Tango finds a quick step to Wall Street via $353M SPAC deal Moderna advancing early stage mRNA prospects to show depth beyond COVID-19 shot BioAge picks up muscle-aging program from Amgen, bringing pipeline count to 3 Sponsored: MyData-TRUST is becoming the undisputed world leader in Data Protection for Health Research Senti Biosciences in $645M Spark pact to drive gene circuits into the fast lane New approaches to AI, cell biology may have uncovered a novel drug target for COVID-19: Humans themselves Bluebird, PsiOxus show oncolytic virus boosts CAR-T in solid tumors Bhargava leaves Gilead to take up post at biotech investor MPM Featured Story | By Amirah Al Idrus Tango Therapeutics is aiming for the public markets, one year after raising its latest private round. But instead of going the traditional IPO route, the synthetic lethality biotech is joining a swelling wave of life sciences companies that are hitting Wall Street by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, raising $353 million in the process. read more |
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Top Stories By Annalee Armstrong Moderna, armed with cash from the development of its COVID-19 vaccine, is advancing several other mRNA vaccine candidates in the clinic to show the biotech has more to offer than just the shot that made them world famous. read more By Amirah Al Idrus BioAge Labs is adding a third program to its pipeline. The new treatment, licensed from Amgen, is designed to combat muscle aging and could be useful in helping older people recover from surgery more quickly, decreasing muscle atrophy after a long hospital stay, or eventually, warding off frailty in older people. read more Sponsored By: MyData-TRUST 34.4% of worldwide data breaches come from the healthcare sector. Data Protection is no longer just a compliance issue, but a strategic topic. MyData-TRUST was created to support the sector. read more By Ben Adams Roche’s gene therapy unit Spark Therapeutics has penned a $645 million-plus biobucks pact with Bayer-backed Senti Biosciences for new tech aimed at tweaking next-gen gene therapies. read more By Conor Hale By combining artificial intelligence and an extensive atlas of protein biology, Cyclica is taking new approaches to searching for old drugs that could fight COVID-19—and, now, it’s helped find what could become a first-in-class candidate. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Bluebird bio has shown cancer gene therapy vectors boost the efficacy of its CAR-T therapy in mice. The study assessed the effect of giving bluebird’s anti-EGFR CAR-T cells in combination with vectors in development at PsiOxus Therapeutics. read more By Nick Paul Taylor MPM Capital has named Pankaj Bhargava as executive partner. The appointment gives MPM access to the expertise of a physician who spent the past few years working to establish Gilead as a force in oncology. read more | | Clinical trials are more complex than ever, and you need a central laboratory who can keep pace with your evolving needs. LabConnect is the industry leader when it comes to innovative support services for today’s analytically and logistically complex advanced therapy trials. Contact us today. |
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