Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. has entered a research agreement with Georgetown University focused on the evaluation of the company's lead histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitor candidate, SP-2-225, evaluating the antitumor effect of the combination of SP-2-225 and radiation therapy in a syngeneic breast cancer model.
Charm Therapeutics Ltd. has entered into a strategic discovery collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb Co. for the identification and optimization of compounds against Bristol Myers Squibb's selected targets.
Just three months after raising $12.9 million, Remedee Labs SAS reported it has signed a partnership with pharmaceutical group Upsa SAS to ramp commercialization of its smart bracelet for chronic pain. “We are going to rapidly deploy our non-invasive chronic pain relief technology throughout France and Europe,” David Crouzier, co-founder and CEO of Remedee Labs, told BioWorld.
Modex Therapeutics Inc., an Opko Health Inc. company, has entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Merck & Co. Inc., for the development of MDX-2201, Modex's preclinical nanoparticle vaccine candidate targeting Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Sisaf Ltd. has entered into a collaboration with the University of Leipzig to develop Bio-Courier targeted micro interfering RNAs (miRNA) for the treatment of cancer, with an initial focus on pancreatic cancer.
Praetego Inc. has been granted a US$300,000 phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) award by the National Eye Institute (NEI) to advance the company's lead candidate, PTG-630, into preclinical proof of concept in diabetic retinopathy.
Tevard Biosciences Inc. has entered into a 4-year global research collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. aimed at creating new tRNA-based therapies for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) caused by nonsense mutations, with options to expand into additional muscular dystrophies and a second indication.