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Cell and Gene Therapy

TEMBEXA and Smallpox | September 27, 2022

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of exclusive worldwide rights to TEMBEXA® the first oral antiviral approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for all age groups for the treatment of smallpox, from Chimerix. TEMBEXA was approved in June 2021 and is indicated for the treatment of human smallpox disease in adult and pediatric patients, including neonates. The completion of the acquisition follows the satisfaction or waiver by the ...

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PhageNova Bio, Inc. | December 14, 2020

PhageNova Bio, Inc. ("PhageNova") is pleased to declare the distribution of information created through a sponsored research agreement with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The Med (a Cell Press distribution) article, entitled Targeted Phage Display-Based Pulmonary Vaccination in Mice and Non-human Primates, portrays another technique for protected and effective pulmonary delivery of therapeutics, including an aerosol vaccination strategy which is being developed to address...

Maravai Lifesciences | August 25, 2020

Maravai LifeSciences, a global provider of life science reagents and services to researchers and biotech innovators, is expanding its contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) capabilities at TriLink BioTechnologies for the second time in less than a year. The expansion is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2021 and will increase TriLink's small molecule manufacturing capacity with a focus on additional scale-up of CleanCap®, its proprietary messenger RNA (...

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...