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Oxford, UK-based OMass Therapeutics closed on a $100 million Series B financing round. The round was led by new investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), Northpond Ventures and Sanofi Ventures. Three existing investors also participated: Syncona, Oxford Science Enterprise and Oxford University.
Eli Lilly had a lucrative first quarter, with revenue growth rising 15% driven by sales of its diabetes drug Trulicity and its COVID-19 antibodies.
Moderna has made the official request to the FDA to approve its COVID-19 for use in children ages 6 months to 5 years. Moderna also announced the location of its first non-U.S. mRNA manufacturing facility.
Pfizer says it will open the first U.S. sites in its Phase III study evaluating its investigational mini-dystrophin gene therapy in ambulatory patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
In its 2022 Q1 earnings report, Sanofi reported major wins in the first quarter of 2022, driven mostly by the success of consumer healthcare (CHC) and Dupixent.
Alexion shared the news that Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) has been approved by the FDA for commercialization, adding another indication for the precedent-setting drug.
Merck held a conference call Thursday morning to discuss its Q1 2022 earnings. The company reported a 50% growth in revenue, increasing its worldwide sales to $15.9 billion.
Chimera’s research comes largely from its GOLD platform, a technology that reprograms RNA gene regulation circuits to alter chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) on T cells.
Sio Gene has terminated its licensing deal with the UMass to develop and commercialize two gene therapy product candidates to focus on more potentially profitable projects.
Amgen held its earnings conference call on Wednesday for Q1 of 2022. Most notably, the company provided updates on its ongoing litigation with the Internal Revenue Service.
The Q1 results for Voxzogo gave BioMarin the confidence to raise its 2022 full-year guidance to between $100 million to $125 million (net product revenue) for the drug.
Bryostatin-1 increases antigen expression on the surface of cancer cells, enabling them to be seen and killed by IO agents.