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CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. | December 18, 2021

Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. on exploring the role that cytokine and gene editing/cell therapy can have in treating patients with cancer, blood disorders, and monogenic diseases, announces that Brooklyn has been added to the ICE Biotechnology Index following the December 20, 2021 reconstitution. “The continued recognition of Brooklyn among key biotechnology indices is encouraging and we continue to believe that our value proposition and approach to...

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RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. | September 28, 2021

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage drug development company focused on tissue protection, repair and regeneration), announced that GtreeBNT, the licensee for several RegeneRx products, is being acquired by HLB Group, a Korean company that includes six biopharmaceutical and financial subsidiaries in Korea and the U.S. GtreeBNT announced that as part of its acquisition the company would issue approximately US$80 million of new stock and convertible bonds to HLB Grou...

Evolugate | May 28, 2020

INRAE, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive option license agreement with biotechnology company Evolugate of Gainesville, FL to optimize its probiotic to manage human hypercholesterolemia, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.INRAE is the first worldwide research institute in agronomy. INRAE-Micalis has been investigating the human microbiome to identify microbes that can influence hypercholesterolemia. They have selected microbes that degrade or sequeste...

Precision Virologics | September 23, 2020

Biotech startup Precision Virologics, which develops adenovirus-based vaccines in St. Louis, and Bharat Biotech, a vaccine manufacturing giant, jointly obtained rights from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for a novel chimp-adenovirus vaccine for COVID-19. Precision Virologics has optioned rights for USA, Europe, and Japan. Bharat has obtained a license for all other markets. The licensing agreements will lead to rapid clinical development, following the intranasal vaccine c...