety Level 3 facilities in Dess...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Pulmatrix, Inc. | September 27, 2022

Pulmatrix, Inc. a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative inhaled therapies to address serious disease using its patented iSPERSE™ technology, today announced that all subjects have completed dosing in a Phase 1 trial evaluating PUR3100, a novel orally inhaled formulation of dihydroergotamine in healthy volunteers. Phase 1 data from this study is expected in Q4 2022. The Phase 1 trial has a double-dummy, double-blinded design to assesses the safety, to...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. | October 06, 2022

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapies for hepatitis delta virus and other serious diseases, today announced that, following feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the company will not submit an emergency use authorization application of peginterferon lambda for the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19. Following Eiger's press release on September 6, 2022, the c...

Industrial Impact

Illumina, Inc. | October 12, 2022

Illumina Inc. a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced a strategic research collaboration with AstraZeneca, a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company, to accelerate drug target discovery by combining their strengths in artificial intelligence (AI) based genome interpretation and genomic analysis techniques along with industry expertise. The collaboration will evaluate whether a combined framework of these technologies can increase the yield and confidence o...