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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. Moderna’s biological and technical expertise will be combined with core technologies of the non-viral genetic medicine platform from Generation Bio.

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Start-up aims to advance transformative genetic medicines

Drug Discovery World

Challenges remain with current delivery approaches, and genetic medicines applications have been generally restricted to the liver and ex vivo settings. Aera’s technology also includes a licensed therapeutic enzyme platform based on the discovery of novel, compact, and programmable gene editing enzymes.

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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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This week in drug discovery (19-23 February) 

Drug Discovery World

7M to drive commercialisation in cell and gene therapy MIP Discovery has closed a £7 million GBP (~$9 million USD) Series A financing round, which enables the company to refocus its mission on improving the downstream processing of cell and gene therapies (CGTs), to accelerate widespread adoption of these potentially life-changing medicines. . £7M

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Xcell and aCGT Vector partner on cell and gene therapy development

Pharmaceutical Technology

aCGT Vector will offer its point-of-care, GMP-licensed manufacturing platform for validating Xcellbio's core next-generation manufacturing and analytical AVATAR AI technology for use in treating precision cancer. The technology is currently in late-stage beta and focused on establishing next-generation immunotherapy testing workflows.

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Astellas teams up with UK biotech Mogrify on hearing loss project

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Cell therapy specialist Mogrify has struck a deal with Japanese drugmaker Astellas to look at ways to deploy regenerative medicine to treat hearing loss caused by factors such as chronic exposure to loud noises. SNHL is the most common form of hearing loss, account for more than 90% of cases and affecting millions of people worldwide.

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The Significance of the MHRA Approval and Upcoming FDA Review of the First Gene Editing Treatment

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its acceptance of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for exa-cel. In June 2023, the U.S. In recognition of the unmet need and medical urgency for innovative therapies in the sickle cell space, the FDA granted exa-cel Priority Review, with a formal decision expected by December 8, 2023.