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Biological Dynamics | July 30, 2020

Biological Dynamics, Inc., an innovative diagnostic company committed to improving global health, announces a new biomarkers program designed for drug development applications in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The company will use its proprietary Verita™ platform to develop a portfolio of assays for detection and quantification of blood-based biomarkers associated with AD and other neurodegenerative conditions. The program is funded by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation's (AD...

INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A | August 23, 2021

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, has entered into a partnership with McMaster University to improve manufacturing processes of antibody and virus-based treatments for diseases such as COVID-19, cancers, and genetic disorders. Using a state-of-the-art multi-column chromatography system provided by Sartorius Stedim Biotech, the McMaster team will "perfect" a process for the purification of therapeutic viruses that...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Cellares Corporation | July 16, 2021

Cellares Corporation, a life sciences technology company that has pioneered a revolutionary automated approach to cell therapy manufacturing announced today that Poseida Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that uses proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create cell and gene therapeutics with the potential to cure, has joined its Early Access Partnership Program (EAPP). Poseida joins PACT Pharma and academic partner Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Cen...

FierceBiotech | February 12, 2020

ALX Oncology has raised $105 million. The series C round will support phase 2 trials of CD47 myeloid checkpoint inhibitor ALX148 in combination with other anti-cancer therapies. Multiple drug developers have gone after CD47 since evidence of its role in the interactions between cancer cells and the immune system became clear. The evidence suggested tumors evade immune attacks by upregulating CD47, leading researchers to posit that blocking the signal will expose cancer cells to a full-force offe...