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Featured Story | | | Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Bioverativ has struck a deal to buy True North Therapeutics. The deal will see the Biogen spinout pay $400 million upfront and up to $425 million in milestones to acquire the rare disease biotech and its clinical-phase treatment for cold agglutinin disease, TNT009. |
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Top Stories Tuesday, May 23, 2017 President Donald Trump’s administration has released a breakdown of its attempts to cut back on healthcare and research spending across the government, with proposed cuts to governmental biomedical research centers and the drugs regulator laid down in the fleshed-out budget. Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Beijing-based CANbridge Life Sciences has pulled off a $25 million funding round, bringing its total two rounds up to $40 million as it plans new oncology trials and “additional strategic transactions” this year. Monday, May 22, 2017 With pressures to fast-track clinical development, the pharmaceutical industry recognizes the value of improving internal clinical data management processes. Learn how using comprehensive analytical capabilities helps to advance clinical trial execution. Tuesday, May 23, 2017 California biotech TP Therapeutics has the funds on hand to take its drug for resistant cancer through the next stages of clinical development after raising $45 million in a series C financing. Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Shares in Puma Biotechnology jumped 40% after the FDA trod lightly around doubts about its filing for approval of breast cancer drug neratinib. But the talking points raised ahead of Wednesday’s advisory committee meeting leave Puma open to a grilling over its trial modifications, neratinib’s side effect profile and its choice of population. Monday, May 22, 2017 ViaCyte picked up $10 million to fund the clinical development of its stem cell-derived treatment for patients who have Type 1 diabetes and are at risk of complications. Tuesday, May 23, 2017 AstraZeneca finally has some cardiovascular outcomes data it can tout in favor of one of its top diabetes contenders, the long-acting GLP-1 drug Bydureon. But its new results still don’t measure up to data posted by its competitors. | | | Alexion says Martin Mackay, its EVP and head of R&D, will be retiring from the company at the end of the year amid of a slew of changes, cuts and departures, as a search is underway for a replacement. Release Atox Bio says its phase 3 test looking at reltecimod in patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections will continue without any changes after a review by an independent Data Monitoring Committee. Statement Jay Flatley, executive chairman of Illumina, has been appointed to the board of CAR-T biotech Juno Therapeutics. Release. Alexion says Martin Mackay, its EVP and head of R&D, will be retiring from the company at the end of the year amid of a slew of changes, cuts and departures, as a search is underway for a replacement. Release | |
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