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CapstanTx secures $165 million to deliver precise in vivo cell engineering

pharmaphorum

Yesterday, the biotechnology company Capstan Therapeutics launched with $165 million in seed and Series A funding for it to build on its foundational insights into precision in vivo engineering technology. Our ambition at Capstan is to invent new clinical paradigms through targeted in vivo reprogramming of cells.

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Intellia Gets FDA Clearance to Start First Ever Phase III Trial for an In Vivo CRISPR Drug

XTalks

Intellia said NTLA-2001 is the first investigational in vivo CRISPR-based gene editing therapy cleared to enter late-stage clinical development. As an in vivo therapy, it can edit genes inside the body rather than in cells extracted from patients. ATTR amyloidosis is a rare, progressive and fatal disease.

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Moderna partners with Life Edit for mRNA gene editing therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Moderna has entered a strategic research and development partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics to discover and develop new in-vivo mRNA gene editing therapies. The company will also receive tiered royalties on the worldwide net sales of products developed from the collaboration.

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Scribe and Sanofi partner to develop cell therapies for cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

Sanofi will also make tiered royalty payments on net sales of products resulting from the collaboration in the future. Under the agreement, Sanofi will receive non-exclusive rights to Scribe’s CRISPR by Design platform of wholly-owned enzymes for developing ex vivo NK cell therapies.

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Avista and Roche to develop gene therapy vectors for eyes

Pharmaceutical Technology

The alliance plans to leverage the single-cell adeno-associated virus (AAV) engineering (scAAVengr) platform technology of Avista to develop intravitreal AAV capsids for a Roche-defined profile. According to the deal, Roche holds the right to analyse and licence new capsids from Avista. Avista is entitled to receive $7.5m

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Ginkgo acquires machine learning biotech Patch Biosciences

Drug Discovery World

Ginkgo is also working with Sensible Biotechnologies to develop an in vivo microbial mRNA manufacturing platform. Additionally, Ginkgo announced the successful completion of a manufacturing optimisation program with Biogen, focused on redefining the industry standard for manufacturing recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based vectors.

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Spotlighting Lupus Awareness Month: CAR-T Technology Creates New Avenues for Treatment of a Devastating Disease

WCG Clinical

CAR-T Cells Target Harmful B Cells in Lupus CAR-T cell technology, which uses genetic engineering to direct white blood cells to attack specific molecular targets, was originally proposed for treatment of HIV infection and hematological malignancies. In these cases B cell depletion is a feature, not a bug.

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