War Paint to Bone Paint: MIT Spinout Aims to Transform Regenerative Meds – Xconomy

XconomyBoston Driven by 20 years in the military, the CEO of Theradaptive hopes his firms regenerative paint technology platform can transform bone repair, spinal fusion, and sports medicine. The Boston-based firm, spun out of MIT, has a computational platform it says turns recombinant proteins into material-binding variants that behave like a paint. This can then be used to coat implants, devices, and injectable carriers to enable long-term local delivery without off-target effects.

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Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), Mogrify announce collaboration and exclusive license agreement for Mogrify’s iPSC- and ESC-derived regulatory T cells -…

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Bristol Myers Squibb and Exelixis Announce Positive Topline Results from Pivotal Phase 3 CheckMate -9ER Trial Evaluating Opdivo (nivolumab) in…

PRINCETON, N.J. & ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL) today announced that CheckMate -9ER, a pivotal Phase 3 trial evaluating Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with CABOMETYX(cabozantinib) compared to sunitinib in previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) at final analysis, as well as the secondary endpoints of overall survival (OS) at a pre-specified interim analysis, and objective response rate (ORR)

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FDA Authorizes Athersys to Initiate a Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating MultiStem Cell Therapy in Patients With COVID-19 Induced Acute Respiratory…

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the Company to initiate a Phase 2/3 pivotal study to assess the safety and efficacy of MultiStem therapy in subjects with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) induced by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

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Celularity Expands Strategic Collaboration with United Therapeutics Corporation to COVID-19 Infection and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Yahoo…

- The expanded strategic collaboration includes the use of Celularity's proprietary CYNK-001 for treatment of SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome WARREN, N.J., April 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Celularity Inc. ("Celularity" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage company developing allogeneic cellular therapies from human placentas, today announced the expansion of its existing collaborative license agreement with United Therapeutics Corporation's (Nasdaq: UTHR) wholly-owned subsidiary, Lung Biotechnology PBC, to include the treatment of COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

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Canadian Company STEMCELL Technologies Is an Essential Industry Partner for COVID-19 Research and Vaccine Development – Ottawa Citizen

About STEMCELL Technologies STEMCELL Technologies is Canadas largest biotechnology company, with over 1,500 employees and year-on-year growth of approximately 20% for the last 26 years. Based in Vancouver, STEMCELL supports life sciences research around the world with more than 2,500 specialized reagents, tools, and services

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