ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Setsuro Tech, a biotechnology start-up using genome-editing techniques to develop and supply cell and animal models, announced a non-exclusive license agreement granting Setsuro Tech access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio for Japan.
Japanese firm Sumitomo Chemical has decided to establish a new organisation, SynBio Hub, within the Biorational Research Center of Valent BioSciences LLC (VBC), a US subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical in Illinois. By setting up this organisation tasked to build technologies using synthetic biology in the US, a prolific site for innovative technologies in the field, Sumitomo Chemical will further accelerate its efforts to create next-generation businesses.
A US-based subsidiary of Japanese pharma giant Sumitomo is touting the mid-stage results of a schizophrenia drug they say offers a new way to treat the long-elusive disorder, potentially helping stem an entire set of symptoms that have gone unmitigated under current therapies.
POXEL SA (Euronext – POXEL - FR0012432516), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative treatments for metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Representative Director, President and CEO: Hiroshi Nomura; Securities Code: 4506, First Section of TSE), today announced positive topline results from TIMES 2, a Phase 3 trial evaluating Imeglimin in combination with approved hypoglycemic therapies, and as a monotherapy, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in Japan. These results mark the successful conclusion of the Phase 3 program in Japan, referred to as TIMES (Trials of IMeglimin for Efficacy and Safety), which included three pivotal trials to evaluate Imeglimin’s efficacy and safety in over 1,100 patients.
Contract manufacturer Rentschler Biopharma has revealed plans to further enhance and develop the existing collaboration in Japan with Summit Pharmaceuticals International Corporation (SPI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation.
We are glad to announce the transfer of the Cosmetic business of Summit Pharmaceuticals Europe S.r.l Niederlassung Deutschland, by way of an asset deal, and with effective date 01/04/2022
For smoother ejection of medical moulded components from all-electric injection moulding machines, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has developed a new programme that synchronises the ejector and mould speed, shortening the mould open time to optimise productivity, reduce avoidable plastic waste and improve the quality of parts used in medical devices.
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