FarmaKology Newsletter - Issue #74
Today's Startup
uFraction8
uFraction8 builds products around a disruptive new liquid particle processing technology. Following our world-leading research, establishing new levels of throughput for massively multiplexed microfluidic devices, our technology will be the key to unlock a prosperous and sustainable future. Our technology offers superior performance and costs savings against the big three liquid processing technologies of filtration, flow centrifugation, and flocculation. High volume applications benefit from our unique ability to granularly match targeted volumetric throughputs and our ability to scale this beyond the physical limitations of competing technologies.
News
FDA grants accelerated approval for ADUHELM™ as the first and only Alzheimer’s disease treatment to address a defining pathology of the disease
Biogen and Eisai, Co., Ltd. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for ADUHELM™ (aducanumab-avwa) as the first and only Alzheimer’s disease treatment to address a defining pathology of the disease by reducing amyloid-beta plaques in the brain.
Bayer to advance two first-of-its-kind cell and gene therapies for Parkinson’s disease
Bayer AG announced today that BlueRock Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bayer AG, successfully administered the first dose of its pluripotent stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons, named DA01, to a Parkinson’s disease patient in their open-label Phase 1 clinical study. In parallel a gene therapy program also targeted at providing advanced therapies for Parkinson’s disease is driven forward by Bayer’s wholly-owned clinical-stage adeno-associated virus gene therapy company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. . This program is currently recruiting and evaluating patients in an ongoing Phase 1b clinical study.
CareDx To Acquire Transplant Hero Medication Management Application
CareDx, Inc., a leading precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers, today announced it has acquired Transplant Hero LLC, a New York-based provider of a mobile application supporting the needs of transplant patients.
Roche obtains CE mark for the SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Self Test Nasal allowing for rapid self-testing of COVID-19 at home
Roche today announced it has received CE mark for its SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Self Test Nasal for at-home testing. The test will be available in countries accepting the CE mark through pharmacies and other locations, in packs of five tests.