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News | January 8, 2021

DiCE gets its ‘library’ card ready as it speeds development of DNA database-derived molecules with more investor cash

News | January 7, 2021

CARISMA Therapeutics Completes Series B Funding to Advance Development of Novel CAR-Macrophage Immunotherapies

Press Release | December 21, 2020

Orchard Therapeutics Receives EC Approval for Libmeldy™ for the Treatment of Early-Onset Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD)

News | November 20, 2020

Lilly, Precision Biosciences team up on Duchenne gene therapy in $135M deal

Press Release | November 5, 2020

Orchard Therapeutics Announces New OTL-201 Clinical Data in Sanfilippo Syndrome Type A (MPS-IIIA) Accepted for Oral Presentation at 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

News | November 3, 2020

Orbus Therapeutics Publishes in Oncotarget Scientific Journal

Press Release | October 22, 2020

Orbus Therapeutics Expands Series A Financing to $71 Million to Support Ongoing STELLAR Phase 3 Study in Rare Brain Cancer

Press Release | October 19, 2020

Aptinyx Reports Positive, Statistically Significant, Top-line Data From Phase 2 Study of NYX-783 in Patients With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Press Release | October 15, 2020

Precision BioSciences Announces U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board Upholds Allogeneic CAR T Patents

Press Release | October 14, 2020

ImCheck Announces Four ICT01 Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer 35th Anniversary Annual Meeting

Press Release | October 9, 2020

Geeta Vemuri named Top 100 Powerful Women of 2020 by Entrepreneur

News | October 1, 2020

Skyhawk Therapeutics Named Top 11 Biotech Startup 2020 by Endpoints News

Press Release | September 17, 2020

Precision BioSciences and Servier Expand CAR T Oncology Development Collaboration with Four New Programs Targeting Hematological and Solid Tumors

Press Release | September 10, 2020

ImCheck Achieves Initial Positive Independent Safety Review and Initiates Next Stage of Phase I/IIa EVICTION Trial for ICT01. Company Receives FDA Approval for US IND

News | August 26, 2020

Freenome Closes $270 Million Series C Financing to Advance Novel Multiomics Blood Testing Platform for Early Cancer Detection

News | August 17, 2020

BMS Licenses IL-12 from Dragonfly in $475 Million Upfront Deal

News | July 29, 2020

Women in Bio: Geeta Vemuri Blazes a Trail in Venture Capital

Press Release | July 27, 2020

CARISMA Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application for First-Ever Engineered Macrophage Immunotherapy

News | July 23, 2020

Clearing the Hurdles to a Career in Venture Capital; An Interview with Geeta Vemuri

Press Release | July 16, 2020

Agent Capital Expands Management Team; Appoints Jacopo Leonardi as Partner

Press Release | July 15, 2020

Orchard Therapeutics Announces Global License Agreements for Stable Cell Line Technology from GSK

Press Release | July 9, 2020

ImCheck Therapeutics Appoints Claude Knopf as Chief Business Officer

Press Release | July 9, 2020

Orchard Therapeutics and MolMed Announce Extension of Gene Therapy Manufacturing Collaboration

Press Release | July 8, 2020

Precision BioSciences Announces Dosing of First Patient in Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of PBCAR269A for Multiple Myeloma

News | July 6, 2020

Bristol Myers Pays Dragonfly $55M to Bring NK Cells to Neuro Diseases

Press Release | July 6, 2020

Precision BioSciences Regains Rights to In Vivo Hepatitis B Virus Program

Press Release | June 26, 2020

Aptinyx to be Added to Russell 2000® Index

Press Release | June 18, 2020

Aptinyx Completes Enrollment in Phase 2 Exploratory Study of NYX-783 in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

News | June 3, 2020

Biotech Pliant Therapeutics pulls off $144M IPO to advance fibrosis pipeline

Press Release | May 28, 2020

Palvella Therapeutics Completes $45 Million Series C Financing

Press Release | May 26, 2020

Freenome Announces Initiation of the PREEMPT CRC Clinical Trial for the Early Detection and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer Using a Multiomics Blood Test

Press Release | May 19, 2020

HalioDx to Characterize the Immune Contexture of Patients Enrolled in ImCheck’s EVICTION Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial

Press Release | May 15, 2020

New Data from Carisma Therapeutics Uncover Potential of Expedited Pathway for Immunotherapy Development Through CAR Monocytes

Press Release | May 15, 2020

Orchard Therapeutics Presents New Interim Data from OTL-203 Proof-of-concept Study for MPS-I

News | May 12, 2020

Merck doubles down on Skyhawk’s tech to drug RNA, promising $600M per autoimmune, metabolic target

News | March 31, 2020

Latest Penn biotech spinout taking on cancer raises $1.6M from investors

Press Release | March 26, 2020

First Patient Dosed in EVICTION Trial Evaluating ImCheck’s Lead Anti-Cancer Drug, ICT01: A Novel Gamma Delta T Cell-Activating Immunotherapy

News | March 23, 2020

First-of-its-kind Engineered Macrophage Cell Therapy Platform Shows Ability to Reduce Tumor Burden and Activate Anti-Tumor Immunity, Improving Overall Survival in Pre-Clinical Cancer Models

Press Release | March 23, 2020

Pliant Therapeutics Initiates First-in-Human Clinical Trial of PLN-1474 for the Potential Treatment of Liver Fibrosis

Press Release | March 17, 2020

ImCheck Therapeutics Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of Hans Henrik Chrois Christensen as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Press Release | March 3, 2020

Pliant Therapeutics Raises $100 Million in Series C Financing to Advance Therapies for Fibrotic Diseases

News | January 23, 2020

Business Wire Freenome Announces Encouraging Performance Data for Its Multiomics Blood Test to Detect Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer in a Prospective, Multi-Center Clinical Study

Press Release | January 8, 2020

Entrada Therapeutics Announces ENTR-501 for the Treatment of Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy (MNGIE)

Press Release | January 6, 2020

Carisma Therapeutics Expands Leadership Team

Press Release | December 4, 2019

ImCheck Raises $53 Million Series B to Advance Clinical Pipeline of Novel Gamma Delta T-Cell-Focused Antibodies for Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases

Press Release | November 8, 2019

Precision BioSciences Announces the Presentation of Initial Clinical Data Supporting the Safety and Clinical Activity of PBCAR0191, a Novel CD19 Targeted Allogeneic CAR T Therapy Candidate, at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

Press Release | November 6, 2019

Orchard Therapeutics to Present New Registrational Data of Investigational Gene Therapies at the 61st American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

Press Release | October 28, 2019

Aptinyx Announces Results of Phase 2 Fibromyalgia Study of NYX-2925 Have Been Selected for Late-Breaking Presentation at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting

News | October 23, 2019

Novartis bets $80M on Pliant’s preclinical NASH prospect

News | July 19, 2019

Pyxis Oncology Raises $22 Million Series A

News | July 16, 2019

Genentech inks its latest discovery deal — this time turning to RNA upstart Skyhawk

News | July 8, 2019

Fattening the bankroll, Bill Haney adds cancer R&D powerhouse Merck to Skyhawk’s roster of partners out to drug RNA

News | June 10, 2019

Aptinyx Reports Top-line Data from Phase 2 in Patients with Fibromyalgia

News | June 3, 2019

Carisma Therapeutics Names Dr. Robert Petit As Chief Scientific Officer

News | May 27, 2019

Carisma Therapeutics Featured in Nature Biotechnology’s Top Academic Spin-outs 2018

Press Release | May 14, 2019

Precision BioSciences Appoints Christopher R. Heery, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer

Press Release | May 6, 2019

Skyhawk Therapeutics Announces Agreement with Takeda for Neurodegenerative Diseases

News | April 9, 2019

Pliant Therapeutics Reports Positive Results Of Phase 1 Clinical Study

News | March 1, 2019

Genome editing company Precision proposes $100M IPO

News | January 16, 2019

Aptinyx Reports Top-line Results from Phase 2 Clinical Study of NYX-2925 in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Press Release | January 4, 2019

Biogen and Skyhawk Therapeutics Announce Agreement to Develop Novel Small Molecule RNA Splicing Modifiers for Neurological Disease Targets

News | January 3, 2019

Pliant Therapeutics Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Study of PLN-74809

News | December 18, 2018

Palvella Therapeutics Announces $10 Million in Funding from Ligand Pharmaceuticals to Accelerate PTX-022 through Phase 2/3 Clinical Study in Pachyonychia Congenita

Press Release | December 18, 2018

Entrada Therapeutics Raises $59 Million Series A to Advance Intracellular Biologics Platform

Press Release | December 13, 2018

Orchard Therapeutics Announces the Build-out of New Gene Therapy Manufacturing Facility in California

Press Release | December 6, 2018

Precision BioSciences and Durham STEM Students Lead Launch of First Genome Editing Experiment Into Space

News | November 27, 2018

Precision BioSciences Receives FDA Authorization to Initiate Clinical Study of Gene Edited Cancer Immunotherapy

News | November 20, 2018

Pliant Therapeutics Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Lead Program PLN-74809 in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

News | November 5, 2018

Orchard Therapeutics Announces Closing of $225 Million Initial Public Offering

Press Release | July 16, 2018

Pliant Therapeutics Raises $62 Million in Series B Financing

Press Release | July 16, 2018

Verge Genomics Announces $32 Million Series A

News | June 27, 2018

Carisma Nabs $53 Million Series A for Cellular Cancer Therapy

Press Release | June 26, 2018

Skyhawk Therapeutics Announces $40 Million Equity Investment Round

News | June 26, 2018

Kauffman Fellows Celebrates Its Most Diverse Group of Talented Leaders With Class 23

News | June 26, 2018

Genome Editing Startup Precision BioSciences Scores $110 Million Series B

Press Release | June 26, 2018

Precision BioSciences Raises $110M

News | June 26, 2018

Skyhawk Therapeutics Gains $100 Million Through Venture Round, Collaboration

News | June 26, 2018

CAR Macrophage Tumor Tech Created by UPenn Star Scientists Gets $53M

Press Release | June 20, 2018

Aptinyx Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

News | April 12, 2018

UK Gene Therapy Firm Orchard Plans Stock Offer After GSK Deal

Press Release | December 20, 2017

Orchard Therapeutics Announces $110M Series B Financing

Press Release | December 18, 2017

Aptinyx Raises $70 Million in Series B Financing