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Daiichi Sankyo | December 24, 2021

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to patritumab deruxtecan, a potential first-in-class HER3 directed antibody drug conjugate, for the treatment of patients with metastatic or locally advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer with disease progression on or after treatment with a third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor and platinum-based therapies. Lung cancer is the second most...

MEDICAL

Slate Bio | January 20, 2021

Slate Bio, Inc., reports the closing of a $1.75 million venture financing. Epidarex Capital drove the speculation round with cooperation from the UVA Licensing and Ventures Group Seed Fund, Center for Innovative Technology's GAP BioLife Fund, VTC Seed Fund, PharmaDirections, Inc., the board and others. Record is a pre-clinical biotechnology organization creating outlook changing IL-2 mixes dependent on examination directed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. IL233, Slate's ...

CEBINA | July 13, 2020

CEBINA GmbH, an Austrian biotech company, announces positive results of its COVID-19 drug repurposing project with the identification of commonly used approved drugs with activity against SARS-CoV-2 infection in in vitro assays. One of these drugs, Azelastine an antihistamine currently available as a nasal spray, has been identified as a potential topical preventive or post-exposure anti-COVID-19 approach.CEBINA, in collaboration with Professor Robert Konrat, a renowned structural biologis...

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 ...