Stem Cell Standardization Deal Inked Between New Players Sistemic and Leaders Roslin Cells Sistemic Ltd and Roslin Cells Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the development of new technologies for the standardization of the manufacture of stem cells for their use in cell therapy and drug development screening. [Sistemic Ltd. Press Release] Oncolytics Biotech® Inc. Enters into Commercial Supply Agreement with SAFC® Oncolytics Biotech Inc. announced that it has entered into a commercial supply agreement with SAFC for the commercial manufacture of REOLYSIN®, Oncolytics’ proprietary reovirus. [Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Press Release]
Medistem Initiates Collaboration with Bakoulev Center for Developing Next Generation Cardiac Stem Cell Therapeutics Medistem Inc. announced a collaboration with the Bakoulev Center of Cardiovascular Surgery of Russian Academy of Sciences. [Marketwire] University of Ottawa Signs Agreement with the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) The University of Ottawa and CDRD announced that they have signed an affiliation agreement that will allow researchers at the University of Ottawa to access CDRD’s drug development infrastructure and expertise. [Centre for Drug Research and Development Press Release]
Myriad Genetics Licenses Novel Technology from Chronix Biomedical Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to license proprietary technology for the early detection of cancer from Chronix Biomedical of San Jose, California. [Myriad Genetics, Inc. Press Release]
Shire on Hunt for Assets in Stem Cells, Genetics British drugmaker Shire Plc would like to acquire experimental products derived from stem cells, but the company’s chief executive said it is hard to find assets that are likely to make money. [Reuters] Mega Gift Strengthens UPenn Med School A power couple in Philadelphia philanthropy, Raymond and Ruth Perelman, have made one of the largest gifts ever to a medical school: $225 million to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) School of Medicine. [ScienceInsider] OGI Genomics Researchers Awarded $23 Million The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) is pleased to announce the investment of over $23.8 million ($11.3 million from Genome Canada, $12.5 million from co-funding) into the province to support genomics research. [Ontario Genomics Institute Press Release]
First U.S. Patient Enrolled in Stem Cell Transplantation/Cardiac Bypass Study Aimed at Improving Heart Failure A 59-year-old Houston man became the first individual in the United States to enroll in a study using stem cell transplantation during cardiac bypass to treat severe heart failure. [The Methodist Hospital System Press Release]
Nation’s Second Participant Enrolls in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago recently enrolled their first subject in a national clinical research trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy for participants with a subacute thoracic spinal cord injury. [Northwestern Memorial Hospital Press Release]
The Sanford Project & DiaMedica Announce Successful Type 1 Diabetes NOD Mouse Study with DM-199 The Sanford Project & DiaMedica announced the successful completion of a study involving DM-199 in preventing the onset of Type 1 diabetes in the non-obese diabetic mouse model. [DiaMedica, Inc. Press Release] Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Provides Status Update on Glybera® Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics provided a status update on Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec), its gene therapy product under development for the treatment of lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD). [Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Press Release]
FDA Approves Merck’s VICTRELISâ„¢ (boceprevir), First-in-Class Oral Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Protease Inhibitor Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved VICTRELISâ„¢ (boceprevir), the company’s innovative new medicine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. [Merck Press Release] New Drug Applications Submitted in the United States and Europe for Vemurafenib in Advanced Skin Cancer Roche announced that the company submitted a New Drug Application for vemurafenib (RG7204, PLX4032) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency for approval for people with BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma. [Roche Press Release] Foundation Medicine Board of Directors Appoints Michael J. Pellini, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer Foundation Medicine, Inc. announced that cancer diagnostics industry leader Michael J. Pellini, M.D., president and chief executive officer. Dr. Pellini succeeds founding CEO Alexis Borisy, who will remain on Board of Directors and will assume the position of Chairman. [Foundation Medicine, Inc. Press Release] Dean/CEO Edward D. Miller to Retire in 2012 President Ronald J. Daniels sent a broadcast e-mail message to faculty and staff members at The Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday, May 4, announcing the decision to Edward D. Miller, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, to retire in 2012. [Johns Hopkins University Press Release] Mr. Riera Joins SymBio as Director of Business Development SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited is pleased to announce that Mr. Abel Riera Corominas has joined the company as Director of Business Development, bringing over 15 years of commercial expertise in Biotech and Pharma to the Business Development team. [SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited Press Release] Clemson University’s Karen Burg Elected President of Scientific Society Clemson University bioengineering professor Karen Burg has been elected president of the Society For Biomaterials. [Clemson University Press Release] Texas’s Cancer Fund Lures Leading Stem Cell Researcher University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, stem cell researcher Sean Morrison has been wooed to Texas by its $3 billion state cancer research program. [ScienceInsider]
Pitt Medicine Prof Awarded for Career Achievement in Research Michael J. Fine, M.D., M.Sc., has received the 2011 John M. Eisenberg Award for Career Achievement in Research at the annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine. [University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Press Release] Tekmira Provides Corporate Update and Announces First Quarter 2011 Results Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced its financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. [Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation Press Release] Yale and Rush University Scientists Receive Sanberg Awards from ASNTR At the 18th Annual Conference of the American Society of Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR), held in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Neuronal Transplantation and Repair, the ASNTR awarded The 2011 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair to Donald Eugene Redmond, MD, professor of neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine. [EurekAlert! Press Release] |