Biotechnology

Gracell Announces Progressive Outcomes from Multiple Human Clinical Trials to Investigate FasTCAR and Dual CAR Cell Platform Technologies

SUZHOU, China and SHANGHAI, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Gracell Biotechnologies Co., Ltd ("Gracell"), a clinical-stage immune cell therapy company, today announced the progressive clinical outcomes for leading product candidates FasTCAR-19, Dual CAR-19-22, and Dual CAR-BCMA-19 at the American...

2019-12-09 22:00 1267

BJ Bioscience Announces First Patient Dosed in FIH Trial of BJ-001 in Patients with Locally Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors

HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BJ Bioscience Inc. (the 'company') today announced that the first patient was successfully dosed on December 4, 2019 in the first-in-human (FIH) trial of the company's BJ-001 program at NEXT ONCOLOGY inSan Antonio, Texas.

2019-12-09 21:00 1088

CARsgen Therapeutics Receives IND Clearance from the NMPA for AB011 Humanized Claudin18.2 Monoclonal Antibody

SHANGHAI, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CARsgen Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing a combined platform of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapies and monoclonal antibodies for cancer, today announced that one of its leading d...

2019-12-09 18:00 2569

Announcement of collaborative research agreement with National Cancer Center on analysis of gut bacteria related to cancer

TOKYO, Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- bitBiome, Inc. (Representative Director: Yoshihito Daimon, "bitBiome") and National Cancer Center of Japan (President: Hitoshi Nakagama, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, "NCC") have signed a collaborative research agreement on the analysis of gut bacteria related to cancer onNo...

2019-12-05 15:27 703

VolitionRx Limited Announces Proof of Concept Data in Lymphoma and Leukemia

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition") today announced results from its latest proof of concept study. A single pre-clinical Nu.Q™ assay utilizing a basic microtiter plate platform detected 80% of newly diagnosed Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma ("N...

2019-12-03 21:30 11625

Lumosa Announces FDA Acceptance of IND Application for LT1001, an Extended-Release Analgesic Injection - Lumosa to Initiate the Bridging Study in the US

TAIPEI, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Opioid misuse, addiction, and overdoses have caused significant social and economic burdens leading to the opioid crisis. LT1001 (brand name Naldebain®) is a prodrug of nalbuphine, an abuse-free analgesic that has been marketed worldwide for decades. Naldebain...

2019-12-03 17:36 933

Gowan Company Announces Acquisition of Two New Active Ingredients, Fenamidone and Pencycuron, from Bayer AG

Company Expanding its Global Fungicide Portfolio HARPENDEN, England, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Gowan Crop Protection Limited, an affiliate of Gowan Company, L.L.C., announced today that it has entered into agreements with Bayer AG to acquire  rights to the active ingredients Fenamidone and P...

2019-12-03 01:00 1214

CMAB Biopharma and Fapon Biopharma Sign Agreement to Develop and Manufacture a Biologic Oncology Asset

* The newly founded relationship will combine the research and development ingenuity of Fapon Biopharma with the state-of-art biologics manufacturing services offered by CMAB * CMAB will provide a full range of development and manufacturing services for Fapon Biopharma's biologic drug project...

2019-12-02 18:18 1193

VUNO Presents the Future of Medical AI Solutions at RSNA 2019

CHICAGO, Nov. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- VUNO Inc., a medical AI solution developer and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, will participate in  RSNA (Radiological Society ofNorth America) 2019 in Chicago, December 1-8. Booth: North Hall Level2, #11132.

2019-11-27 21:30 1592

Ascentage Pharma Breaks Ground on its Global Headquarters, R&D Center and Manufacturing Facility in the Suzhou Industrial Park

SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a globally-focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies, announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Company's global headquarters, R&D center, and manufacturi...

2019-11-21 11:30 1502

Two Prominent Researchers of WPI-MANA and University of Washington Discuss Development of Smart Polymers and Biomaterials

TSUKUBA, Japan, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), a unit of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), had a visit from Prof.Allan S. Hoffman from the University of Washington, a pioneer in smart polymers and biomaterials...

2019-11-20 14:00 818

ABL Bio Inc.- GenScript Biotech Corp Bispecific Antibody Strategic Partnership Agreement Ceremony

NANJING, China and SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- GenScript Biologics, a world leading bio-pharmaceutical CDMO company, announced today that it entered into an agreement with ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company dedicated to therapeutics for immuno-oncology and neurodeg...

2019-11-18 22:00 1442

Viva Biotech Partnership Summit Successfully Launched in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 2019 Viva Biotech Partnership Summit (the "Summit") was successfully launched on8 November 2019 in Pudong, Shanghai, themed "Innovation Partnership Growth". Founders from over 30 global innovative and biopharmaceutical companies incubated/ invested by Viva ...

2019-11-15 14:16 1785

China Biologic Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2019

BEIJING, Nov. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO, "China Biologic" or the "Company"), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company inChina, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2019. Third Quarter...

2019-11-14 05:43 6256

Ivantis Announces 3 Year Results of Australian SPECTRUM Registry for Hydrus Microstent

Largest Set of MIGS Data Ever Produced in Australia Includes Over 900 Eyes with 200+ Stand-Alone Glaucoma Procedures IRVINE, California, Nov. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ivantis today announced long term results of the Australian cohort of the Global SPECTRUM registry. SPECTRUM is a post market pati...

2019-11-08 03:00 2201

Enzene Opens its First Continuous Biologics Manufacturing Facility With a Promise to Disrupt the mAb Manufacturing Cost

PUNE, India, Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Enzene Biosciences today formally opened its first fully connected continuous Biologics manufacturing facility in Pune, India. This first-of-its-kind facility was built in half the time as compared to the conventional biologics manufacturing plants. The s...

2019-11-07 20:24 1350

TransThera Biosciences Lead Product TT-00420 Granted Orphan Drug Designation from FDA to Treat Cholangiocarcinoma

NANJING, China, Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TransThera Biosciences Co. Ltd, announced today that company received Orphan Drug Designation from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for TT-00420, a clinical stage investigational drug, for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma. Dr. Frank Wu, Founde...

2019-11-07 20:08 1038

WuXi AppTec Receives Investment Grade Corporate Ratings from Three Global Rating Agencies

SHANGHAI, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi AppTec announced today that it has received investment grade corporate credit ratings from three global rating agencies: Moody's (Baa3), S&P Global Ratings (BBB-), and Fitch Ratings (BBB-); all three agencies maintain a stable outlook on WuXi AppTec. Th...

2019-11-06 16:00 1115

China Biologic Products to Report Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

BEIJING, Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO) ("China Biologic" or the "Company"), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, today announced that the Company plans to release its third quarter 2019 financial results o...

2019-11-04 21:30 8024

Mallinckrodt and Terumo BCT Announce UVADEX® (Methoxsalen) Approved in Australia for use with the THERAKOS® CELLEX® Photopheresis System for the Treatment of Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD) and Skin Manifestations of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL) in Adults

SYDNEY, Nov. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE: MNK), a global biopharmaceutical company, and Terumo BCT, a global leader in blood component, therapeutic apheresis and cellular technologies, today announced that UVADEX®  (methoxsalen) has received regulatory approval inAustralia by th...

2019-11-01 04:35 6377