Category: Life Sciences
Life Sciences
The Quebec-based leading oral drug delivery company IntelGenx has reportedly announced to have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Tilray to manufacture and commercialize VersaFilm™ platform-based cannabis-infused oral film products. Reports claim, the deal is in anticipation of the revised marijuana regulations that …
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Prescient Medicine Holdings, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based predictive health intelligence company has recently announced a collaboration with molecular diagnostics company, Metabiomics Corp., to form a joint venture dedicated to innovating a microbiome diagnostics platform. The platform, as per sources, detects precancerous colon polyps and other types …
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Qiagen has reportedly inked a strategic partnership as well as a merger agreement with NeuMoDx to commercialize two fully integrated PCR-based molecular diagnostic testing systems. As per the deal, Qiagen would distribute the NeuMoDx 288 and NeuMoDx 96 systems across Europe and other markets outside …
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Finland based biotechnology company, Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has reportedly announced that it has filed a clinical trial application for its new precision cancer immunotherapy, Clevegen. Citing reliable sources, the application makes way for a Phase I/II study named as MATINS, that will investigate and evaluate …
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Genecast Biotechnology Co. Ltd, headquartered in Beijing, has reportedly announced a strategic partnership agreement with Illumina, which is a global leader in array-based technologies and DNA sequencing. Using Illumina’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, Genecast will purportedly seek to advance cancer diagnosis in China, sources familiar …
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The European Union, through its Horizon 2020 research funding program, has reportedly granted €10 million in funding to the PRIMAGE (PRedictive In-silico Multiscale Analytics for supporting cancer personalized diaGnosis & prognosis, Empowered by imaging biomarkers) project. Citing reliable sources, €640,000 out of these funds will …
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Nestlé, the Switzerland-based food and drink company, has reportedly announced to develop personalized nutrition kits with the help of AI and DNA testing. As per trusted sources, the program could provide the company with an abundance of diet and wellness data about its consumers as …
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French pharmaceutical company, Sanofi has reportedly secured approval for its first antibody therapeutic drug Cablivi (caplacizumab). Sources claim that the drug is a nanobody specifically designed for treating a rare blood clotting disorder – aTTP (acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura). As per Reuters, In June, The …
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The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly extending the expiration date of the popular EpiPen drug by four months due to its shortage across the country. As per sources, this drug is one of the best medications recommended for allergy. For the record, EpiPen has …