MEDTECH
Halo Labs | October 05, 2021
Halo Labs, a life science instrumentation company developing tools for biologics researchers, today announced it has launched its latest product, Aura GT.
Aura GT is part of the next generation in Halo Labs' popular family of instruments. Using Backgrounded Membrane Imaging (BMI) and Fluorescence Membrane Microscopy (FMM), Aura GT can distinguish aggregated capsids from contaminants, carrier proteins, and other particles that might adversely harm patients. Unique to Aura GT is the fact that it can also identify DNA leakage in gene therapy products so the mechanism of aggregation can be determined and corrected.
Aura GT is going to completely revolutionize gene therapy product development. Gene therapy products are inherently unstable, which is a huge challenge. Up until now, there has been no effective way to correlate capsid aggregation with DNA leakage or empty and full capsids, In one assay, Aura GT can quantify capsid aggregates, distinguish them from protein aggregates, and determine if the aggregation is exacerbated by DNA leaking.
- Bernardo Cordovez, Chief Science Officer at Halo Labs.
We are very excited to be launching our second instrument this year specifically developed for the cell and gene therapy market, Halo Labs has quickly become a leader in gene therapy analytics because we can answer many questions with very little volume. While other subvisible particle analyzers only do one thing, Aura systems offer a complete multi-assay platform that can be used to fully characterize gene therapy products from early development through lot release.
- Rick Gordon, CEO of Halo Labs.
About Halo Labs
Halo Labs in Burlingame, CA is a venture-backed scientific instrumentation and consumable company that commercializes high throughput biopharmaceutical formulation, stability, and product quality control tools for aggregate and subvisible particle analysis using state-of-the-art custom optics and image processing techniques. Biopharmaceutical companies around the globe depend on Halo Labs for unprecedented insights into their drug products.
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MEDICAL
MindMed | January 21, 2021
MindMed, a main psychedelic medication biotech organization, reported today the beginning of the principal ever clinical preliminary estimating and assessing MDMA and LSD utilized in mix in the human body. The preliminary will be directed at the University Hospital Basel Liechti Lab, in Basel, Switzerland.
If administered in combination with LSD, MDMA may expand positive abstract medication impacts, including positive state of mood and empathy, and lessen the negative feelings and nervousness that are sometimes associated with LSD - creating a general more good experience.
MindMed is undertaking a Phase 1 clinical preliminary to assess if MDMA, when adjusted and utilized in combination with LSD, can help offset a portion of the known expected horrendous impacts of LSD that happen in treatment or clinical settings. MindMed is keen on arrangement how to adjust both MDMA and LSD in a strong manner to make better patient results, and grow further developed hallucinogenic helped treatments, as MindMed extends the two its R&D and commercial drug improvement pipeline. The examination is foreseen to take around one year to finish.
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National Comprehensive Cancer Network | October 16, 2020
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Oncology Research Program (ORP) today announced plans to evaluate neratinib, a type of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that works as a dual inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor 1 (EGFR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). The research funding is supported by a $2-million grant from Puma Biotechnology, Inc. Projects may include pre-clinical, translational and clinical trials. They will focus on treatment of: Pediatric tumors(including neurofibromatosis Type 2 and progressive Vestibular Schwannoma). Early-stage and metastatic breast cancer, including those with HER2+ brain metastases. Other HER2-amplified tumors. EGFR-mutated glioblastoma multiforme. Specific research areas will be determined by a group of cancer research experts from NCCN Member Institutions who form a Request for Proposals (RFP) Development Team.
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