News

Press Release | June 21, 2022

Carbon Biosciences Launches with $38 Million Series A Financing to Advance Novel Gene Therapy Platform and Pipeline

Press Release | June 13, 2022

ImCheck Closes Upsized EUR 96 Million (USD 103 Million) Financing to Advance Clinical Program of First-in-human Gamma-delta T Cell Activating Antibody and Accelerate Development of Disruptive Immunotherapeutic Pipeline

Press Release | May 15, 2022

Zenas BioPharma Submits Investigational New Drug Application in China for ZB001 for the Treatment of Thyroid Eye Disease

Press Release | April 20, 2022

Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces Multi-Target Expansion of its Research Collaboration with AbbVie to Develop Novel Therapeutic Candidates for Immune-Mediated Diseases

Press Release | April 8, 2022

ImCheck Provides Updated ICT01 and Pembrolizumab Combination Data from the Phase I/IIa EVICTION Trial at AACR Annual Meeting 2022

Press Release | April 8, 2022

Pyxis Oncology Announces Preclinical Data on Anti-Siglec-15 BSI-060T (PYX-106) Presented by Biosion, Inc. at the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting

News | March 22, 2022

Affini-T Therapeutics Completes $175 Million Financing Co-Led by Vida Ventures and Leaps by Bayer to Advance Groundbreaking T Cell Therapies for Solid Tumor Patients with Oncogenic Driver Mutations

Press Release | March 1, 2022

Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces Achievement of Phase 1 Clinical Development Milestone for IL-12 Investigational Immunotherapy Program with Bristol Myers Squibb

Press Release | February 28, 2022

Freenome Launches the Vallania Study for the Early Detection of Multiple Cancers

News | February 28, 2022

Aptinyx Completes Enrollment in Phase 2b Study of NYX-2925 in Fibromyalgia

Press Release | February 24, 2022

Pliant Therapeutics Announces Positive DSMB Safety Review and Commencement of Enrollment of Phase 2a Trial of PLN-74809 at 320 mg Dose in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Press Release | February 3, 2022

Orchard Therapeutics Announces Historic Agreement Making Libmeldy Available by NHS England for MLD Patients

News | January 28, 2022

Cyrus Biotechnology CEO Lucas Nivon featured in Fierce Biotech Webinar

News | January 25, 2022

Metagenomi Closes Oversubscribed $175M Series B Financing to Advance Therapeutic Pipeline and Expand Novel Gene Editing Platform

Press Release | January 19, 2022

Orbus Therapeutics’ Phase 3 Eflornithine STELLAR Study Reaches Full Patient Enrollment

Press Release | January 6, 2022

Zenas BioPharma Appoints Dr. John Orloff to Board of Directors

News | December 16, 2021

Verge Genomics Secures $98 Million in New Financing

Press Release | December 9, 2021

Interius BioTherapeutics Announces Granting of US Patent to Support in Vivo Cell-Specific Gene Delivery Platform

News | December 1, 2021

Entrada Therapeutics: Advancing A New Class Of Medicines Called EEV

News | December 1, 2021

Cyrus Biotechnology

News | December 1, 2021

Zenas BioPharma

Press Release | November 23, 2021

Dragonfly Announces Merck Opt-In on Second TriNKET

News | November 12, 2021

ImCheck Provides Promising Updated Patient Response Data from the Phase I/IIa EVICTION Trial with ICT01 at SITC Meeting 2021

News | October 20, 2021

imCheck Publishes Comprehensive Overview of the Developmenet Resumts of its First-in-class Cancer Immunotherapeutic Targeting BTN3A to Activate Cells in Science Translational Medicine

Press Release | October 18, 2021

Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces Sixth Dragonfly Drug to be Licensed by Bristol Myers Squibb and Receipt of Milestone Payments Following First Patient Dosing of Two TriNKET™ Immunotherapies

Press Release | October 13, 2021

Agent Capital Adds Dr. John Orloff as Venture Partner

Press Release | October 11, 2021

Pyxis IPO leads way as four life science firms kick off 4Q, raising nearly $500M

Press Release | October 8, 2021

Pyxis Oncology Raises $168M in Upsized IPO

Press Release | October 8, 2021

Precision BioSciences Statement on Safety of its Allogeneic CAR T Cells

Press Release | October 4, 2021

New Study Finds Freenome’s Multiomics Approach Successful in Detecting Pancreatic Cancer

Press Release | October 4, 2021

Research Highlights Freenome’s Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer to Primary Care Physicians

Press Release | October 1, 2021

ImCheck to Present Updated Patient Response Data from the EVICTION Trial and Additional ICT01 Results at the SITC Annual Meeting 2021

News | September 28, 2021

Orbus Therapeutics Granted European Patent for Method of Use for Eflornithine

News | September 17, 2021

Skyhawk Therapeutics Completes New Investment Round

News | September 17, 2021

DICE Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering

News | September 17, 2021

ImCheck Presents Preliminary Patient Response Data from the Phase I/IIa EVICTION Trial with ICT01 at ESMO Congress 2021

News | September 14, 2021

Bill Haney adds another $133M to Skyhawk’s coffers, as the RNA startup guns for the clinic

Press Release | September 14, 2021

Skyhawk Therapeutics Completes New Investment Round

Press Release | September 8, 2021

Immunitas Therapeutics Appoints Seng-Lai ‘Thomas’ Tan, Ph.D. as Chief Scientific Officer

Press Release | August 18, 2021

Immunitas Therapeutics Completes $58 Million Series B Financing to Advance Pipeline into the Clinic and Expand Single Cell Analysis Drug Development Platform for Immuno-Oncology and Other Diseases

News | July 13, 2021

ImCheck Publishes Seminal Paper in Cell Reports Elucidating How Butyrophilins Activate Vγ9Vδ2 T cell Function Against Tumor Cells

News | June 1, 2021

Alloy Therapeutics and Pyxis Oncology Form Kyma Therapeutics to Develop Novel Immune-Modulating Antibodies for Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases

News | May 18, 2021

Interius BioTherapeutics Raises $76M Series A Financing to Advance Breakthrough Cell and Gene Therapy Platform

Press Release | March 31, 2021

Entrada Therapeutics Announces Closing of $116 Million Series B Financing

Press Release | March 30, 2021

Pyxis Oncology Closes $152 Million Series B Financing to Further Advance Portfolio of Biologics

Press Release | March 18, 2021

Pyxis Oncology Announces Worldwide Licensing Agreement with Pfizer to Develop and Commercialize Multiple Antibody-Drug Conjugates

News | March 18, 2021

CAR-M era begins as Carisma doses first patient

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