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JCR’s third deal with Alexion gives rights to AAV capsids

July 15, 2025

Under a new licensing deal announced July 8, JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. granted Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. rights to its adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids for use in up to five of Alexion’s genomic medicines programs.

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First phase of synthetic human genome project successfully completes

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The first phase of the U.K. synthetic human genome project has successfully completed, realizing key steps in chromosome synthesis. The work has demonstrated a...

Epigenetic technology could eliminate misfolded prion proteins

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The number of deaths caused by prion diseases reaches about 30,000 annually. Only 5 months pass from the diagnosis of seemingly healthy patients to the fatal...

Laigo raises €11.5M seed money for targeted protein degradation

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Laigo Bio BV has raised €11.5 million (US$13.7 million) in a seed round for the further development of a new approach to inducing targeted protein degradation by...