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Industrial Impact

Novaliq GmbH | August 10, 2022

Novaliq, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics based on the unique EyeSol® water-free technology, announced the submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval for CyclASol® a proposed novel treatment for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. CyclASol® has demonstrated in two pivotal studies fast onset of therapeutic effect in the indication, clinical meaningful improveme...

Industry Outlook

Xalud Therapeutics | August 25, 2021

Xalud Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel non-viral gene therapies to treat pathologic inflammation, announced today that it has raised $30 million in a Series C financing. “We are well positioned to continue advancing XT-150, our lead therapeutic candidate, through clinical development and further expand our platform” XT-150 is a locally injectable plasmid DNA gene therapy expressing IL-10v – a proprietary long-acting, mo...

Medical

Wugen | June 16, 2022

WuXi Advanced Therapies (WuXi ATU), a global Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO), and Wugen Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in St. Louis and San Diego, today announced a partnership to produce Wugen's WU-NK-101, a novel immunotherapy that harnesses the power of memory natural killer (NK) cells to treat cancers. WuXi ATU will provide manufacturing and testing services for WU-NK-101 to enable the delivery of this innovative cell therapy produ...

Cell and Gene Therapy

ginkgo biowork | November 11, 2021

ginkgo biowork the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, announced the launch of its Cell Development Kits (CDKs) service. CDKs provide streamlined access to the company's platform for aspiring cell developers to program cells to tackle the biggest challenges facing society. The first CDKs to launch are focused on protein expression programs. The service provides developers access to the toolkit needed to get started developing commercial proteins, including pre-engineered ...