Medical Innovations Group

Vedere Bio | October 29, 2020

Vedere Bio, Inc. (Vedere Bio), a stealth-stage company focused on advancing photoreceptor-protein-based optogenetic therapies that are delivered to the retina intravitreally to restore functional vision, announced today that it has been acquired by Novartis. Shareholders in Vedere Bio received $150 million upfront and will be eligible for up to $130 million in milestone payments, for a total of $280 million. Based on technology from the laboratories of Drs. Ehud Isacoff and John G. Flannery of U...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

IndyGeneUS AI | May 20, 2021

Through collaborations, IndyGeneUS AI has acquired genomic analysis and testing capabilities. This pathogen sequencing capacity has emerged at a critical moment in efforts to improve genomic surveillance and monitor COVID-19 variant strains across the continent. IndyGeneUS founder and CEO Yusuf Henriques emphasized the importance of this work. "COVID-19 and its variants pose a danger to the entire African continent, so we must act quickly. Our partners understand the urgency ...

Regeneron | July 07, 2020

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced the initiation of late-stage clinical trials evaluating REGN-COV2, Regeneron's investigational double antibody cocktail for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. A Phase 3 trial will evaluate REGN-COV2's ability to prevent infection among uninfected people who have had close exposure to a COVID-19 patient (such as the patient's housemate), and is being run jointly with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

INDUSTRIAL IMPACT, MEDICAL

BioVaxys Technology Corp. | December 20, 2022

BioVaxys Technology Corp. and Procare Health Iberia, of Barcelona, Spain announced that they have finalized and executed the United States Distribution Agreement for Papilocare® and Oral Immunocaps©. Following the binding Term Sheet executed by the two companies in early October 2022, the Distribution Agreement finalized all remaining aspects of the transaction. Developed by Procare Health, Papilocare® is the world's first and only patented vaginal gel product wit...