Twist and Cancer Research Horizons sign antibody library platform deal
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 19, 2023
Twist Bioscience and CRUK innovation arm Cancer Research Horizons have signed an agreement for licensing a library of libraries.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 21, 2023
Twist Bioscience and Astellas Pharma have entered a collaboration to help the latter to discover antibodies for immunotherapies. In May 2022, they signed a research partnership and exclusive option licence agreement for the development of antibodies to reduce tumour microenvironment-mediated immunosuppression.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 21, 2022
AbbVie has announced the acquisition of UK-based biotechnology firm DJS Antibodies for nearly $255m in cash at closing. DJS focuses on the discovery and development of antibody therapies that act on difficult-to-drug disease-causing proteins, such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
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Eisai and Biogen have received approval for their antibody Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) , 100mg/mL injection for intravenous use, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Accelerated Approval Pathway to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The regulatory approval is based on the data obtained from the Phase II trial.
Pharmaceutical Technology
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Ildong Pharmaceutical will licence a suite of Twist Bioscience's VHH antibody libraries after the two companies entered a partnership agreement. Twist's VHH libraries, used for discovering and developing antibodies for use in immuno-oncology, will be licensed by Ildong for three years for research and development works. .
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LegoChem Biosciences and Amgen have signed a multi-target research collaboration and license agreement to develop antibody-drug conjugates (ADC). Till date, the company has signed a total of 12 ADC licensing deals, worth more than $5bn.
Pharmaceutical Technology
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Gilead Sciences has entered an exclusive option and partnership agreement with MacroGenics for developing bispecific antibodies. Under the deal, the companies will leverage MacroGenics’ DART platform to develop MGD024 as well as two further bispecific research programmes.
pharmaphorum
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AbbVie is to begin clinical development of an antibody designed to neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after licensing the therapy in from Harbour BioMed and Utrecht University. AbbVie has begun a phase 1 clinical trial of the antibody, with clinical development beginning in the US and expanding into Europe.
BioSpace
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The license and collaboration agreement allows Janssen to use F-star’s proprietary technology in the research, development and commercialization of novel bispecific antibodies.
pharmaphorum
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Pharmaceutical Technology
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pharmaphorum
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AstraZeneca is playing catch up with Eli Lilly and Regeneron with its antibody therapy for COVID-19, but aims to narrow the gap with the help of decentralised clinical trial specialist Care Access Research. The two antibodies were discovered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and licensed to AZ in June 2020.
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There are options in the future to possibly apply the worldwide research and development (R&D), manufacturing and marketing expertise of Astellas in gene therapy to AAV gene therapy development programmes of Taysha for genetic ailments of the central nervous system (CNS).
pharmaphorum
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The partnership covers up to five oncology targets identified by OBT using its discovery platform, and the UK firm will try to develop antibodies against them. Kite and Gilead will then develop and commercialise therapies based on these targets or antibodies.
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Corbus Pharmaceuticals announced the expansion of its portfolio into immuno-oncology through licensing deals with the University of California San Francisco and Panorama Research Inc for two new monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).
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pharmaphorum
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The drug, JTX-1811, is a monoclonal antibody designed to selectively deplete immunosuppressive tumour-infiltrating T regulatory (TITR) cells. . When JTX-1811 binds to CCR8, it targets TITR cells for depletion by an enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity mechanism. . In 2016 Celgene signed a $2.6
XTalks
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Data from Eli Lilly and Company’s (NYSE: LLY) Phase III clinical trial evaluating its monoclonal antibody drugs bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) and etesevimab (LY-CoV016) show that combining the two significantly reduced the risk of COVID-19 hospitalizations and death by 70 percent. percent) compared with 36 events (7.0
BioSpace
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Atreca announced it is licensing its preclinical monoclonal antibody for the prevention of malaria to the Gates Medical Research Institute (MRI) for development.
BioPharma Reporter
AUGUST 1, 2023
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The Pharma Data
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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.
XTalks
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XTalks
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Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 23, 2023
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The Pharma Data
JUNE 2, 2022
Boehringer Ingelheim and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today announced a global licensing agreement under which Boehringer Ingelheim will obtain exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop and commercialize products based on a panel of innovative, tumor-specific antibodies from A*STAR.
Pharmaceutical Technology
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XTalks
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The Pharma Data
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Pharmaceutical Technology
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Gilead Sciences and Jounce Therapeutics have amended their current license agreement for first-in-class immunotherapy, GS-1811 (formerly JTX-1811). The initial license agreement was signed in 2020. Now, the company will be solely responsible for all further research, development, and commercialisation of GS-1811 across the world.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 11, 2022
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pharmaphorum
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pharmaphorum
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Pharmaceutical Technology
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XTalks
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Camargo
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pharmaphorum
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The Pharma Data
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Pharmaceutical Technology
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