Tag: Canada
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Illumina Providing Genomic Analysis for Precision Medicine
1 February 2016. Illumina Inc., a developer of genetic systems, is analyzing genomic data at four medical centers to integrate with patients’ electric health records for precision medicine. The San Diego company’s analytical services are expected to sequence and characterize the genomes of more than 200,000 individuals in the U.S. and Canada. Medical centers taking…
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Biotechs to Develop Antibody Therapies, Explore Merger
8 January 2016. Two biotechnology companies in Vancouver agreed to collaborate on developing antibody treatments for cancer, with an option to merge their enterprises later on. The deal calls for Zymeworks Inc. to make an undisclosed equity investment in Kairos Therapeutics Inc. Zymeworks is also receiving $US 61.5 million in its first venture funding round.…
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Licensing, Research Deal Aims at Chronic Wound Treatments
16 November 2015. Umeå University and the pharmaceutical company Prometic are partnering on development of new treatments for chronic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers and bed sores. The agreement gives Prometic, in Laval, Quebec, Canada an exclusive license to the university’s research on the blood plasma protein plasminogen, with the company funding further studies…
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Platelets Engineered to Deliver, Transcribe RNA
5 November 2015. A biochemistry lab at University of British Columbia developed a technique for supercharging blood platelets with genetic material, enabling these cells to deliver therapies through the blood stream. The team led by biochemist and molecular biologist Christian Kastrup published its findings this week in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition (paid subscription required).…
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Biotech, Accelerator to Partner on Glaucoma Treatment
30 October 2015. A new eye-drop treatment for the underlying causes of glaucoma is being developed in a collaboration between a biotechnology enterprise spun-off from Northwestern University and a company that acquires biomedical research assets. Financial aspects of the deal between Mannin Research Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Q BioMed Inc. in New York…
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Cancer Institute Spins-Off Company, Gains Licensing Deal
14 October 2015. Ontario Institute for Cancer Research is spinning off a new enterprise to discover therapies for blood-related cancers, and will partner with Janssen Biotech Inc. to take those therapies to market. The licensing deal between Novera Therapeutics Inc., the OICR spin-off company in Toronto, and Janssen Biotech, a division of Johnson & Johnson,…
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Self-Propelled Particles Designed to Stop Bleeding
2 October 2015. A biochemistry lab designed microscale particles that travel on their own through the body to stop heavy bleeding in trauma victims, surgery, and childbirth. Researchers at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada led by biochemistry and engineering professor Christian Kastrup, published their findings in today’s issue of the journal Science Advances.…
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Celgene, Antibody Network Partner on Cancer Targets
15 September 2015. The biopharmaceutical company Celgene Corp. is collaborating with a consortium of university protein engineering labs to identify targets for antibodies that harness the immune system to treat cancer. The deal provides Celgene with an option to license antibody candidates addressing cancer targets from the consortium, known as Recombinant Antibody Network, for which…
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Cancer Labs Crowdsource Drug Discovery
3 September 2015. Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and Structural Genomics Consortium are making an early-stage drug prototype freely available to the biomedical research community to further define its therapeutic capabilities. Financial and intellectual property aspects of the offer were not immediately disclosed. The two research labs — both in Toronto, Ontario, Canada — jointly…
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Simple Scaffold Developed for Synthetic Heart Tissue
28 August 2015. Engineers at University of Toronto in Canada designed a biocompatible mesh framework that makes it easier to grow synthetic heart muscle tissue for research and medical use. The team led by chemical engineering professor Milica Radisic published its findings today in the journal Science Advances. Radisic and first author Boyang Zhang are…