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Cardea Bio | April 06, 2022

Today, Cardea Bio, Inc. - the world's only mass producer of biocompatible semiconductors - announced a significant milestone with the launch of CRISPR QC Inc. as a separate business using Cardea's CRISPR-chip™ technology for a range of quality control services for CRISPR gene editing. This milestone is an important move for Cardea Bio on its mission to realizing real-world applications of their BPU™ (Biosignal Processing Unit) Platform. After recently establish...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

EXUMA Biotech Corp. | December 22, 2021

EXUMA Biotech, Corp., a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing cell and gene therapies and delivery solutions for liquid and solid tumors, announced the completion of a $41 million Series B2 financing. The Series B2 brings the total capital raised since its inception to approximately $130 million. Proceeds will be used to support further development of EXUMA's autologous subcutaneous rPOC CAR-TaNK platform for hematologic and solid tumors and con...

MEDICAL

Pfizer | June 10, 2022

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of ReViral, a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel antiviral therapeutics that target respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). ReViral brings to Pfizer a portfolio of promising therapeutic candidates, including sisunatovir, an orally administered inhibitor designed to block fusion of the RSV virus to the host cell. Sisunat...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

SOPHiA GENETICS | March 08, 2022

SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced today the launch of their SOPHiA DDM Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD) Solution, opening new doors for cancer research. The application provides a unique approach for molecular cancer testing by combining the identification of HRD-causing mutations with the analysis of HRD-induced genomic instability across the whole genome of tumor samples. HRD is caused by a cell's impaired ability to repair ...