Seattle institute lands $18m funding to develop RNA vaccine for chikungunya
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 3, 2023
AAHI is developing a novel RNA vaccine that overcomes manufacturing and storage limitations to increase accessibility.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 3, 2023
AAHI is developing a novel RNA vaccine that overcomes manufacturing and storage limitations to increase accessibility.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 1, 2023
A new intracellular drug delivery centre will be established in the UK to support potential ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines and therapeutics , as well as the development of innovative drug delivery technologies. The funding is being provided under the agency’s Transforming Medicines Manufacturing programme.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 29, 2022
Last week, CAMP4 Therapeutics announced the close of a $100 million Series B round , which will be used to advance their regulatory RNA (regRNA)-focused programs. In preparation for this, drug manufacturing will begin later this year and will be outsourced to external contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs).
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
While things may have slowed down a little since the rapid approvals of the COVID-19 vaccines, the excitement around RNA-LNP is still going strong.
BioPharma Reporter
JULY 4, 2024
RNA therapeutics have emerged as a transformative approach to treating many conditions, but the industry still typically relies on inefficient batch manufacturing methods.
Bio Pharma Dive
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The Novartis plant will help BioNTech and partner Pfizer make 750 million doses of their shot per year, and become one of the largest messenger RNA manufacturing sites in Europe.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 1, 2023
Further, the acceptance of new mRNA vaccines has rejuvenated activity within previously established categories of RNA therapeutics including lifesaving antisense technologies. These include antisense oligonucleotides (ASO), RNA interference (RNAi), and RNA aptamers.
Pharma Mirror
MARCH 29, 2022
NIEL, BELGIUM, eTheRNA Manufacturing, a specialist RNA process developer and manufacturing member of the Belgian eTheRNA group, is introducing a new Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) formulation development and production service to support the discovery and early pre-clinical development of RNA-based therapeutics and vaccines.
Pharmaceutical Technology
DECEMBER 19, 2023
BioNTech has inaugurated a new messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine manufacturing facility in Kigali, Rwanda, which will have BioNTainers.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 17, 2022
Merck (MSD outside North America) has entered a partnership agreement with Orna Therapeutics for discovering, developing and marketing various programmes based on next-generation RNA technology. By self-circularisation, Orna’s oRNA technology makes circular ribonucleic acids (oRNAs) from linear RNAs.
Pharma Times
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Leading RNA intereference (RNAi) therapeutics company, Alnylam, has been welcomed as the latest partner in the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, to transform the manufacturing process of oligonucleotide therapies.
Bio Pharma Dive
OCTOBER 6, 2022
A new agreement with the Australian government will bring messenger RNA research and manufacturing capabilities to the country, adding to the COVID-19 vaccine developer’s global expansion efforts.
BioPharma Reporter
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
GreenLight Biosciences and CDMO Samsung Biologics have announced a partnership agreement, with Samsung Biologics to manufacture GreenLightâs messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate at commercial scale.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 16, 2022
Merck & Co has ramped up its involvement in the RNA category, partnering with US biotech Orna Therapeutics in a deal valued at up to $3.5 Now, Merck has made its own play, partnering with Orna on its proprietary ‘oRNA’ technology, which stands for circular RNA. billion, including $150 million upfront.
BioPharma Reporter
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The new company focuses on producing components needed to manufacture RNA-based therapies for which there is increasing demand.
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Messenger RNA vaccines contain nucleic acids that code for a specific protein, or target antigen, related to a virus or disease. This approach to vaccination offers many advantages to developers, including quick development, high potency, a favorable safety profile, and the potential for cost-effective manufacturing.
pharmaphorum
MAY 10, 2021
BioNTech has said it plans to set up a regional base and new manufacturing site in Singapore so that the biotech can keep pace with demand for its mRNA-based coronavirus vaccine and pipeline products in other disease areas. The post BioNTech to set up mRNA manufacturing site in Singapore appeared first on.
pharmaphorum
MAY 11, 2021
Flagship Pioneering, the VC fund run by Moderna’s co-founder Noubar Afeyan has launched a new biotech Laronde , with an ambitious plan to create a new class of drugs based on Endless RNA. The technology is designed to replace antibodies, which have become standard therapy in many diseases but are complicated and expensive to manufacture.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 1, 2022
In March, the company entered a licensing agreement with Serum Institute of India (SII) to expedite access to messenger RNA products in emerging markets worldwide. In November last year, GreenLight and Samsung Biologics entered a collaboration agreement to manufacture mRNA Covid-19 vaccines.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 2, 2022
Samsung Biologics and GreenLight Biosciences have completed the initial commercial-scale engineering run for their messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine under their manufacturing collaboration. Last year, the companies entered a strategic collaboration. This will enable GreenLight to commercially deliver the mRNA vaccine.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 6, 2024
SK pharmteco has entered an MoU with South Korea-based Rznomics for the development and manufacture of RNA-based gene therapies.
BioPharma Reporter
JULY 12, 2024
RNA therapeutics have emerged as a transformative approach to treating many conditions, but the industry still typically relies on inefficient batch manufacturing methods.
BioSpace
JULY 30, 2024
The advantages of using circular RNAs—including increased durability, enhanced protein expression, and substantially lower manufacturing costs compared to linear mRNAs—have driven a spate of investment in this technology.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 8, 2023
DTx-1252 is a fatty acid ligand conjugated oligonucleotides (FALCON) small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutic which represses the PMP22 gene in Schwann cells. FALCON siRNAs can be manufactured at low cost and delivered intrathecally [via the spine], intravenously and subcutaneously.
XTalks
JANUARY 21, 2025
TriClip G4 System Manufacturer/developer : Abbott Medical Date of FDA approval : April 1, 2024 Approved for : Tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Abbott Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) Systems Manufacturer/developer : Abbott Medical Date of FDA approval : May 30, 2024 Approved for : Chronic, hard-to-manage pain in the torso, arms and legs.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The swift development and deployment of messenger-RNA (mRNA) vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the COVID-19 crisis has catapulted the pharmaceuticals industry into a new paradigm. RNA has the potential to underpin breakthrough treatments for a wide variety of diseases, including many cancers, and transform medicine as we know it.
Pharma Mirror
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), Recipharm, has today announced the acquisition of GenIbet, a Portuguese CDMO, specialising in the manufacture of biological clinical trial material and novel modalities such as viral vectors, RNA and microbiome.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 25, 2023
The technology platforms include the Life Edit gene editing platform, an RNA, cell, protein, vector engineering and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) platform. ElevateBio intends to use the funds to advance its genetic medicine current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) and process development business, BaseCamp.
BioPharma Reporter
JANUARY 23, 2023
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc and Rznomics Inc, a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company specialized in the development of RNA-based gene therapeutics, have established a viral vector contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) partnership.
XTalks
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Carlsbad, California-based Ionis Pharmaceuticals announced it will be sharing promising new trial data for its RNA-targeted prophylactic treatment donidalorsen for hereditary angioedema (HAE) at the 2025 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)/World Allergy Organization (WAO) Joint Congress in San Diego, California.
World of DTC Marketing
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines copied RNA sequence from the virus genome and found a way to manufacture it at scale with high-level processes and quality control. First, a novel approach was used that didn’t require traditional vaccine production in cell cultures or eggs. 1455NO-HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_VACCINES_PFIZER_O_.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 8, 2023
Innovation S-curve for the pharmaceutical industry ssRNA virus peptides is a key innovation area in pharmaceutical Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) viruses establish a platform for viral replication in the cytoplasm during the early stages of infection and efficiently generate mature virus.
BioPharma Reporter
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Australiaâs Noxopharm has in-licensed novel RNA tech developed by Hudson Institute of Medical Research: focusing on RNA drug discovery and mRNA vaccine manufacture via Noxopharmâs subsidiary Pharmorage.
BioPharma Reporter
MARCH 17, 2022
Nutcracker Therapeutics, a biotech developing RNA therapeutics using its proprietary biochip-based manufacturing platform, has raised $167m in Series C financing: allowing it to expand and advance its pipeline of mRNA medicines for cancer and further refine its RNA manufacturing platform.
BioPharma Reporter
MARCH 29, 2022
eTheRNA Manufacturing, a specialist RNA process developer and manufacturing member of the eTheRNA group, has introduced a new lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation, development and production service.
BioPharma Reporter
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
AGC Biologics is expanding its Heidelberg facility to create new capacity for messenger RNA (mRNA) projects, and to boost its plasmid-DNA (pDNA) manufacturing capabilities.
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 3, 2023
The company has been recently focusing on plasmid design and manufacturing through acquisitions of Xpress Biologics this year and e-Zyvec in 2022. Polyplus, based in Strasbourg, France, produces key components in the production of viral vectors used in cell and gene therapies. The Sartorius-Polyplus deal is expected to close in Q3 2023.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 31, 2021
Just a few months after breaking cover with its new take on RNA therapeutics, Laronde has raised an impressive $440 million in second-round financing backed by Flagship Pioneering – which was behind the founding of mRNA specialist Moderna. The post ‘Endless RNA’ startup Laronde raises $440m to fuel pipeline appeared first on.
Scienmag
MARCH 4, 2021
Findings explain how plants use RNA to defend against fungal invaders Credit: Nicole Ward Gauthier/University of Kentucky New research reveals an essential step in scientists’ quest to create targeted, more eco-friendly fungicides that protect food crops.
Roots Analysis
AUGUST 16, 2023
However, synthesis and manufacturing of mRNA is fraught with several challenges as the production of such biomolecules is complex, cost intensive, requires specialized expertise and dedicated equipment. Safety, efficacy and rapid production of mRNA drives the interest in this domain.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 12, 2023
The collaboration will use the vector biology, manufacturing capabilities and the drug development experience of Solid Biosciences and Phlox Therapeutics’ knowledge in genetic cardiomyopathies and RNA therapies. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.
XTalks
DECEMBER 22, 2021
The RNA Revolution: From mRNA Vaccines to RNA Editing. The age of RNA is officially here, and it’s here to stay as more than a passing life science trend. Formulas can be generated in days and clinical-grade manufacturing can be accomplished in weeks. RNA technology is not new nor has its potential been surprising.
XTalks
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
billion into building new manufacturing plants in the US and Ireland to help boost production capacities. The company is investing $1 billion of the budget into a brand-new manufacturing facility in Concord, North Carolina in the US. million towards a new manufacturing site. Eli Lilly is sinking almost $1.5
Roots Analysis
OCTOBER 22, 2023
RNA therapeutics are a novel class of biopharmaceuticals that harness the power of RNA molecules for the treatment and prevention of a wide range of disorders, including oncological, and genetic disorders as well as infectious diseases. Non-coding RNAs include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and RNA aptamers.
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