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CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Dyno Therapeutics, Inc. | December 02, 2021

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Dyno Therapeutics, Inc. announced an option and license agreement was signed on November 23 to develop next-generation adeno-associated virus vectors for gene therapy directed to skeletal and cardiac muscle using Dyno's CapsidMap™ platform. Dyno's CapsidMap platform represents a transformative approach applying in vivo experimental data and machine learning to create novel AAV capsids – the cell-targeting protein shells of viral vectors...

RESEARCH

Insilico Medicine | March 15, 2021

Insilico Medicine, an AI drug discovery company, reported that UCB will incorporate Insilico's Chemistry42™ into UCB's inward drug discovery pipeline. UCB's initial appropriation of Insilico Medicine's restrictive innovation will give UCB's researchers the capacity to plan novel hit compounds that fulfill various predefined boundaries quickly and smooth out lead enhancement. With the Chemistry42™ platform, UCB researchers will likewise lessen the endeavors and exp...

INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

Nexeo Plastics | March 02, 2022

Nexeo Plastics, a leading global thermoplastics resin distributor, has announced an agreement with Earth Renewable Technologies, Inc. (ERT), a biotechnology company, to distribute ERT’s BioCompounds in Canada and the United States. “We are extremely pleased to collaborate with ERT to increase the slate of sustainable products we offer our customers. ERT’s BioCompounds complement the products we already carry and help us close the gap in our ...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

HDT Bio Corp. | January 17, 2022

HDT Bio Corp., a U.S. developer of immunotherapies for oncology and infectious diseases and SENAI CIMATEC, an important Brazilian education, research, and innovation institute, have dosed the first healthy volunteers in Brazil in a Phase 1 trial of HDT Bio’s RNA COVID-19 vaccine, HDT-301. SENAI CIMATEC will conduct the clinical trial under the name Vaccine RNA MCTI-CIMATEC-HDT. The vaccine uses HDT Bio’s proprietary lipid nanoparticle RNA-delivery technology. Read More