Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Tevard Biosciences | December 04, 2020

Tevard Biosciences, a privately-held biotechnology organization pioneering tRNA-based gene therapies, and Zogenix, a worldwide biopharmaceutical organization creating and commercializing uncommon infection treatments, today reported that the organizations have gone into a cooperation to recognize and create novel tRNA-based quality treatments for Dravet syndrome and other genetic epilepsies. Under the collaboration, Tevard will use its two interesting tRNA-based discovery platform...

INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. | February 08, 2022

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading partner of the biopharma industry, announced today that it closed the acquisition of the Novasep chromatography division as of February 7, 2022, following approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The transaction had already been agreed upon at the beginning of 2021. The business acquired generated sales of around 40 million euros in 2020 at a double-digit profit margin; final figures for 2021 are not yet available. The majority of the approximately 100 e...

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...

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Horizon | October 03, 2022

Horizon Therapeutics plc announced the presentation of new data defining molecular patterns in TED and further implicating the role of insulin-like growth factor-1 in patients with low CAS. These data were presented during the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting Sept. 30 – Oct. 3 in Chicago. TED is a progressive and potentially vision-threatening rare autoimmune disease, which has been historically characterized as biphasic: acute, which is traditionally believe...