Biotechnology

BAVENCIO Significantly Improved Overall Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

Not intended for US-, Canada- and UK-based media  - At the planned interim analysis, Phase III JAVELIN Bladder 100 study met the primary endpoint of prolonging overall survival (OS) as a first-line maintenance treatment versus standard of care - BAVENCIO is the first immunotherapy to signifi...

2020-01-06 20:00 4758

Yisheng Biopharma and Tavotek Biotherapeutics Announce Strategic Research Alliance for Development of YS-ON-001/002 and Tavo-301/303 Combination Therapy for Cancer Treatment

GAITHERSBURG, Md. and AMBLER, Pa., Jan. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Yisheng Biopharma Co., Ltd. ("Yisheng Biopharma"), a biopharmaceutical company focusing on research, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing of immunological biologics and vaccines, and Tavotek Biotherapeutics, a biotech c...

2020-01-06 09:00 3127

I-Mab Biopharma Announces Dosing of First Patient in a Pivotal Study of TJ202/MOR202 in Multiple Myeloma in Mainland China

SHANGHAI, Jan. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- I-Mab Biopharma ("I-Mab"), a global biopharmaceutical company based inChina and the United States and focused on the discovery and development of novel or highly differentiated biologics in immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases today announced the dosing o...

2020-01-04 00:07 1949

AgriTalk Integrates Biotechnology, Iot, Big Data Analysis, and Ai to Develop a Non-Toxic Agricultural Disease and Fertilizer Regulation System

TAIPEI, Jan. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AgriTalk and other notable homegrown startups led by Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) are now showcasing their innovative solutions at CES 2020. Dr. W...

2020-01-03 13:14 1284

WuXi STA Opens Oligonucleotide Large-Scale Manufacturing Facility

SHANGHAI, Jan. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- STA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.,  (WuXi STA) – a subsidiary of WuXi AppTec – today announced the opening of its large-scale oligonucleotide active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility inChangzhou, China. This signifi...

2020-01-03 08:10 2094

WuXi Biologics Congratulates OncoImmune on FDA Clearance of IND Application for Next Generation anti-CTLA-4 Antibody ONC-392

SHANGHAI, Jan. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a leading global open-access biologics technology platform company offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development and manufacturing, congratulates its partner OncoImmune on the U.S. Food and Drug ...

2020-01-02 08:08 2774

Gracell to Present at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco

SHANGHAI and SUZHOU, China, Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Gracell Biotechnologies Co. Ltd., a clinical-stage immune cell therapy company, has announced it will present at leading healthcare conferences inSan Francisco, California at the beginning of January 2020. Gracell will present at the 38th ...

2019-12-30 23:09 1347

GenScript and Selecxine Enter Into Strategic Cooperation Agreement

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On Dec. 23, 2019, at Seoul, South Korea, the CDMO segment of the world's leading biotech company GenScript announced that it signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Selecxine Inc., a Korean biotech company dedicated to novel therapeutics f...

2019-12-26 22:00 10994

Focusing on Cutting-edge Biopharmaceutical Technologies, Boosting the Industry to Achieve Innovation and Development

SHANGHAI, Dec. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- To seize the ever-changing opportunities in the new era and to meet the ever-growing market demands, the annual gala of the biopharmaceutical industry---bioLIVE China 2020, will be held again at Hall W4 in the SNIEC onJune 22-24, 2020. The exhibition, co-l...

2019-12-25 12:55 2903

Viva Biotech Awarded 'Top 10 Public Companies'

BEIJING, Dec. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The 'Future Healthcare VB 100 Summit' organized by VCBeat and VCBeat Research was held inBeijing. Viva Biotech was invited to the Summit and awarded the 'Top 10 Public Companies 2019' with honor. Dr. David Xu, the Chief Business Officer of Viva Biotech, was ...

2019-12-24 18:18 1485

EpiVax Announces Record Year for Growth in 2019 and Sets New Milestones for 2020

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- EpiVax ("EpiVax, Inc.") continues its record-breaking performance and growth in personnel in 2019 while identifying new milestones to aspire to in 2020. The Business Development team closed 15% more contracts over 2018 and acquired two ne...

2019-12-24 16:35 2092

WuXi Biologics Receives "Special Award to Investors in Ireland" from Asia Matters

DUBLIN, Dec. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- December 23, 2019 – WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a leading global open-access biologics technology platform company offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development and manufacturing, announced that it has received the "Special Awa...

2019-12-23 16:26 2294

China's Largest Plasmid and Virus Facility from GenScript was Put into Operation

ZHENJIANG, China, Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The CDMO segment of the world's leading biotech company GenScript announced that GenScript's plasmid and virus facility was put into operation onDecember 18, 2019. It is a milestone on the path to industrialization of the gene and cell therapy indus...

2019-12-20 22:00 12927

China's Largest Plasmid and Virus Facility from GenScript in Operation

ZHENJIANG, China, Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The CDMO segment of the world's leading biotech company GenScript announced that GenScript's plasmid and virus facility was put into operation onDecember 18, 2019. It is a milestone on the path to industrialization of the gene and cell therapy indus...

2019-12-20 21:59 2870

Bridge Biotherapeutics Files Investigational New Drug Application for BBT-176, an EGFR TKI for NSCLC

SEONGNAM, South Korea, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridge Biotherapeutics Inc., a clinical stage biotech company headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea, announced that the company filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Ministry...

2019-12-20 10:19 1284

Getinge to Acquire Applikon Biotechnology B.V., A Leading Company in the Fast Growing Area of Bioreactor Systems

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Getinge announces today an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Applikon Biotechnology B.V. from Applikon Biotechnology Holding B.V. Applikon Biotechnology B.V. is a leading company in the fast growing area of advanced bioreactor systems for...

2019-12-19 18:27 15215

Asieris Wins Questex's Fierce Innovation Awards - Life Sciences Edition 2019

SHANGHAI, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Asieris, a China-based biotech company specializing in the development and commercialization of new drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors and related diseases, announced today that it has been selected as a winner in this year's Fierce Innovation ...

2019-12-19 13:51 2760

MoA Technology implements CDD Vault to manage its crop protection research data

SAN FRANCISCO and OXFORD, England, Dec. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MoA Technology Ltd (MoA Tech) and Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc (CDD) announced today that MoA Tech teams are successfully running CDD Vault, a comprehensive informatics platform for archiving, mining and analysing chemistry and...

2019-12-17 17:00 1326

TransThera Biosciences Announces IND Approval from FDA for Clinical Studies of TT-00920 to Treat Chronic Heart Failure

NANJING, China, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TransThera Biosciences Co. Ltd, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based inNanjing, China, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for TT-00920, a novel ...

2019-12-17 08:00 1453

Novoheart Licenses Harvard Technology to Develop Next-Generation Human Heart-in-a-Jar

* Novoheart engineered the world's first "human heart-in-a-jar" as part of its proprietary MyHeart™ platform * Novoheart receives exclusive license from Harvard University to integrate pioneering bioreactor technology that accommodates model ventricles and optional valves into the "human hear...

2019-12-16 16:05 1880