BioSpace News Archive

HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of non-statutory options to new employees to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan.

KBI Biopharma, Inc. (KBI), a JSR Life Sciences company, today announced the launch of SUREmAb ™, an offering built on the robustness of KBI’s SUREtechnology Platform™, that allows for optimized, safe, and cost-efficient monoclonal antibody (mAb) development and manufacturing.

Septerna today announced that it has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) under which Vertex has acquired an undisclosed discovery-stage GPCR program.

Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: OFIX), a leading global spine and orthopedics company, today announced that Catherine Burzik, Chair of the Orthofix Board of Directors, has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer; Geoffrey Gillespie, Orthofix Vice President Corporate Controller, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer; and Puja Leekha, Orthofix Senior Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, has been appointed Interim Chief Legal Officer.

Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. has entered into an exclusive license agreement with PT Kalbe Genexine Biologics, an Indonesian pharmaceutical company and a holding subsidiary to PT Kalbe Farma, Tbk, for the development and commercialisation of HANSIZHUANG as a treatment for two indications including ES-SCLC, Henlius’ novel anti-PD-1 mAb, in 12 Middle East and North African countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Morocco, etc.

Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ:CYTO) (“Altamira” or the “Company”), a company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs, today provided a business update and reported its first half 2023 financial results.

Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced the appointment of Madhav Vasanthavada, Ph.D., M.B.A. to the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Head of Business Development (BD), effective immediately.

Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN), a life sciences company focused on bioprocessing technology leadership, today announced that it has appointed Jason K. Garland as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective September 25, 2023.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that Renée Galá, Chief Financial Officer, has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer effective October 1, 2023.

CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq:CVAC) (“CureVac”), a global biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (“mRNA”), today announced selection of a promising vaccine candidate for continued clinical development based on positive data from an interim analysis of the ongoing Phase 1 part of a combined Phase 1/2 study, conducted in collaboration with GSK.