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Celladon's Failure Shouldn't Trickle Down To Other Gene Therapy Biotechs
2015-05-27 16:26:47| Biotech - Topix.net
Spark Therapeutics is working on restoring vision for children so they may function properly and meets a big unmet medical need. Bluebird Bio has shown positive preliminary results that are showing to reduce the need for blood transfusions in beta-thalassemia and sickle-cell disease.
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Seattle's biotechs see risks ahead if Life Sciences Discovery Fund gets slashed
2015-05-09 00:09:51| Biotech - Topix.net
As big pharmaceutical companies turn away from investing in research and development, biotech companies have a place to potentially shine. But in Washington state, could that be hindered by the loss of a crucial state fund for early-stage innovators? Seattle's biotech industry excel at being leaders in innovation.
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PharmaCyte Biotech's Melligen Cells Prove Safe in First Preclinical Test
2015-05-07 05:33:37| Biotech - Topix.net
PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. , a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted treatments for cancer and diabetes using its signature live-cell encapsulation technology, Cell-in-a-Box , today announced that the Institute of Virology at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, one of the partners in PharmaCyte Biotech's international Diabetes Consortium, has completed the first round of safety testing of the Melligen cells in mice. The study showed that Melligen cells are as safe as the cells that were encapsulated with the Cell-in-a-Box technology and then used together with the cancer drug ifosfamide to treat patients with advanced pancreatic cancer in previously conducted clinical trials.
Here are the local biotechs investing heavily in their future
2015-04-11 00:44:19| Biotech - Topix.net
Comparing sheer dollars spent on research and development across different biotech firms is one way of gauging how hard those companies are trying to coem up with the next big blockbuster. But it's not the only way.
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European Biotech's American Dream
2015-04-06 00:47:10| Biotech - Topix.net
If you can't beat them, join them. European biotech companies increasingly look across the Atlantic where investors' enthusiasm for nascent health-care companies seemingly knows no bounds.
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