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Erytech Pharma has inked a deal with SQZ Biotechnologies Inc. to develop new immune modulating therapies.

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Sanofi‘s and Regeneron‘s IL-33 blocker REGN3500 met primary Phase II endpoint in asthma patients.
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Karo Pharma AB announced it will acquire Trimb Holding AB for MSEK3,400 (€319.6m) and intends to carry out a Rights Issue of about MSEK 1,500 (€141m).
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Deep Branch Biotechnology Ltd. from Nottingham has started a feasibility study with the British energy supplier Drax Group. The technology to be analysed converts carbon dioxide emitted by power stations into protein that could be used for feeding fish and livestock.

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German GM proponents have taken action against discrimination of food products generated by gene editing.

The multi-organ system filled with green dye for visualization. Each numbered chamber houses different biological components, such as liver cells and cancer cells. © C.W. McAleer et al., Science Translational Medicine (2019)

Roche and US company Hesperos Inc have used human cancer and organ cells, placed in a 5-chamber microfluidic chip, to predict chemotherapy safety and efficacy preclinically.

Colonic tissue of mice deficient in IL-10R (middle panel) was abundantly populated with type 3 innate lymphoid cells (red) and T helper 17 cells (green), both of which expressed elevated IL-22 levels compared to cells from control mice (left panel). © Bernshtein et al., Sci. Immunol. 4, eaau6571 (2019)

Researchers from Israel and the UK have identified how the cytokine IL-23 triggers inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBD), which affects 1.6 million patients annually in the US alone.

A laser-based technique detects circulating tumour cells in the veins of patients with melanoma.
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German and US researchers have developed a diagnostic technique capable to detect one single circulating tumour cell in one litre of blood.

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Swiss antibody drug conjugate developer ADC Therapeutics SA raised $76m, bringing the total gross proceeds to $276 million in its Series E financing.

Genmab's research facility. © Genmab - Photo: Lucas van der Wee
Janssen Biotech Inc has inked a licence option contract with Genmab A/S on its next-generation anti CD38 antibody HexaBody®-CD38 and HexaBody platform technology.