Cell and gene therapy

MiroBio has appointed Carolin Barth as CEO to lead the company through the next major stage of its growth as its lead programme, MB272, transitions into clinical development. Dr Barth’s appointment follows other recent senior appointments including Julian Hirst, formerly of Immunocore, as CFO and Lynne Murray, formerly of AstraZeneca, as Senior VP of R&D.  […]

BioIVT’s human AB serum product line is designed to supplement cell culture media and facilitate cell and gene therapy development.  Human AB serum contains many compounds that are vital for cell growth, including growth factors, vitamins, nutrients, trace elements and transport factors. As a result, human AB serum produces biologically relevant conditions that allow many human cell lines […]

Orgenesis has entered into a collaboration agreement with Savicell Diagnostics to deploy Savicell’s patented ImmunoBiopsy immunometabolism platform. The aim is to develop and validate diagnostic kits for enhanced quality control (QC) and monitoring purposes to be used by Orgenesis in manufacturing and processing of its cell and gene therapies. New assays will be developed to enhance the potency of cell and gene therapies for use within its point-of-care […]

The University of Sheffield and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult have launched a gene therapy programme which could pave the way for novel treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. The research has been awarded £513,141 from LifeArc and the Motor Neurone Disease Association to test the feasibility and efficiency of a gene therapy programme to treat […]

GSK has announced that it planning to develop its research & development site in Stevenage, UK,  into one of Europe’s largest clusters for biotechnology and early-stage life science companies. The concept has been developed in partnership with Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (SBC), among others and would build on GSK’s existing presence, the Cell and Gene Therapy […]

Ilya Pharma has received approval from the Swedish Medical Product Agency and Swedish Ethical Review Authority to initiate a Phase II clinical study of its ILP100 gene therapy for the treatment of difficult diabetic wounds (EudraCT 2021-000563-69). ILP100h has recently been assigned the INN name emilimogene sigulactibac by the World Health Organization and represents a […]

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) is setting up offices and laboratories in Edinburgh, Scotland. With this expansion, CGT Catapult aims to provide additional, regionally focused support to the cell and gene therapy sector to accelerate product development, clinical trials and adoption. CGT Catapult Edinburgh is a collaboration with the University of Edinburgh […]

Takara Bio has entered into a License and Supply Agreement with BioNTech Cell & Gene Therapies. Takara Bio will grant BioNTech a commercial license to use applicable patents relating to RetroNectin, and will provide BioNTech with supplies of RetroNectin. The patented technologies licensed to BioNTech are based on Takara Bio’s proprietary RetroNectin method, which includes […]

Horiba has announced its participation in a new consortium formed to accelerate the development of process analytical technologies (PAT) in cell and gene therapy manufacturing. Horiba’s new A-TEEM Molecular Fingerprinting technology has shown great promise for fast QC/QA of complex biological systems and is a core technology being assessed for reducing batch failures and manufacturing […]

Yposkesi, a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) specialising in cell and gene therapies, has announced the launch of project SKY, the construction of Yposkesi’s second commercial cell and gene therapy facility and new global resource for drug developers of biologics, also called ATMPs (Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products). ATMPs treat patients living with rare and […]