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Today's Rundown Lilly regains an oncology asset in up-to-$575M AurKa deal Feng Zhang and David Liu's base-editing CRISPR startup officially launches with $87M Bispecific antibody builder Abpro postpones $69M IPO [Sponsored] Accelerating Timelines for Rare Disease Drug Development ATyr slashes headcount, cuts costs after ORCA runs aground Bluebird adds targets, $500M in milestones to Medigene TCR pact Stephen Eck leaves Aravive CEO job to join Immatics TP brings on Adverum’s ex-CMO following launch of first-in-human study Featured Story | | | Monday, May 14, 2018 On the heels of its $1.6 billion Armo acquisition, Eli Lilly is handing over $110 million up front for AurKa Pharma, regaining an asset it sold off in 2016. |
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Top Stories Monday, May 14, 2018 Feng Zhang's latest CRISPR company, Beam Therapeutics, officially came out of stealth Monday with $87 million in series A funding and a mission to develop "precision genetic medicines" that use CRISPR technology to edit just one nucleotide base, or "letter," in the genome at a time. Friday, May 11, 2018 The early-stage biotech Abpro has postponed its $69 million IPO, according to a report from Renaissance Capital, delaying a capital infusion it hoped would support the first clinical trials of its lead product candidates over the next year. Shares were scheduled to begin trading May 11. Monday, May 14, 2018 For children diagnosed with rare diseases, traditional drug development timelines are not good enough. Collaborative partnerships are imperative to accelerate those timelines and expedite time to market for rare disease therapies. Monday, May 14, 2018 ATyr Pharma is laying off 30% of its staff and otherwise cutting its costs in response to lackluster data. The biotech made the cuts after preclinical data on its anticancer antibodies suggested they lack the required efficacy. Monday, May 14, 2018 Bluebird bio has added two targets and up to €417 million ($500 million) in milestones to its T-cell receptor (TCR) collaboration with Medigene. The expanded deal tasks Medigene with applying its TCR technology platform to additional target antigens of interest to Bluebird. Monday, May 14, 2018 A year after taking the helm at Fierce 15 winner and cancer startup Aravive Biologics, former Astellas executive Stephen Eck, M.D., Ph.D., has jumped ship to Immatics US as its new chief medical officer. Monday, May 14, 2018 Following a short stint at Adverum Biotechnologies, Athena Countouriotis, M.D., has joined TP Therapeutics as executive VP and chief medical officer, as the company prepares to unveil first-in-human study data for its lead cancer therapy and expand its pipeline. | This week's sponsor is Eurofins Advinus. | | | |
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