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Boston Pharmaceuticals Licenses Potential NASH Treatment from Novartis

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Boston Pharmaceuticals licensed the drug candidate BOS-580, an injectable, genetically engineered variant of human FGF21.

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Crescita Announces Licensing Agreement for Pliaglis; in China

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Ltd (“Juyou”), a biotechnology company that develops and sells medical and cosmetic skincare products, for the commercialization and development of Pliaglis ® in mainland China (the “License Agreement”). million and US$1.8 Juyou Bio-Technology Co.,

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Novartis’ Ilaris fails in late-stage COVID-19 trial

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The company is trying to repurpose the drug used in rare inflammatory diseases such as juvenile arthritis for COVID-19, to see if it could relieve the extreme immune reaction that can prove fatal after infection with coronavirus. An interim analysis will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal in the coming weeks.

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Taconic Biosciences Expands Immuno-oncology Animal Model PortfolioCritical Jh Syngeneic Tumor Model Host Now Available on a B6 Background

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a global leader in providing drug discovery animal model solutions, announces an expansion of its immuno-oncology portfolio. . These models are engrafted with mouse tumors derived from the same strain background; this genetic similarity between tumor and host prevents the host from rejecting the tumor. RENSSELAER, N.Y.,

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More efficient mouse model generation through informed founder selection

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This paid-for advertorial by Taconic appeared in DDW Volume 24 – Issue 3, Summer 2023 Overcoming challenges in model generation Genetically engineered mouse models are essential tools for biomedical research. As a result, model generation is an attractive option often considered in parallel.

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CRISPR Therapeutics begins natural killer cell cancer tie-up with Nkarta

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CRISPR’s deal with Nkarta aims to create genetically engineered NK cells, which are harvested and used to create a bank of “off the shelf” cells that can administered to patients like a drug. Nkarta also gets a license to CRISPR gene editing to an unlimited number of its own NK cell therapy products.

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CHMP recommends EU approval 

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It is also an off-the-shelf therapy, meaning that people do not have to wait for cell collection and genetic engineering before starting treatment, which could be particularly important for patients who are at a high-risk of their disease progressing. A final decision is expected from the European Commission (EC) in the near future.