Tag: licensing
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Small Biz Grant Funds Biofilm Infection Peptides
A start-up company is receiving a National Institutes of Health grant to develop peptides for preventing bacterial films causing middle ear infections.
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Regeneron Gains Cancer, Infectious Disease Immunotherapies
A biotechnology company is licensing five of its vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in a deal valued at nearly $1 billion.
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New Company to Develop Synthetic Antibody Therapies
A new business is underway to develop and commercialize treatments for Covid-19 and other diseases based on synthetic antibody proteins.
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Joint Venture to Develop Stable RNA Covid-19 Vaccine
A developer of synthetic bio-based products from engineered yeast cells is joining with an immunotherapy drug maker to produce a stable RNA Covid-19 vaccine.
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Crispr Licensed for Eye Disease Gene Therapies
A developer of inherited eye disease therapies is acquiring rights to the gene editing technology Crispr for treatments that work inside the eyes.
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Precision Neuroscience Company Starts-Up, Raises $500M
A new company is underway developing more precise therapies for psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases based on genetics and data science.
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Gene Therapy Delivery Company Gains $26M in Early Funds
A developer of delivery methods for gene therapies promising greater safety for patients is raising $26 million in its first venture funding round.
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Delivery Tech Licensed for CBD Epilepsy Nasal Spray
A company is developing a nasal spray for epilepsy symptoms with a cannabis extract delivered in nanoscale polymer particles to the brain.
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FDA Okays One-Time HIV Treatment Clinical Trial
A company developing a one-time treatment for HIV infections using the gene-editing technique Crispr says it received FDA clearance to begin a clinical trial.
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Pharma, Synthetic Bio Companies to Find Antibody Therapies
A pharmaceutical company and developer of synthetic genomic materials are collaborating on discovery of therapeutic antibodies to treat a range of diseases.