BioSpace News Archive

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio) and Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SELB) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to MMA-101, an AAV-based gene therapy in development for the treatment of isolated methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) due to methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MMUT) gene mutations. MMA-101 previously received rare pediatric disease de

Cue Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: CUE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engineering a novel class of injectable biologics to selectively engage and modulate targeted T cells within the patient’s body, announced today that the company has extended the term of the research program under its existing 2017 research collaboration and license agreement with Merck toward developing a clinical candidate for the treatment of type 1 diabetes an

Advisory Co uncil to collaborate on ou t reach to retinal clinicians to support development and commercialization of ONS-5010, an investigational ophthalmic formulation of bevac i zumab

BeyondSpring Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative cancer therapies, announced the pricing of its public offering of 7,500,000 ordinary shares at a public offering price of $10.00 per share.

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced that the Company has entered into separate, privately negotiated transactions (the “Agreements”) with certain holders of its existing 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) to repurchase approximately $83 million aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes

A nasal spray to provide protection against the COVID-19 virus has been formulated by researchers at the University of Birmingham, UK, using materials already cleared for use in humans.

Wugen Inc., a biotechnology company developing a novel, universal allogeneic CAR-T therapy platform, announced the appointment of Ryan Sullivan, Ph.D., as Vice President and Head of NK Research.

- Ibezapolstat, is the first of a new class of antibiotics with a novel mechanism of action, a DNA polymerase IIIC inhibitor, to enter clinical efficacy trials - 10 of 10 patients (100%) enrolled in a Ph2A trial met the study’s primary and secondary efficacy endpoints of Clinical Cure at end of treatment and Sustained Clinical Cure of no recurrence of CDI at the 28-day follow-up visit

JOINN Laboratories, China’s leading preclinical contract research organization (CRO), has partnered with Integral Molecular to provide researchers in China with rapid antibody specificity testing against the entire human membrane proteome using Integral Molecular’s Membrane Proteome Array (MPA) technology.

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLRX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis, today announced its participation in the Piper Sandler 32nd Annual Healthcare Conference to be held virtually December 1 – 3, 2020.