Category: Industry

January 19, 2021

Pieris, Inc. (NASDAQ:PIRS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing novel biotherapeutics through its proprietary Anticalin® technology platform for respiratory diseases, cancer, and other indications, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the previously announced partial clinical […]

January 18, 2021

Ixaka Ltd, an integrated cell and gene therapy company focused on the natural power of the body to cure disease, launches today. The Company’s shareholders have funded the business with over £40 million in financing. Previously Rexgenero Ltd, a UK-based […]

January 18, 2021

The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines is at “serious risk.” Warning of a “catastrophic moral failure,” WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “the recent emergence of rapidly-spreading variants makes the rapid […]

January 15, 2021

Cell and gene therapies achieved record growth in 2020, surpassing prior high points in terms of financings and approvals. Janet Lambert, CEO of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), painted a rosy picture despite a few challenges at the 2021 […]

January 15, 2021

Experts have a simple answer for heart and stroke patients questioning whether they need a COVID-19 vaccination. That answer: yes. “People with all kinds of cardiovascular risk factors and disease should definitely get vaccinated to protect themselves and their families […]

January 13, 2021

Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HARP), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing a novel class of T cell engagers, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation for HPN217 for the treatment of multiple myeloma. […]

January 11, 2021

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday touted the state’s coronavirus vaccine distribution strategy, particularly its emphasis on ensuring elderly residents were granted the highest priority. “We don’t have vaccines in a warehouse sitting on a shelf,” Justice said on […]

January 8, 2021

The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday he is urging states to begin vaccinating lower-priority groups against Covid-19 as U.S. officials try to pick up the pace after a slower-than-expected initial rollout. FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn […]

January 7, 2021

It’s “very risky” to delay the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines because efficacy data was based on a specific dosing schedule, a former FDA director told CNBC on Thursday. His comments came after the U.K.’s decision to administer second shots […]

January 6, 2021

Cases of anaphylactic shock caused by COVID-19 vaccines are very rare, based on numbers from the first week and a half of vaccinations in the United States, federal public health officials said Wednesday. There have been 21 cases of anaphylaxis […]

January 5, 2021

Just northwest of Philadelphia in King of Prussia, PA, academic scientists, startups, and big pharma can explore an array of analytical bioprocessing assays at The Discovery Labs. Dana Cipriano, vice president of testing and analytical services, describes The Discovery Labs […]

January 5, 2021

ViGeneron GmbH, a gene therapy company, has announced a global collaboration and licensing agreement with Biogen Inc. to develop and commercialize gene therapy products based on adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors to treat inherited eye diseases. The companies will use ViGeneron’s […]