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Today's Rundown CytomX pens $1.6B Astellas biobucks pact for T-cell R&D Novavax flu vaccine matches and beats Sanofi rival in phase 3 New York to test COVID-19 treatment with mystery pharma partner: report Astellas alum Robinson returns to urology as Urovant CEO U.K. gov backs push to start COVID-19 vaccine trial in April AbbVie-backed Carisma's 'CAR-M' tech shrinks tumors in mouse models of ovarian cancer Roche CEO Schwan says COVID-19 diagnostics still aren't meeting sky-high demand: CNBC Featured Story | | | Tuesday, March 24, 2020 With $80 million upfront and up to $1.6 billion in biobucks, Astellas is still ramping up the biotech deals after ending 2019 on a buyout high. |
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Top Stories Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Novavax’s influenza vaccine NanoFlu has outperformed Sanofi’s Fluzone Quadrivalent on measures of immunogenicity in a phase 3 trial. The trial hit its primary and key secondary endpoints, sending Novavax’s stock up 40% and sparking talk of an accelerated FDA approval. Monday, March 23, 2020 As confirmed COVID-19 cases in New York blow past 20,000, the state is teaming up with a pharma partner to test a plasma-based treatment in critically ill patients, Forbes reported Monday. The clinical trial will test transfusions of blood plasma with antibodies against the novel coronavirus taken from patients who have survived COVID-19 infection. Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Urovant Sciences has snagged itself a new CEO as it preps for the potential launch of its overactive bladder treatment: Jim Robinson, the former chief operating officer of Paragon Biosciences and Alkermes. Robinson takes over from Keith Katkin, who has led Urovant since September 2017. Tuesday, March 24, 2020 The U.K. government has backed a University of Oxford effort to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. Officials handed out the cash to help Sarah Gilbert’s team deliver on its plans to get a vaccine against the novel coronavirus into clinical testing next month. Monday, March 23, 2020 A technology invented by Penn researchers and being developed by Carisma Therapeutics attaches CARs to macrophages, immune cells that are naturally drawn to solid tumors and equipped to survive in a hostile tumor environment. The CAR-M technology has shown promise in mouse models of ovarian cancer, the researchers reported, and Carisma is planning a phase 1 human trial. Monday, March 23, 2020 Since its coronavirus diagnostic received the first emergency green light from the FDA 10 days ago, Roche has delivered over 400,000 kits to laboratories across the U.S.—but CEO Severin Schwan said it could take weeks or even months for the industry as a whole to catch up to the widespread need for testing. Enrollment Showcase | | | Presented by: Global EMBA for Healthcare & the Life Sciences, University of Toronto Prepare to step up in your career, build the expertise you need to reshape your organization, and explore opportunities worldwide. |
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