Cognate BioServices (Cognate), a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specialized in cell and cell-mediated gene therapy products and Cobra Biologics (Cobra), a leading CDMO specialized in providing manufacturing services for plasmid DNA and […]
It’s become common for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), both children and adults, to receive probiotics. Often, they are started at home to counteract diarrhea caused by antibiotics. There is also interest in […]
Laboratoires IPRAD and BIOCODEX have entered into exclusive negotiations on the acquisition of Laboratoires IPRAD by Biocodex. Biocodex and Laboratoires IPRAD have complementary product portfolios in the field of family health. The two companies together […]
Constipation is a common complaint in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT) and pre- and probiotics are potential options for treating constipation and restoring the microbiome of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), […]
Several doctors spoke before the FDA in Washington D.C. on November 4, advocating for C.diff treatment improvements. Among those in attendance were gastroenterologists Paul Feuerstadt (Yale), Colleen Kelly (Brown), Sahil Khanna (Mayo Clinic), Jessica Allegretti […]
Arranta Bio (“Arranta”) announced today the acquisition of Captozyme™, and with it the establishment of Arranta’s Center of Excellence for process and analytical development and early clinical supply for microbiome clients with the transfer of […]
Scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, UC San Diego, and a variety of international and national academic centers published a paper today in the journal Nature describing how […]
For its research in the field of antibacterial technology, Dutch biotech Micreos was awarded the highest possible sum of €2.5 million under the EU’s SME-innovation program Horizon 2020. With this funding Micreos can accelerate the […]
An international team based in Austria has unearthed a previously unknown type of virus in samples of human bodily fluids. The researchers were looking for viruses that infect bacteria – known as bacteriophages – with […]
Biomica, an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing innovative microbiome-based therapeutics, and a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), announced positive preliminary results from recently completed animal studies in its immuno-oncology program, wherein anti-tumor activity was […]
Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes, a US-based supplier of science-backed solutions for microbiome health, announced today its acquisition of Bifodan A/S. Bifodan, based in Hundested, Denmark, is a life science company specialized in developing, manufacturing and […]