Today's Rundown J&J jumping in on coronavirus vax work as disease continues its spread GSK hands TB vaccine to Gates Foundation's nonprofit biotech Allergan axes AstraZeneca deal, clearing path for AbbVie merger Tilt Biotherapeutics, Biotheus team up on tumor-targeting virus Quench Bio emerges with $50M to treat severe inflammatory diseases Verily nets irregular pulse clearance for its clinical study smartwatch Featured Story | | | Monday, January 27, 2020 Johnson & Johnson is joining the growing ranks of biopharmas, including the likes of Moderna and Gilead, in trying to create a speedy vaccine for the coronavirus out of China. |
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Top Stories Monday, January 27, 2020 GlaxoSmithKline has licensed a tuberculosis vaccine to the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute. The deal sets the stage for a push to build on recent phase 2b data and make the vaccine available in low-income countries where TB is prevalent. Monday, January 27, 2020 Allergan has terminated a deal with AstraZeneca to clear a regulatory barrier to its pending merger with AbbVie. The terms of the termination return the rights to brazikumab to AstraZeneca but leave Allergan on the hook for the cost of development in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Monday, January 27, 2020 China’s Biotheus picked up the rights to Tilt Biotherapeutics’ lead oncolytic virus program in greater China. The Finnish company is developing the program for solid tumors, to be used on its own and in combination with other cancer treatments. It received an undisclosed fee upfront and stands to collect development and regulatory milestone payments. Monday, January 27, 2020 Most treatments for inflammatory diseases have single targets, such as an inflammation-promoting cytokine or a protein complex called an inflammasome. Quench Bio is taking aim at a family of proteins involved in inflammatory cell death—and it’s picked up $50 million to do so. Monday, January 27, 2020 One year after receiving its first FDA clearance bringing electrocardiogram capabilities to its prescription-only smartwatch designed for clinical studies, Verily has obtained a second agency green light for measuring irregular heartbeats. | | [Webinar] Accelerating Approval for Cell and Gene Therapies Thursday, February 27 | 12pm ET / 9am PT Developers of cell and gene therapies can run into complex clinical and regulatory hurdles when bringing treatments to patients. Join experts from Cardinal Health Regulatory Sciences to explore critical factors that can help reduce the risk of failure and increase speed to market. |
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