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Eurofins BPT Adds 8 New Locations
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To further its geographic reach and comprehensive service offerings, Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing (BPT) recently added eight state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to its global network of cGMP product testing labs through the acquisition of three leading bio/pharma service providers-Sinensis Life Sciences, ams Laboratories and Advantar Laboratories.
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FDA grants accelerated approval to Johnson & Johnson’s subcutaneous EGFR/MET bispecific Rybrevant Faspro for previously treated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, T-Therapeutics raises a $133 million Series B to take TCR-CD3 bispecifics into clinical trials, and Alethio Therapeutics raises a $90 million Series A to advance its first-in-class G6B antibody for essential thrombocythemia.
Johnson & Johnson's amivantamab (Rybrevant Faspro) won accelerated FDA approval for pretreated recurrent head and neck cancer.
Oxford spinout Alethio Therapeutics closed a $90 million Series A to take ATX-011, a monoclonal antibody against the G6B receptor, into Phase 1/2a studies in essential thrombocythemia. It is also developing a G6B-targeted ADC for myelofibrosis.
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