Biotechnology

Bridge Biotherapeutics Acquires a New Drug Development Candidate for Back-Eye Diseases

* Signed a collaboration and license agreement for developing back-eye disease treatments with Konkuk University in the Republic of Korea * A total of 10B KRW deal includes 300M KRW of upfront payment SEONGNAM, South Korea, Feb. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridge Biotherapeutics Inc., a clinical ...

2020-02-05 13:21 1120

Sales of Cordyceps Mycelia Products Surged over 100% in January

NANPING, China, Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Happiness Biotech Group Limited (the "Company" or Nasdaq: HAPP), an innovativeChina-based nutraceutical and dietary supplements producer, announced today that the sales of its Cordyceps mycelia products surged over 100% in January due to the outbreak ...

2020-01-28 22:09 8931

Transcenta Announces Acceptance by NMPA of IND Application of a Novel Humanized Claudin 18.2 Monoclonal Antibody

SUZHOU and HANGZHOU, China, Jan. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta"), a global biotherapeutics company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, R&D and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces today that an investigational new drug (IND) appl...

2020-01-21 00:00 875

Milk without the cow: TurtleTree Labs, world's first company producing milk from cells, secures pre-seed funding

* The pre-seed round was led by Lever VC with K2 Global and KBW Ventures backing TurtleTree Labs * TurtleTree is the world's first company using technology to create real milk from animal cells, with no animal needed. * The raise will be used to onboard more scientists to the TurtleTree team...

2020-01-20 15:37 2080

Bridge Biotherapeutics Announces FDA IND Clearance for BBT-176, an EGFR TKI for NSCLC

SEONGNAM, South Korea, Jan. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridge Biotherapeutics Inc., a clinical stage biotech company headquartered in Seongnam, Republic of Korea, announced that the Investigational New Drug (IND) application submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been cleared ...

2020-01-20 10:44 1185

Happiness Biotech Group Limited Announces Financial Results for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2019

NANPING, China, Jan. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Happiness Biotech Group Limited (the "Company" or Nasdaq: HAPP), an innovativeChina-based nutraceutical and dietary supplements producer, today announced its unaudited financial results for the six months endedSeptember 30, 2019. The financial results...

2020-01-17 21:00 19078

GenScript and Genopis Enter Into Strategic Partnership Agreement for Manufacture Service of GMP Plasmids

NANJING, China, Jan. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 14, 2020, at San Francisco, USA, a global leading biotech company GenScript announced that it signed a strategic partnership agreement for the manufacturing service of GMP Plasmids with Genopis, Inc., a company that specializes in plasmid D...

2020-01-16 01:00 2012

WuXi Advanced Therapies Launches New World-Class AAV Vector Suspension Platform

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Advanced Therapies, a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) offering end-to-end contract services for the advance therapies industry, announced today the expansion of its service capabilities by offering a fully ...

2020-01-13 22:00 6415

WuXi Biologics and Almirall Sign Strategic Collaboration Agreement for Multiple Bispecific Antibodies Targeting Dermatology Diseases

* The 12th global licensing partnership for WuXiBody™ since its launch in August 2018 showcasing the power and versatile applications of WuXiBody™ in multiple therapeutic areas SHANGHAI and BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a leading global o...

2020-01-09 17:10 2503

Transcenta Holding Secures $100 Million Series B Plus Financing

HONG KONG and SUZHOU and HANGZHOU, China, Jan. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta"), a global biotherapeutics company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, R&D, and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces today that it has sealed a 100 millio...

2020-01-08 21:00 1481

Gracell Initiates Investigational Study of the Technological Breakthrough TruUCAR™ Therapy for Relapsed or Refractory T-cell Malignancies

SUZHOU, China and SHANGHAI, Jan. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Gracell Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. ("Gracell"), a clinical-stage immune cell therapy company, today announced the initiation of an investigational study of GC027, the first product candidate developed usingTruUCAR™ to treat relapsed or refr...

2020-01-07 22:00 1014

Beta Lifescience Announces the Online Availability of Quality Immune Checkpoint Proteins for Scientific Discoveries

FIREFILED, N.J., Jan. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Beta Lifescience, a world leading biotech company based in NJ, USA, announces that scientists in the field of cancer immunotherapy, immune checkpoint, targeted therapy, etc. now have access to the quality immune checkpoint protein products through the...

2020-01-07 21:10 802

Transcenta to Present at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

HONG KONG, SUZHOU, China and HANGZHOU, China, Jan. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding (Transcenta) today announced that Co-founder & CEO Dr. Xueming Qian will present at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference onWednesday, January 15, 2020, at 14:30 PST in Golden Gate room at Wes...

2020-01-07 00:00 1256

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 1905

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 1226

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 2037

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 1313

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 10940

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 1440

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 12873