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KYAN Therapeutics | September 24, 2020

KYAN Therapeutics, Inc. ("KYAN"), a frontier biotech company with a novel drug-dose combination optimizing platform, Optim.AI, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Georgetown University for novel selective Class II HDAC inhibitors. KYAN has already commenced preclinical development of the lead candidate, which has been designated as KYAN-001, with early positive results. In vitro and in vivo studies of KYAN-001 have shown high efficacy for Multiple Myeloma and Prostate ...

Micreos | September 22, 2020

Dutch biotech company Micreos Human Health has enrolled the first patients in a Phase I/IIa, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel treated dose-ranging study to assess the safety and efficacy of XZ.700 in patients with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis. The study marks the world's first evaluation of a pharmaceutical endolysin for topical use in humans. Endolysins are highly specific enzymes that cut the bacterial cell wall, rapidly killing only the target bacteria, regardl...

BioSpace | March 02, 2020

Two years after Cambridge, Mass.-based Akrevia Therapeutics launched, the company has rebranded itself as Xilio Therapeutics and secured $100.5 million in a Series B financing round that will be used to advance its lead therapeutic candidates into clinical studies. The financing will be used to progress Xilio’s first two therapeutic candidates, XTX201 (tumor-selective IL-2) and XTX101 (tumor-selective aCTLA4 mAb) through Investigational New Drug (IND) enabling studies and into Phase I clin...

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Gator Bio | September 15, 2021

Gator Bio, Inc. announced today the launch of the GatorPlus, a next generation biolayer interferometry (BLI) instrument and two new biosensor products, Gator™ Flex SA Kit and Gator™ AAVX probe. The GatorPlus adds to the currently available GatorPrime instrument; and the new Gator™ Flex SA Kit and Gator™ AAVX probe expand the off the shelf biosensor portfolio to 14 products for the North America market. Gator Bio also offers on demand custom biosensors for specific applica...