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Immetas Therapeutics and GC Biopharma Announce Research Collaboration to Discover and Develop mRNA Therapeutics to Treat Autoimmune Diseases

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

Immetas Therapeutics and GC Biopharma today announced that they have entered into a research collaboration to discover and develop novel mRNA therapeutics for the treatment of a broad range of autoimmune diseases.

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  • Immetas Therapeutics and GC Biopharma today announced that they have entered into a research collaboration to discover and develop novel mRNA therapeutics for the treatment of a broad range of autoimmune diseases.
  • The collaboration combines Immetas’ proprietary platform for modulating innate immune pathways with GC Biopharma’s messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutic and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery platforms.
  • Immetas has generated a comprehensive toolbox to modulate inflammasome activity by targeting multiple pathway mediators with various modalities.
  • GC Biopharma has selected mRNA as the new development platform and has been conducting related research since 2017.

BIOVECTRA Signs Service Agreement With Acuitas Therapeutics for Unique Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) Delivery System Used in Manufacturing mRNA-Based Therapies

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

BIOVECTRA and Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a technology transfer service agreement under which BIOVECTRA will accept, on a non-exclusive basis, Acuitas’ best-in-class LNP technology platform for manufacturing mRNA-based therapeutics.

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  • BIOVECTRA and Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a technology transfer service agreement under which BIOVECTRA will accept, on a non-exclusive basis, Acuitas’ best-in-class LNP technology platform for manufacturing mRNA-based therapeutics.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231005765941/en/
    “We are thrilled about this partnership with Acuitas Therapeutics, a global leader in LNP delivery systems,” stated Marc Sauer, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, BIOVECTRA.
  • “Our work together will provide their licensed partners with faster market access to cGMP-quality LNPs for early and late-stage products.
  • It also carries a deep track record of GMP commercial supply of lipids (including custom ionizable lipids), complex API’s and drug substances, from its five GMP facilities in Eastern Canada.

Mana.bio Advances AI-Based Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) Platform to Accelerate "Programmable Drug Delivery" for RNA and Gene Therapies

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Mana.bio's integrated experimental and machine learning platform enables the discovery of smarter, faster, more precise delivery formulations to unlock the field of nucleic acid-based and genetic medicines.

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  • Mana.bio's integrated experimental and machine learning platform enables the discovery of smarter, faster, more precise delivery formulations to unlock the field of nucleic acid-based and genetic medicines.
  • We are encouraged by our platform's early in vivo success and for its potential to deliver breakthrough therapies for a broad range of diseases."
  • RNA-based therapies and genetic medicines offer immense potential to transform approaches to vaccines, gene editing, gene therapy and more.
  • The limitations on delivery methods have severely restricted the full therapeutic promise of RNA, CRISPR and gene therapies.

Unchained Labs makes waves in LNP formulation, launches the Sunny Suite!

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Researchers need to figure out the best lipid mixture, the right lipid to payload ratio and the optimal flow rates to mix them all up into an LNP.

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  • Researchers need to figure out the best lipid mixture, the right lipid to payload ratio and the optimal flow rates to mix them all up into an LNP.
  • Sunscreen helps researchers coast through LNP formulation, creating 96 unique, 200 µL – 2 mL LNP formulations in less than 6 hours.
  • "Developing the ideal LNP formulation doesn't have to be a long, painful process," said Taegen Clary, SVP of Marketing at Unchained Labs.
  • "With the Sunny Suite, researchers can quickly dive deep into a larger LNP design space and then seamlessly scale them up.

Unchained Labs makes waves in LNP formulation, launches the Sunny Suite!

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Researchers need to figure out the best lipid mixture, the right lipid to payload ratio and the optimal flow rates to mix them all up into an LNP.

Key Points: 
  • Researchers need to figure out the best lipid mixture, the right lipid to payload ratio and the optimal flow rates to mix them all up into an LNP.
  • Sunscreen helps researchers coast through LNP formulation, creating 96 unique, 200 µL – 2 mL LNP formulations in less than 6 hours.
  • "Developing the ideal LNP formulation doesn't have to be a long, painful process," said Taegen Clary, SVP of Marketing at Unchained Labs.
  • "With the Sunny Suite, researchers can quickly dive deep into a larger LNP design space and then seamlessly scale them up.

Informatics Solutions for LNP

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scilligence, a leading innovator of scientific software solutions, has developed Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP)-specific informatics solutions to address a critical unmet need for developing new drug modalities including oligonucleotides such as siRNA and mRNA. Scientists will be able to use Scilligence RegMol and Scilligence ELN to capture and share R&D data regarding LNP work for therapeutics delivery.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scilligence , a leading innovator of scientific software solutions, has developed Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP)-specific informatics solutions to address a critical unmet need for developing new drug modalities including oligonucleotides such as siRNA and mRNA.
  • These LNP-specific informatics solutions will help researchers optimize experiments, identify trends, and accelerate the development of new LNP-based therapies.
  • "It's not trivial to develop LNP-specific informatics solutions that require a technology foundation capable of supporting a wide variety of modalities, including oligonucleotides and lipids.
  • For more information about Sciligence's LNP informatics solutions and how it can transform your research and data management processes, please visit www.scilligence.com .

Omega Therapeutics Announces Promising Preliminary Clinical Data for OTX-2002 from Ongoing MYCHELANGELO™ I Trial

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMGA) (“Omega”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a new class of programmable epigenomic mRNA medicines, today announced encouraging preliminary safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic and translational data from the initial two dose level cohorts (n=8) from Part 1 of its ongoing Phase 1/2 MYCHELANGELO™ I study evaluating OTX-2002 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other solid tumors associated with the c-MYC (MYC) gene. OTX-2002, the Company’s lead development candidate, is designed to pre-transcriptionally downregulate MYC, a master oncogene implicated in more than 50% of all cancers and approximately 70% of HCC cases.

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  • “These early clinical data are consistent with our preclinical experiments, giving us confidence that our approach has the potential to translate to anti-tumor activity and clinical benefit.
  • These preliminary data cover the first two dose cohorts from the monotherapy dose escalation portion of the trial, which is currently being conducted at clinical sites across the United States and Asia.
  • These new data, while early, are incredibly promising and highlight the potential of programmable epigenomic mRNA therapeutics to provide a groundbreaking new strategy to pre-transcriptionally control gene regulation.
  • Omega will host a webcast and conference call for analysts and investors to review these data today, Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 8:00 a.m.

MilliporeSigma to Become First Provider to Offer Fully Integrated mRNA Services

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The company today opened two new GMP-grade mRNA drug substance manufacturing sites in Darmstadt and Hamburg, Germany.

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  • The company today opened two new GMP-grade mRNA drug substance manufacturing sites in Darmstadt and Hamburg, Germany.
  • "We are now the first CTDMO to streamline the entire mRNA process for our clients."
  • MilliporeSigma also offers differentiated PCR-based technology for clinical and commercial mRNA manufacturing, providing clients with high-quality mRNA.
  • Its unique combination of mRNA expertise, technologies, regulatory knowledge, and product portfolios streamlines mRNA manufacturing and testing.

DIOSynVax and Ethris Publish Preclinical Proof of Concept for Their Broadly Protective Vaccine Technologies in Nature Biomedical Engineering

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Monday, September 25, 2023

“Prior to the last pandemic, we had already experienced the serious threat of betacoronavirus outbreaks and grappled with the evolving variants that continually emerge.

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  • “Prior to the last pandemic, we had already experienced the serious threat of betacoronavirus outbreaks and grappled with the evolving variants that continually emerge.
  • Today’s publication in collaboration with DIOSynVax serves as a strong validation and provides important preclinical evidence showcasing the efficacy of our mRNA modification and design technologies as well as our advanced stabilized nanoparticle delivery platform,” said Dr. Carsten Rudolph, CEO of Ethris.
  • “Through our suite of in-house developed mRNA and LNP technology platforms, we are able to create candidates with superior thermostability and resistance to mechanical manipulation.
  • DIOSynVax’s technology generated a panel of antigens (T2_13 to T2_17), with T2_17 proving most effective in stimulating broad immune responses to clinically relevant viruses.

EQS-News: DEFENCE’S ACCUM®-mRNA LIPID NANOPARTICLES ELICIT ANTIBODY RESPONSE 2X STRONGER THAN STANDARD mRNA VACCINES

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Monday, September 25, 2023

These results constitute a strong basis for conducting additional tests to optimize Defence’s mRNA vaccine pipeline.

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  • These results constitute a strong basis for conducting additional tests to optimize Defence’s mRNA vaccine pipeline.
  • This in vivo study had two main objectives: testing multiple LNP formulations and comparing their induced immune responses to standard mRNA.
  • Amongst the tested groups, one Accum®-containing LNP formulation stood-up triggering a higher antibody compared to the remaining groups.
  • “The use of mRNA vaccines now expanding rapidly into cancer therapeutics will expand exponentially over the next decade due to their established potency and ease of manufacturing.