Keyword: CRISPR/Cas9

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RoslinCT to Join Manufacturing Network for CRISPR-Based Therapy

04.12.2023 -

UK’s RoslinCT, a cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization, will be part of the Vertex Pharmaceuticals global network producing the CRISPR...

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Bayer to Tap Mammoth’s CRISPR Toolbox

12.01.2022 -

Bayer will potentially pump well over $1 billion into another major gene therapy collaboration, this time with Brisbane, California-based Mammoth BioSciences. In the pact...

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All-female Team Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

08.10.2020 -

An all-female team comprised of Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany, and Jennifer A. Doudna from the University...

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Merck KGaA Wins First CRISPR Patent for US

08.03.2019 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Germany’s Merck a patent for its proxy-CRISPR technology. This is the Darmstadt-based pharmaceuticals and chemicals...

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Australia grants Merck KGaA CRISPR Patent

16.08.2018 - The Australian Patent Office has granted an application by Germany’s Merck KGaA to patent the use of paired CRISPR nickases. The Darmstadt-based group said, these “represent a...

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Digitization’s Impact on the Pharmaceutical Industry

05.06.2018 - The digital developments in the healthcare industry, combined with an aging population and enormous scientific progress, pose new challenges for pharmaceutical companies. On the...

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Merck KGaA Wins Chinese CRISPR Patent

24.04.2018 - China’s patent office has granted a patent application filed by German pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer Merck for use of the company’s CRISPR technology in a genomic...

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Syngenta Buys COFCO’s Crop Seeds Business

08.11.2017 - Chinese-owned, Switzerland-based agrochemicals giant Syngenta has announced plans to acquire state-owned Chinese grains trader COFCO International’s crop seeds business for an...