Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab was the first antibody drug the FDA authorized to treat COVID-19. Now, the Indianapolis pharma has data showing the therapy prevents symptomatic infections. The catch? The data are limited to long-term care facilities, where vaccination is now underway—and despite their utility, antibody thereapies are having a tough time catching on. Bamlanivimab cut the […]
Larry Goldstein, a well-known stem cell researcher at the University of California, San Diego who has received nearly $22 million in awards from the California stem cell agency, today was named to its governing board. It was the first time in the history of the 16-year-old agency that a scientist who has received agency awards has been appointed to the […]
To Regeneron, there’s no question about it: “We as a society have to do a much better job” of getting antibody therapies—such as the company’s own—to patients, R&D chief George Yancopoulos said Monday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Like Eli Lilly’s single-antibody treatment, Regeneron’s antibody cocktail bears an emergency use authorization in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients at […]
Canadian researchers have discovered that the healing process after a brain injury can give rise to the deadly brain tumor glioblastoma. By digging further to better understand that phenomenon, they’ve uncovered potential techniques for treating glioblastoma with precision medicine. Researchers from the University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre […]
With its Phase II trial finally underway, Inovio has enlisted another key manufacturing partner to hit its goal of hundreds of millions of doses of its DNA vaccine — filling the role of a contract manufacturer it’s still in a legal standoff with. Japan’s Kaneka Eurogentec is tasked with plasmid production, for which Inovio has […]
Most of us immediately think of cannabis oil when we see the CBD- and THC-rich super sticky sludge usually found in vaporizer cartridges. Yet, do you have any idea of how it’s all made? Well, one of the most popular manufacturing processes — the CO2 method — uses carbon dioxide to extract the required components of […]
A new study on the Rare Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment market provides a detailed overview of the demands and consumptions of various products/services associated with the growth dynamics of the market. The in-depth market estimation of various opportunities in the segments is expressed in volumes and revenues during the forecast period 2020 to 2030. The insights and […]
When Jamie Berry noticed a slight limp in her right foot in late May, she didn’t think much of it. Berry tends horses and drives tractors on the 80-acre ranch her family leases in San Jose’s Almaden Valley, and she was also busy with an 8-year-old daughter, five dogs and an excavation business she runs […]
Back in May, Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRNE) captivated investor attention after it claimed the discovery of an antibody that can provide “100% inhibition” against COVID-19. In fact, the company’s senior vice president, Dr. Mark Brunswick, made the following statement in an interview by Fox News: “So, if we were approved [by the U.S. Food and Drug […]
The Japan Patent Office has granted a patent to Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics covering the proprietary technique that generates the company’s cell-based therapy NurOwn from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Through this technique, researchers can harness MSCs directly from a patient and mature them into cells that produce high levels of neurotrophic factors, which are compounds that […]