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BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gain Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GANX) (“Gain”), a biotechnology company transforming the drug discovery paradigm with structurally targeted allosteric regulators identified with its proprietary computational discovery platform, today announced additional details on its R&D Day being held virtually on Friday, February 4, 2022 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern Time.

The R&D Day Event, entitled “Neuroscience and Beyond: Harnessing Computational Technology and Allosteric Modulators to Drug the Undruggable” will feature presentations from several Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs):

Zoe Cournia, PhD (Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens) will discuss the role of supercomputing in novel allosteric target discovery. Samuel Broder, MD (former Director of the National Cancer Institute and Scientific Advisor of Gain Therapeutics) will discuss the role of allosteric drug discovery in targeting undruggable proteins in Oncology. Tiago Fleming Outeiro, PhD (University Medical Center Göttingen) will discuss protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases. Ricardo A. Feldman, PhD (University of Maryland School of Medicine) will present recent data generated in patient-derived iPSCs with Gain Therapeutics’ structurally targeted allosteric regulators for the treatment of GBA1-associated neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s and Gaucher Disease. Joanne Taylor, PhD (former Director of Neuroscience at Eisai and Scientific Advisor of Gain Therapeutics) will serve as moderator. The Gain Therapeutics management team will present on the following topics:

Intima Bioscience to use MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation® technology and ExPERT™ platform to accelerate the development of its solid tumor cell-therapy candidates NEW YORK and GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MaxCyte, Inc., (Nasdaq: MXCT; LSE: MXCT, MXCN), a leading provider of enabling platform technologies for ex-vivo cell engineering, today announces the signing of a strategic platform license (SPL) with Intima Bioscience, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing genetically engineered cell therapies for solid tumor cancer. Intima joins a group of 15 other leading cell therapy companies who have partnered with MaxCyte.

Under the terms of the agreement, Intima obtains non-exclusive clinical and commercial rights to use MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation® technology and ExPERT™ platform. In return, MaxCyte is entitled to receive platform licensing fees and program-related milestone payments.

Intima is currently running a Phase 1/2 clinical study (NCT04426669) of its lead checkpoint cell therapy candidate, which targets the immune checkpoint CISH in patients with gastrointestinal and colon cancers.

– NVX-CoV2373 demonstrated overall efficacy of ~90% in PREVENT-19 clinical trial conducted during the emergence of variant strains

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that it has submitted a request to the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for NVX-CoV2373, its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate for immunization of individuals 18 year of age and older against SARS-CoV-2.

The request for EUA is based on the totality of pre-clinical, clinical and manufacturing-related (CMC) data provided to the agency, including results of two large pivotal clinical trials that demonstrated an overall efficacy of approximately 90 percent and a reassuring safety profile.

“We’re extremely proud of the work of our teams and we look forward to FDA’s review of our EUA request. We believe our vaccine offers a differentiated option built on a well-understood protein-based vaccine platform that can be an alternative to the portfolio of available vaccines to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Stanley C. Erck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novavax. “I’d like to also extend our thanks for the support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Defense for their partnership leading up to today’s milestone of EUA request submission.”

Board of Directors Elects New Chair, Vice-Chair, and Two New Members

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, January 31, 2021 – The Board of Directors of BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI) unanimously approved the appointment of Peter S. Briskamn, Executive Managing Director and Mid-Atlantic Life Sciences Practice Co-Lead for JLL, and Christine Dingivan, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer for Emmes as the new Chair and Vice-Chair in 2022. In addition, Ronald C. Kurz, Senior Director/GM for Canon Virginia, Inc. (CVI), and Dr. Tyrell Rivers, Executive Director of Corporate Development & Ventures at AstraZeneca, will be joining the Board as new members.

BioHealth Innovation and its Board of Directors would also like to thank outgoing Chair Jarrod Borkat for his leadership as he will remain with the Board. The Board would also like to thank Rebecca Farkas, Ph.D., for her contributions as she departs GSK and moves into a new role with CEPI.

 “We are proud to announce Pete and Christine as our new Chair and Vice-Chair on the BHI Board of Directors,” said Richard Bendis, BHI President and CEO. “Their experience and industry knowledge, plus the additions of Ron and Tyrell are important pieces to not just BHI, but the continued growth of the BioHealth Capital Region.”

The current boom in life sciences development mirrors the tech industry, especially geographically; there is an incredible concentration of jobs and investment in the top markets, in this case Boston, San Diego and the Bay Area and challenges finding support and funding anywhere else.

Image: Courtesy of Bill Timmerman A lab at 850 PBC, a Wexford lab development in downtown Phoenix.

Global public health is at a critical inflection point. Do we learn the lessons of this pandemic and build a modern public health infrastructure to prepare us for the next one? Or do we repeat the mistakes of the current and past pandemics?

This week, Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray and Ranking Member Richard Burr released a bipartisan draft bill aimed at evolving America’s pandemic preparedness commensurate with the challenges we face. The bill adds to the important public policy conversation ongoing in Washington, which includes President Biden’s ambitious $65 billion initiative for preparedness.