Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Daily Archives

Ins & outs: BIO adds board members, and new CEO for Astrea

Astrea has named Terry Pizzie as chief executive officer. Meanwhile, new officers join BIO’s governing board. Sit back, relax, and enjoy BioProcess Insider’s Ins & outs. Kick starting this week’s Ins & Out’s is Astrea Bioseparations (operating company of Gamma Biosciences), which has appointed Terry Pizzie to succeed Steve Burton as CEO. “Steve has been a key leader at Astrea Bioseparations since its early days as a spin out from the University of Cambridge and will continue as such in his new role…

Finnish CDMO Biovian to make oncolytic virus candidate for Lokon

Lokon Pharma has selected CDMO Biovian to produce its oncolytic adenovirus candidate LOAd703 from its viral vector plant in Turku, Finland. LOAd703 (delolimogene mupadenorepvec) is the first clinical candidate from Lokon Pharma’s platform expressing TMZ-CD40L and 4-1BBL, two potent stimulators of dendritic cells as well as of T and NK cells, which play key roles in the induction of immune response against cancer cells and supporting stroma. To support various oncology clinical trials, the firm has inked a deal with…