BiotechTuesday

Investors Chronicle | April 30, 2020

Healthcare companies around the world are scrambling to produce drugs and vaccines to treat and immunise people against Covid-19. However, the managers of International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) are not necessarily investing in these companies as their share prices are volatile, shooting up on reports of possible treatments in development.For example, Carl Harald Janson, lead manager of International Biotechnology Trust, recently reduced the trust’s holding in Gilead Sciences (US:GIL...

BioSpace | March 27, 2020

CG Oncology, Inc. has announced today an exclusive license, development and commercialization agreement with Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Kissei") for its oncolytic immunotherapy drug CG0070 for Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other Asian countries with the exception of China. CG Oncology has completed an investigational Phase 2 study of CG0070 in the United States in patients with BCG-unresponsive, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). In addition, CG Oncology is studying th...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Ocean Genomics, Geninus Inc | March 30, 2021

Ocean Genomics (Pittsburgh, PA), a world chief in AI-based gene expression analysis and RNA biomarker development, and Geninus (Seoul, South Korea), a main full-administration genomics laboratory, report an essential association with the end goal of co-creating RNA-based biomarkers and propelling exploration and clinical applications with emergency clinic, scholastic and biotechnology customers. The two organizations will dispatch in Korea Ocean Genomics' high level AI-based t...

Research

Vipergen ApS, Anavo Therapeutics | May 18, 2021

Vipergen, a leading supplier of small-molecule drug discovery services focused on DNA-encoded library (DEL) technologies, has signed a drug discovery service agreement with Anavo Therapeutics. Vipergen will use its patented high-fidelity DNA-encoded library (DEL) technology platforms to provide novel small-molecule drug leads against selected Anavo discovery targets, according to the terms of the agreement. The agreement's financial terms were not disclosed. "Vipergen'...