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Bayer strengthens gene therapy portfolio with lipid nanoparticle technology from Acuitas Therapeutics

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Acuitas’ proprietary LNP technology is used in multiple vaccines and therapeutics in clinical development and was also used in some of the COVID-19 vaccines that were approved and administered to people in 180 countries. LNPs are spheric drug delivery bodies which can be equipped with therapeutic payloads for intracellular delivery.

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Bayer Continues Eying Potential Partnerships in Cell and Gene Therapy Space

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Marianne De Backer, Head of Business Development & Licensing in Bayer’s Pharmaceuticals Division, pictured above. As a result, the company settled on four areas of focus – iPSC, allogenic CAR-T, genome mutations and gene editing. Photo courtesy of Bayer. We have set the bar high.

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LogicBio Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for LB-001 for the Treatment of Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA)

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According to the FDA, the purpose of Fast Track designation is to get important new drugs to patients earlier by facilitating the development, and expediting the review, of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need. It may also allow for priority or rolling review of a company’s Biologics License Application (BLA).

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BioSpace Movers & Shakers, Nov. 6

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Taveras will lead all research and non-clinical development functions supporting the company’s pipeline of investigational therapies. VectivBio AG – Based in Switzerland, VectivBio named Sarah Holland as chief business officer and Aditya Venugopal as head of business development.

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Kiromic Announces the Filing of Key European Patents for Its Chimeric PD-1 (chPD1) Target

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We believe our allogenic CAR-T platform is significantly stronger with chPD1 target licensed from Longwood University. Barber’s work will give Kiromic a significant acceleration in the clinical development of its therapy platform and an even more significant advantage over its competitors. “We believe Prof.

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Merck Announces Third-Quarter 2020 Financial Results

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billion related to certain license and collaboration agreements, and certain other items. 50%) with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations. L1 expression with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations at the IASLC 2020 North America Conference on Lung Cancer (NACLC). Business Developments.

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Athersys Announces Three Appointments to Board of Directors

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Prior to Celgene, she held leadership roles in marketing, sales and new business development from 2002 to 2011 at Johnson & Johnson. Most recently, she was a senior executive at Celgene Corporation, where she led corporate strategy from 2012 to 2017. Before that, Ms. About MultiStem ®.