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AstraZeneca pays record 660% premium for gene editing company LogicBio

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AstraZeneca’s rare disease firm Alexion is set to expand its genomic medicine portfolio with the acquisition of gene editing specialist LogicBio Therapeutics, in a deal worth approximately $68 million. The post AstraZeneca pays record 660% premium for gene editing company LogicBio appeared first on.

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Leading innovators in CRISPR nucleases for the pharmaceutical industry

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Adeno-associated virus vectors, alcohol dehydrogenase compositions, and antibody serum stabilisers are some of the accelerating innovation areas, where adoption has been steadily increasing. Among maturing innovation areas are anti-influenza antibody compositions and anti-interleukin-1, which are now well established in the industry.

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Verve starts trials of cholesterol drug in test of base editing technique

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Verve Therapeutics has started dosing patients in a phase 1b trial of its in vivo gene-editing drug for high cholesterol, designed to permanently switch off the PCSK9 gene with a one-shot treatment. dosing of *first patient* with VERVE-101, an in vivo CRISPR base editing medicine. Today: we are announcing.

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Notch Therapeutics Appoints Cellular Immunotherapy Veteran Chris Bond, Ph.D. as SVP, Preclinical and Translational Sciences

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. “We are excited to welcome Chris, a highly regarded drug developer and team builder who brings to Notch great depth of experience and expertise in development of cell therapies, gene editing, and cell engineering spanning discovery through IND,” said David Main , President and Chief Executive Officer of Notch.

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BioSpace Global Roundup: Ipsen Wins Fast Track Designation for Cancer Drug and More

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ERS Genomics – Ireland’s ERS Genomics Limited, and Germany’s Vivlion GmbH, announced a non-exclusive license agreement granting Vivlion access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio, to enhance Vivlion’s gene editing reagents and screening services. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trial; Freenome secures $270 M; CRISPR treats obesity in mice; Breast cancer research updates

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As observed in 45 younger adults, the middle dose of the vaccine triggered the production of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus, which causes COVID-19 , in 10 patients aged 56 to 70 and 10 patients over 71. Freenome secures USD 270 Million to boost its colorectal cancer blood test.

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World AIDS Day 2023: New and Promising Treatments for HIV/AIDS

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In 2021, the FDA granted approval to San Francisco-based Excision BioTherapeutics to start trials assessing CRISPR gene editing as a potential treatment for HIV. The noteworthy candidate, EBT-101, is designed to eliminate HIV proviral DNA using CRISPR-Cas9 along with two guide RNAs (gRNAs). In November 2023, Hookipa Pharma Inc.,