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INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

Bicycle Therapeutics | October 26, 2021

Bicycle Therapeutics plc a biotechnology company pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle®) technology, today announced that Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has exercised an option to initiate a new program, expanding the exclusive strategic collaboration agreement with Bicycle to discover, develop and commercialize novel Bicycle®-based immuno-oncology therapies. Bicycle and Genentech are collabora...

MEDTECH

Ligand Pharmaceuticals | July 29, 2021

Landing AI announced today that it has entered into a software licensing deal with Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to integrate LandingLens into Ligand's OmniAb and xPloration antibody discovery platforms. LandingLens is a software platform that offers an end-to-end process for developing, experimenting and delivering AI-powered visual inspection solutions. The new AI-powered tools enhance Ligand's high-throughput single B cell screening accuracy and throughput in a wi...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Bio-Techne | February 25, 2021

Bio-Techne Corporation today declared the signing of a license agreement with Luminary Therapeutics for the utilization of TcBuster™ for the manufacturing of gene-modified cell therapies. TcBuster is Bio-Techne's proprietary non-viral transposon-based gene delivery system used to advance cell therapy manufacturing. Under the provisions of this agreement, Bio-Techne grants Luminary Therapeutics a non-exclusive license for TcBuster. Luminary Therapeutics will utilize TcBus...

Sestina Bio | October 17, 2020

Sestina Bio, a new company creating a platform for automated synthetic biology, today announced that it has launched with seed funding from Foresite Capital, General Inception and OMX Ventures. The funds will be used to further the development of its digital cellular engineering and phenotyping platforms and support initial product development. The firm is the first company to launch from incubator Foresite Labs. Practitioners of synthetic biology aim to engineer novel living organisms -- usuall...