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$21.5M Series A financing round to advance pipeline of next-gen engineered off-the-shelf NK cell therapies
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Funding round led by current investors Acorn Bioventures and ALSHC; joined by new investor Cormorant Asset Management
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Financing will drive multiple pre-clinical programs through IND-enabling studies and the continued progression of a GMP manufacturing capability
What is Cord Tissue Banking?
Cord tissue banking is the processing and storage of a newborn’s umbilical cord tissue or the components contains, such as Wharton’s jelly. Wharton’s jelly is a thick, gelatinous substance present within the human umbilical cord that contains a range of important cell types, such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), fibroblasts and macrophages.
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CAR-T Cell Therapeutics: A Multi-Billion Dollar Market
CAR-T is a promising type of immunotherapy where doctors collect immune cells, modify them in a laboratory, and provide them the capacity to recognize and kill cancer cells. When infused into a patient, the cells get multiplied and stay in the body as “living drugs.”
Since the approval of the first CAR-T cell therapeutic in 2017, widespread research, proliferating clinical trials, aggressive M&A activity, and lucrative IPOs have created a robust CAR-T cell market. [Read more…]
Saint-Gobain Life Sciences and denovoMATRIX Announce Collaboration to Optimize New Product Development
DRESDEN, Germany, 9 November, 2021 / BioInformant / — denovoMATRIX GmbH and Saint-Gobain Life Sciences have entered into a Master Service Agreement focused on optimizing the performance of new products in development for adherent cell culture and harvest for autologous therapies. The relationship will further explore the synergy of consumable products from both parties and their positive effects for the therapeutic market. [Read more…]
The State of CAR-T Cell Therapies in 2021
Scientific progress within the field of cancer immunotherapy has led to five CAR-T cell therapy approvals: Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel), Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel), Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel), and Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel). Additionally, JW Therapeutics has announced NMPA approval of Relmacabtagene Autoleucel Injection in China. This is the first CAR-T product independently developed in China and approved as a Category 1 biologics product, as well as the sixth approved CAR-T product globally. [Read more…]
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