4SC expands domatinostat combo testing
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) has joined 4SC AG as a partner in conducting a multicentre study of dominatostat/checkpoint blocker combos in treatment-native melanoma patients.
Cell transdifferentiation specialist Mogrify Ltd raises US$16m
British start-up company Mogrify Ltd (Cambridge, UK) has added US$16m from a Series A round to its US$3.7m seed financing in February 2019. Existing investor Ahren Innovation Capital led the round, with Parkwalk, 24Haymarket, and the University of Bristol Enterprise Fund III participating.
Patient’s organoids predict response to chemotherapy
A new test based on tumour organoids can predict how patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) respond to chemotherapy treatment.
ADC Therapeutics enters licence option deal with Avacta Group
ADC Therapeutics SA has entered a R&D pact with Affimer developer Avacta Group plc aimed at creating and licencing Affimer-drug conjugates.
Novo Nordisk enters hemophilia gene therapy field
Licencing bluebird bio’s Inc know-how and technology in one-time gene therapies Novo Nordisk A/S tries to get foothold in the emerging hemophilia A gene therapy market.
Evotec and Celmatix enter strategic partnership
Evotec SE has expanded its drug discovery customer base with US women’s health specialist Celmatix Inc.
Researchers unravel how ADEP antibiotics work
German researchers have unraveled the mechanism of a ADEPs, a novel class of antibiotics, allowing pharmacological optimisation.
New method allows tracking of HIV
A new method allows real-time-visualisation of how the HI virus spreads between living T helper cells and which molecules it requires for this purpose.
Rottapharm Biotech: POC in osteoarthritis pain
Rottapharm Biotech (Monza, Italy) has published detailed results from a clinical Phase II trial of CR4056 in chronic pain from knee osteoarthritis.
Creoptix AG closes CHF8m financing round
Swiss drug discovery analytics specialist Creoptix AG has raised CHF8m in a Series C financing for commercial expansion.