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Companies agree $800m deal for off-the-shelf in vivo CAR-T cell therapy

Drug Discovery World

Astellas-owned Xyphos Biosciences and Kelonia Therapeutics have entered into a research collaboration and license agreement to develop novel immuno-oncology therapeutics. Xyphos will be responsible for the development and commercialisation of products created from the collaborative research.

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Moderna and Generation Bio partner for genetic medicines development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Moderna has entered a strategic partnership with Generation Bio for the development of non-viral genetic medicines. The collaboration aims to expand each company’s platform application through the development of new nucleic acid therapeutics, and to expedite their respective non-viral genetic medicines pipelines.

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Collaboration boosts development of novel in-situ CAR-T cell therapies

Drug Discovery World

AbbVie and Umoja Biopharma have entered into two exclusive option and license agreements to develop multiple in-situ generated CAR-T cell therapy candidates in oncology. The first agreement provides AbbVie an exclusive option to license Umoja’s CD19 directed in-situ generated CAR-T cell therapy candidates.

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Xcell and aCGT Vector partner on cell and gene therapy development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmaceutical companies Xcell Biosciences (Xcellbio) and aCGT Vector have partnered to expedite the development of cell and gene therapies. The two companies will aim to improve the manufacturing and analytic procedures used to develop personalised cell and gene therapies to treat cancer patients.

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Ginkgo Bioworks partners with WARF for new GD2 CAR T-cell therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

WARF is the patenting and licensing organisation for the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the US. All the new GD2 CAR designs developed through the partnership will be validated via in vitro screens and in vivo murine models. Topic sponsors are not involved in the creation of editorial content.

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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

Each month, Camargo’s “In the News” series highlights important changes and advancements in the regulatory and development space and explores how those changes could impact your program. Unpacking the (Black) Box: Antares Licenses Urology Product with Boxed Warning. of hyponatremia, or low blood sodium levels. In October, the U.S.

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AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

The Pharma Data

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.