Oryzon Genomics SA has announced two grants that will support the exploration of the role of epigenetic targets in the treatment of neuronal pathologies. Funded by the Spanish State Research Agency and the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the grants cover two public-private collaboration projects.
Quris Technologies Ltd. (Quris-AI) and Merck KGaA have extended their collaboration after a successful initial preclinical study of Quris-AI’s BioAI drug safety platform.
Twist Bioscience Corp. and Imidomics Inc. have established a multi-program collaboration whereby Twist will utilize its antigen development capabilities and Library of Libraries to conduct antibody discovery activities against targets identified by Imidomics.
Kriya Therapeutics Inc. has entered into an exclusive license, collaboration and supply agreement with Everads Therapy Ltd. to advance Kriya’s portfolio of gene therapies for retinal diseases using Everads’ suprachoroidal delivery device.
Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has entered into a drug discovery collaboration agreement with Adimab LLC to discover and develop innovative antibody drugs in the oncology field.
Evotec SE and Novo Nordisk A/S have announced the launch of Lab En2, a translational drug discovery accelerator that aims to advance early research from academic institutions into novel therapeutics.
Glycotope GmbH and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association have signed an agreement to explore the potential of combining Glycotope’s antibodies against protein/carbohydrate combined glyco-epitopes (Glycotargets) with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technology developed by the Max Delbrück Center.
Beactica Therapeutics AB has entered into a research collaboration agreement with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The collaboration will focus on the translation of novel proteolysis-targeting degraders of TEAD under development by Beactica for treatment of cancer.
Novo Nordisk A/S and Valo Health Inc. have entered into an agreement to discover and develop novel treatments for cardiometabolic diseases. The collaboration will leverage Valo’s Opal Computational Platform, including access to real-world patient data, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled small-molecule discovery and Biowire human tissue modeling platform designed to speed up the discovery and development process.