Broken String Biosciences Closes $15M Series A Funding Round Broken String Biosciences, a UK-based genomics company building a technology platform to drive the development of cell and gene therapies that are safer by design, has closed a $15 million Series A investment round, co-led by Illumina Ventures and Mérieux Equity…..
TreeFrog Therapeutics opens technological hub in Kobe, Japan, to drive partnerships opportunities in the field of iPSC-derived cell therapies TreeFrog Therapeutics, a French-based biotech company aimed at making safer, more efficient and more affordable cell therapies based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), announced the incorporation of its Japanese subsidiary…..
New technology allows molecules to enter cells safely Professor Braeckmans from Ghent University focused the last ten years on a method for safe engineering of therapeutic cells with photothermal nanofibers. Now, Nature Nanotechnology gives insight in how these biocompatible photothermal nanofibers were developed, and how, upon laser irradiation, cells…..
Record financing for the regenerative medicine sector through Q3 2020 The regenerative medicine sector attracted $15.9 billion in financing through just the first three quarters of the year, shattering the previous record of $13.5 billion Global financing for the regenerative medicine and advanced therapy sector set an annual record of…..
G&CTI, premier think tank indépendant sur les thérapies avancées Dans l’environnement actuel où les thérapies géniques et cellulaires apparaissent certes comme une véritable révolution médicale, mais où de nombreux défis éthiques, sociétaux, politiques, économiques se posent, la quête de réponses opérationnelles s’impose ! L’ensemble des acteurs (sociétés savantes, patients, industriels,…..
Rigenerand receives regulatory approval for gene therapy production in Italy The italian biotech company Rigenerand has received received authorization from the Italian Medicine Authority (AIFA) to produce gene therapy medicinal products for clinical purposes. This approval enables Rigenerand to manufacture its own product, RR001, for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.…..
A point of care center to be established in Madrid for the development of T-cell and dendritic cell-based therapies Orgenesis, a global US biotech company developing personalized therapies and closed processing systems through its Cell & Gene Therapy (CGT) Biotech Platform, announced a research and development collaboration with Hospital Infantil…..
How to increase the number of European-based ATMP clinical trials? The latest report published by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the international advocacy organization representing the cell and gene therapy and broader advanced therapies sector, shows that Europe has become less competitive than other regions in attracting new advanced…..
New R&D agreement to expand Ziopharm's TCR-T Program Ziopharm Oncology, an immuno-oncology company focused on developing end-to-end cost-effective solutions using its non-viral Sleeping Beauty platform for TCR and CAR T-cell therapies and immune-stimulating gene therapy, has concluded a new R&D agreement with MD Anderson Cancer Center. This agreement is related…..
