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Moderna to Acquire OriCiro Genomics for $85M

Moderna has announced it will acquire Japan-based DNA supplier OriCiro Genomics K.K (OriCiro) for $85m, marking the US company’s first acquisition since its 2010 launch. Through the acquisition, Moderna will obtain OriCiro’s tools for cell-free synthesis and amplification of plasmid...

Capsida Biotherapeutics, Prevail Therapeutics Enter Strategic R&D Alliance

Capsida Biotherapeutics Inc. has entered a multi-year strategic collaboration with Prevail Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Co., to develop genetic medicines for serious diseases. Prevail will leverage Capsida's novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) engineering platform to...

Australia Implements New Measure To Lower Cost of Medicines

Millions of Australians will pay up to 29% less for their Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescriptions because the maximum PBS co-payment is going down from $42.50 to $30. The co-payment for general scripts has decreased for the first time...

Biognosys and Bruker Form Partnership for Advanced Proteomics CRO Services for Global Biopharma and Biomarker Customers

Bruker Corporation and Switzerland-based Biognosys AG announced a strategic partnership, in which Bruker has made a majority-ownership investment in Biognosys. Financial details were not disclosed. J.P.Morgan acted as exclusive financial advisor to Biognosys. Several of Biognosys’ earlier investors have sold...

ASLAN, Thermo Fisher Join To Manufacture High Concentration Formulation Of Eblasakimab

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals , a clinical-stage, immunology-focused biopharmaceutical company developing innovative treatments to transform the lives of patients, and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, the world leader in serving science, today announced a partnership to manufacture a high concentration formulation of...

Bristol Myers Squibb Completes Sale of Manufacturing Facility in Syracuse, NY

Bristol Myers Squibb has completed the previously announced sale of its manufacturing facility in Syracuse, NY to Lotte Biologics. The divestiture is part of Bristol Myers Squibb’s ongoing evolution of its manufacturing network to support its product portfolio. As part...

Hong Kong University Develops Bone Anabolic Therapy Aptamer

The molecular target for bone anabolic therapy has been discovered by a research team headed by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), utilising a particular aptamer that acts as an inhibitor of sclerostin, a protein that inhibits bone development. In comparison...

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