GlaxoSmithKline

Jul 16, 2020

Orchard licenses the gene therapy technology from GlaxoSmithKline  Orchard Therapeutics has permitted lentiviral stable cell line technology from GlaxoSmithKline for its use in hematopoietic stem cell gene therapies. GSK filed for patents on the tech before selling its rare disease gene therapy portfolio to...

Jun 02, 2020

Eli Lilly and AbCellera announced the dosing of the patients suffering from COVID-19 with antibody candidate - LY-CoV555.  LY-CoV555 is a neutralizing IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) that targets the spikes of the proteins of SARS-CoV-2. So far, COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 372,000 people g...

May 28, 2020

The startup focuses on glioblastoma tumors with CAR-T therapy. CAR-T technology that involves genetically modifying a patient’s immune cells to recognize and attack cancer. However, while the innovation has helped patients with certain blood malignancies, progress in solid tumors remains restricted. The scien...

Mar 10, 2020

Soft tissue sarcoma- a rare tumor – accounting for less than 1% of all cancers – has the major unmet need in the form of limited treatment options for patients. Cytotoxic chemotherapy has been the mainstay of therapy for decades. Active drugs such as doxorubicin, ifosfamide, gemcitabine, taxanes, and several othe...

Feb 18, 2020

The third edition of CAR-TCR Summit Europe is a one-stop platform that provides attendees with a holistic view of the Gene therapy market, listing the solutions to the plausible hurdles that come across in the process. Hosting over 1000 industry-experts, the CAR TCR Summit is tailored for pharma & biotech play...

Jan 30, 2020

A Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical, Annovis Bio, has raised USD12 million by listing its 2 million shares at USD 6 each. The company has managed to net USD 2 million more by offering 40% more shares.  The company plans to use the funds raised to address the unmet needs in the Alzheimer’s disease market...

Dec 17, 2019

Wave Life Sciences has recently announced the discontinuation of its drug suvodirsen, for the treatment of a rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy mutation.  Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a progressive worsening of the skeletal and heart muscles resulting in weakness. The disorder, is due to deficient prot...

Sep 09, 2019

Recently, the US FDA has approved a new drug therapy to treat adults with interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis or scleroderma, called SSc-ILD. Ofev (nintedanib) capsules, the drug developed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, has shown efficacy in slowing down the rate of decline in pul...

Feb 11, 2019

Raynaud's Disease (RD), also called Raynaud's phenomenon, is a rare disorder of the blood vessels. The symptoms include when one is feeling cold or feeling stressed in some areas of the body like fingers and toes, blood can't reach to the epidermis (surface of the skin) and the affected areas turn wh...

Nov 12, 2018

Could a virus be a treatment therapy? Confusing, isn't it? On the face value, it seems no; but on delving deeper, the confusion dissipates. There have been tireless efforts among a section of scientists to convert certain viruses through biotechnology techniques into anti-disease agents to infect and destroy cancer ...