2seventy bio Inc. shares (NASDAQ:TSVT) rose 15% or 52 cents, to close Jan. 30 at $4.01 on word that the Cambridge, Mass.-based firm is selling its R&D pipeline to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., which will move the work forward by way of a new company called Regeneron Cell Medicines.
IMU Biosciences Ltd. has raised £11.5 million (US$14.7 million) in a series A round to further develop and commercialize profiling technology that can identify from a blood sample which of more than 2,000 cell types are present in an individual’s immune system.
IMU Biosciences Ltd. has raised £11.5 million (US$14.7 million) in a series A round to further develop and commercialize profiling technology that can identify from a blood sample which of more than 2,000 cell types are present in an individual’s immune system.
IMU Biosciences Ltd. has raised £11.5 million (US$14.7 million) in a series A round to further develop and commercialize profiling technology that can identify from a blood sample which of more than 2,000 cell types are present in an individual’s immune system.
Kyverna Therapeutics Inc. disclosed a filing to raise up to $100 million in an IPO, becoming the sixth firm to announce plans for a U.S. listing in the new year, offering tentative hope that the public markets might prove more welcoming to biopharma firms after a lackluster 2023.
Gene therapy has finally become the “new normal” with serial breakthroughs unlocking “tremendous value” for patients and society, while at the same time the U.S. health care system is shaping up to enable access to these costly treatments, according to Tim Hunt, CEO of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine.
Cell and gene therapy companies continue moving away from traditional treatment modalities into a future that’s often unclear. A panel of CEOs said at the Biotech Showcase in San Francisco that, instead of aiming for developing silver bullet therapies that knock out indications in a single blow, they tend to only be able to take incremental steps in development.
Two big pharma firms placed high offers on Dec. 26 to acquire companies focused on radiopharmaceuticals and cell therapies in what Evercore ISI analysts are calling a “good sign for the end of the year.”
Drug guidances are still pouring forth from the U.S. FDA as 2023 winds to an end. The latest batch deals with issues as varied as the reformulation of drug products that use carbomers manufactured with benzene, potency assurance for cellular and gene therapies, the quality of topical eye treatments, and the development of drugs and biologics for rare diseases.
Two big pharma firms placed high offers on Dec. 26 to acquire companies focused on radiopharmaceuticals and cell therapies in what Evercore ISI analysts are calling a “good sign for the end of the year.”
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