Latest Monoclonal antibodies Stories
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (STI; OTCBB: SRNE) today announced that it has acquired worldwide rights that will allow for the application of STI's industry leading antibody library technology for the production of recombinant Intravenous immunoglobulins (rIVIG). Global sales of IVIG products exceeded $5 billion in 2012 and are projected to grow for the foreseeable future. "With the acquisition of the proprietary rights to the rIVIG technology,...
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaccinex, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of therapeutic antibody candidate VX15/2503 in patients with multiple sclerosis. VX15/2503 is a novel humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the multi-functional protein semaphorin 4D (SEMA4D), and represents the second clinical trial for this investigational drug. Signaling cascades initiated by SEMA4D...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OriGene Technologies, Inc. ("OriGene"), one of the industry leaders in producing genome wide products for research and diagnostic applications, has brought the antibody field one step closer to identifying and developing ultra-specific monoclonal antibodies. Specificity of antibodies for research or clinical applications is of critical importance and therefore it is a "must" to demonstrate antibody specificity with...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambrx today announced the appointment of Lawson Macartney, Ph.D., DVM, to president and chief executive officer of the company and a member of the board of directors. Macartney brings more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including recent work growing and diversifying the clinical pipeline of Shire Pharmaceuticals as senior vice president and head of emerging business unit. "We are excited to have Lawson lead...
LELYSTAD, the Netherlands, January 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pepscan Therapeutics, a world leader in protein mimicry technologies for raising anti-GPCR antibodies, today announced a multi-target research agreement with an undisclosed US-based antibody discovery company. Under the agreement Pepscan using its CLIPS platform and other protein mimicry technologies will work with the partner in the discovery of novel antibodies. Under the terms of the agreement, Pepscan will receive...
BREDA, the Netherlands, January 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Discovery Program Initiated Within 12 Months Of Collaboration Start arGEN-X, a biopharmaceutical company specialized in the discovery and development of highly differentiated human monoclonal antibody products, is broadening its therapeutic antibody collaboration with Shire. Initiated in March 2012, the existing alliance is focused on arGEN-X using its SIMPLE Antibody(TM) discovery platform to create novel...
BREDA, the Netherlands, and GHENT, Belgium, January 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- arGEN-X, a biopharmaceutical company specialized in the discovery and development of highly differentiated human monoclonal antibody therapeutics, announced today the initiation of a Phase Ib first-in-man cancer study with ARGX-110, its first SIMPLE Antibody(TM) program to enter the clinic in just three years from initiation of discovery. ARGX-110 is a first-in-class CD70-targeting monoclonal...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Receptos, Inc., announced today that its selective sphingosine?1? phosphate 1 receptor (S1P1R) modulator, RPC1063, has been administered to the first patient in a Phase 2 study examining the clinical efficacy and safety of induction therapy in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). Leading to the initiation of the RPC01-202 study, called TOUCHSTONE, Receptos successfully filed an Investigational New Drug (IND)...
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- XBiotech, a privately held biotechnology company, announced today that the company has been granted Fast Track designation by the FDA for its therapeutic monoclonal antibody MABp1 (CV-18C3) as a treatment to reduce the need for re-intervention after superficial femoral artery (SFA) revascularization. Strong positive results from a recent Phase II study demonstrated that treatment with MABp1 resulted in prolonged patency of the SFA and...
HENNIGSDORF, Germany, Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The German corporation Adrenomed AG today announced its intentions to contribute to the reduction of mortality from sepsis and septic shock. Sepsis is an advanced systemic infection that travels via the blood stream to many of the body's vital organs, which can lead to death and disability. Adrenomed AG has developed the new first-in-class compound, Adrecizumab. The drug targets the vasoactive hormone adrenomedullin as one of the...
