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INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

Sutro Biopharma | December 28, 2021

Sutro Biopharma, Inc. a clinical-stage drug discovery, development and manufacturing company focused on the application of precise protein engineering and rational design to create next-generation cancer and autoimmune therapeutics, announced an exclusive license agreement with Tasly Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. a holding subsidiary of Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. for the development and commercialization of STRO-002 in Greater China, consisting of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Ta...

FierceBiotech | February 10, 2020

A £550 million ($711 million) deal to find new homes for Neil Woodford’s biotech holdings has collapsed, raising the prospect that stakes in companies including Immunocore will be auctioned off for knock-down prices. Woodford became a go-to source of money for private British biotechs in the years after he left Invesco to set up his own fund. However, the illiquid nature of Woodford’s holdings in such companies became a problem as more and more investors began taking money out ...

RESEARCH

AlivaMab | May 13, 2021

AlivaMab Discovery Services, LLC ("ADS"), a pioneer in the discovery of superior antibody therapeutics, announced today the formation of its new Antibody Engineering Department, headed by Jonah Rainey, Ph.D. Jonah joins ADS as Vice President of Antibody Engineering, bringing 15 years of experience from Macrogenics Inc. in antibody engineering, discovery, and development, MedImmune, LLC/AstraZeneca PLC, Gritstone Bio, Inc., and, most recently, Immetas Therapeutics, Inc. Jonah's expe...

Boost Biomes | June 25, 2020

US-based food and agriculture biotech startup Boost Biomes and global crop nutrition company, Yara International ASA, announced today the close of Boost's USD 5 million series A equity round as well as a joint development agreement between the two companies. Yara's investment amounts to USD 3 million. Existing investors, including Viking Global Investors and Y Combinator, participated in the close.With this partnership in place, Boost and Yara will expand current efforts to co-deve...