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Duality Biologics Completed $90 Million Series B Financing
PRINCETON, N.J. and SHANGHAI and SUZHOU, China, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Duality Biologics (DualityBio or Company), an innovative biotech company, announced the completion of$90 million series B financing today. This round of financing was led by Lilly Asia Ventures (LAV) and jointly invested...
2021-05-20 08:00
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Transcenta Announced the Results of the Phase I Clinical Study of PD-L1 Antibody MSB2311 with Advanced Solid Tumors and Hematological Malignancies
SUZHOU, China, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta"), a global biotherapeutics company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announced that the updated Phase I clinical study (NCT04272944) d...
2021-05-20 08:00
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I-Mab Presents Phase 1 Data on Highly Differentiated CD73 Antibody Uliledlimab at ASCO 2021
* Uliledlimab is a highly differentiated CD73 antibody with a unique epitope that confers pharmacological advantages * Data from U.S. phase 1 dose escalation trial demonstrates favorable safety and tolerability with no dose-limiting toxicities; preliminary clinical activity of uliledlimab has...
2021-05-20 06:00
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Gracell Biotechnologies to Present Updated Results of GC012F FasTCAR-enabled BCMA/CD19 Dual-targeting CAR-T Cell Therapy for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma at ASCO 2021 and EHA 2021
SUZHOU, China and PALO ALTO, Calif., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GRCL) ("Gracell"), a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing highly efficacious and affordable cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, is presenting updated ...
2021-05-20 05:15
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Medical Plastics' Remarkable Features Key to Hasten Growth of the Global Medical Plastics Market
Demand for materials that offer lightweighting, recyclability, and miniaturization is responsible for the adoption of plastics across various medical application areas, says Frost & Sullivan SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Transformative Mega...
2021-05-20 05:01
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United Imaging at CMEF Announces uAIFI Technology Platform and uExcel Technology Platform that Advance MR and MI
SHANGHAI, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, announced its uAIFI Technology Platform for MR and uExcel Technology Platform for PET/CT at the China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF). Al Zhang, Chairman and...
2021-05-19 23:32
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ThinkCyte Secures $26 million in Series B Financing
TOKYO, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkCyte, Inc., a company focusing on the development of novel cell therapy, drug discovery and diagnostic platforms, announced today the completion of a $26 million (JPY 2.85 billion) Series B financing, led by SPARX Group with participation from Sysmex Corpo...
2021-05-19 22:00
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Island Pharmaceuticals granted key patent for ISLA-101 in the United States
* Island's lead asset, ISLA-101 granted key patent from United Stated Patent & Trademark Office * Patent underpins Island's drug repurposing strategy to rapidly and efficiently develop antiviral therapies with a key focus being mosquito borne viral diseases, such as dengue fever. * Around 3...
2021-05-19 19:30
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111, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2021 Unaudited Financial Results
SHANGHAI, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 111, Inc. ("111" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: YI), a leading tech-enabled healthcare platform company committed to digitally connecting patients with medicine and healthcare services inChina, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarte...
2021-05-19 14:17
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GeneQuantum Raises Hundreds of Millions RMB in Series C Funding
SUZHOU, China, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneQuantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "GeneQuantum") announced the completion of Series C fund raising of several hundreds of millions RMB. This series of fund raising is led by China Life Private Equity Investment, jointly by PICC Capi...
2021-05-19 10:30
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Eurofins Discovery Launches Human Immune Models for COVID-19 New Therapeutic Discovery or Repurposing
ST. CHARLES, Mo., May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurofins Discovery, the market leader in pharmacology services and drug discovery products with over forty years providing solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, announces the launch of new services in support of clients working to ad...
2021-05-18 21:00
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Atonarp Announces $50M Series D Financing to Scale its Molecular Sensing and Digital Diagnostics Testing Platforms
Michael Marks, Founding Partner for WRVI Capital, Joins the Atonarp Board and Former Berkeley Lights CFO Shaun Holt Joins as Atonarp's Chief Operating Officer TOKYO, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Atonarp, a leading manufacturer of molecular sensing and diagnostics products for the healthcare, phar...
2021-05-18 18:00
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Nanoform's final clinical results confirm value proposition to the pharma industry
HELSINKI, Finland, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoform Finland Plc ("Nanoform "), an innovative nanoparticle medicine enabling company, today announced the completion and final results of its clinical study. The primary, secondary and optional exploratory objectives of the study were all met. Th...
2021-05-18 13:48
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U.S. FDA Accepts Regulatory Submission for Sintilimab in Combination with Pemetrexed and Platinum Chemotherapy for the First-Line Treatment of People with Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (HKEX: 01801) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today jointly announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted for review a Biologics License Application (BLA) for sintilimab injection in...
2021-05-18 12:14
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Clover Announces Positive Preclinical Data for Second-Generation Protein-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Demonstrating Broad Neutralization Against Variants of Concern
* The publication is available as a pre-print on bioRxiv * Preclinical data demonstrates that a modified B.1.351 S-Trimer vaccine candidate induces broad neutralization against both the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and variants of concern (VoC) including the South African variant * A single bo...
2021-05-18 11:50
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Mycenax becomes Taiwan's first CDMO company to complete the CHO-S and CHOZN GS Cell Line Development with the Beacon(R) Optofluidic System
TAIPEI, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Mycenax (TWSE: 4726) becomes one of the first CDMO companies inAsia to adapt the Beacon Optofluidic system to cell line development services. Mycenax adopted Beacon® Optofluidic System, a high throughput selection system for single-cell cloning and quantifica...
2021-05-18 10:32
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Hummingbird Bioscience Raises US$125 Million in Series C Financing
* Investment round led by Novo Holdings, joined by a syndicate of international biotech investors * Proceeds will support advancement of Hummingbird's lead assets in clinical trials and building of its next-generation portfolio of precision therapeutics * Kenneth Harrison from Novo Ventures ...
2021-05-18 09:35
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Farrer Park Hospital Elevates Cancer Care with PIPAC Treatment for Late to End-stage Cancer Patients
SINGAPORE, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Farrer Park Hospital
2021-05-18 08:15
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AI-for-COVID19: Predictive Diagnostics Platform Available to Global Scientific Community
The "AIforCOVID Imaging Archive" platform enables the sharing of radiographic images from COVID-19 patients and development of leading-edge Artificial Intelligence-based methods for predicting clinical developments of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. The platform has been promoted and implement...
2021-05-18 04:44
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ISMRM Awards Gold Medals At Annual Meeting And Announces New President
CONCORD, Calif., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) is holding its Annual Meeting this week and will recognize several achievements with prestigious awards. The Gold Medal award is the organization's highest honor and is awarded to r...
2021-05-17 23:00
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