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Structure of the UW COVID-19 vaccine (right). (YOUR PHOTO)
Two COVID-19 vaccines developed in Seattle received nods from regulators outside the United States this week. A shot from the University of Washington is ready for rollout in South Korea, and a shot attached to HDT Bio won emergency use approval in India. The UW shot is the first approved drug based on computational protein design, “For me, it’s a watershed moment,” said UW researcher Neil King told GeekWire earlier in the month.
Read on for more life science news this week in the Pacific Northwest.
Structure of a bacterial protein, including a structure produced by the open source tool OpenFold. (OpenFold image)
Clinical trials and studies:
- Fred Hutch researcher Jesse Bloom and his colleagues have published a study outlines the main steps in the development of Omicron and other COVID-19 variants.
- South San Francisco and Vancouver, BC-based ESSA Pharma‘s experimental therapy for prostate cancer showed “initial anti-tumor activity” in an early study.
- The medical equipment company in the Seattle area LumiThera reported data at his trial treatment of age-related macular degeneration with some form of light therapy.
- Black women were more likely than white women to experience delays in getting a breast biopsy than white women, according to a UW-led study. The findings suggests that systemic racism may be a factor.
Approvals and agreements:
- Bristol Myers Squibbs CAR T-cell cancer therapy Breyanzi, manufactured in the Seattle area, was approved to treat patients at an earlier stage of disease.
- Arzedaa company from Seattle that designs proteins for industrial use, announced a collaboration with the global materials science firm WL Gore & Associates.
- Vancouver BC-based Poda, which developed nicotine delivery equipment, finished a sale of $ 100.5 million to Altria Group.
Financing:
If you missed it:
- Affini-T Therapeutics announced a partnership with the genre editing company Metagenomi. Affini-T, which has activities in Seattle, will use Metagenomi’s technology for its T cell receptor therapies targeting carcinogenic genes.
- Health innovation collaboration Fabric launched an incubation program with Amazon Web Services to prepare startups from Europe, Africa and the Middle East to understand and enter the US healthcare market.
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