| AdComm exodus: 2nd expert quits over FDA approval of Biogen's Aduhelm Valo Health to go public via Khosla-backed SPAC, gaining $500M-plus Acumen rides aducanumab, amyloid and Alzheimer's waves on its IPO voyage Sponsored: In a Year of Crisis, Maryland Biotech Responds with Leadership Synthekine scores major $108M B round to secure set of trials in 12 months Sponsored: Innovative POC MATLOC Digital Device for CKD Senda drives 3 programs toward clinic with bumped-up $98M series B Bright Peak bags $107M to bankroll 'conveyor belt' of cytokine programs ViaCyte extends series D by $45M one day after losing its chief scientific officer Prime Day deal? Amazon lands FDA go-ahead to sell COVID-19 tests directly to consumers Old antidepressants show promise as immuno-oncology treatments in melanoma and colon cancer Featured Story | By Nick Paul Taylor Another member of the FDA’s advisory committee on nervous system drugs has quit over the approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s disease product Aduhelm, Reuters reports. Mayo Clinic neurologist David Knopman is the latest expert to leave the committee because of the FDA approval. read more |
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Top Stories By Amirah Al Idrus Another day, another SPAC deal. Three months after extending its crossover round to $300 million, Valo Health unveiled plans to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company formed by Khosla Ventures. The combined company will have about $750 million in the bank when the deal closes sometime in the third quarter. read more By Kyle LaHucik Acumen Pharmaceuticals is wasting no time riding the waves of the FDA's conditional approval Monday of Biogen's aducanumab drug for Alzheimer's disease as the 25-year-old company filed for an IPO on Wednesday. read more Sponsored by: The State of Maryland Prior to the pandemic, nearly a quarter of Maryland’s biopharm and medical tech companies focused on infectious diseases. As COVID-19 spread, dozens of Maryland companies joined the global response. read more By Kyle LaHucik Synthekine will enter the clinic twice over the next 12 months with lead cytokine candidates following a $107.5M series B Thursday that gives it runway to compete with other biotechs entering the space. read more Sponsored By: Health Logic Health Logic Interactive is working on advanced technology called MATLOC that has the potential to revolutionize the Chronic Kidney Disease treatment space from the ground up. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Flagship Pioneering united its “intersystems biology” efforts under one roof last fall, and, now, that company is gearing up for human trials. With a $55 million boost, Senda Biosciences will push three programs into the clinic in 2022, including treatments for chronic kidney disease and metabolic diseases as well as an asset aimed at making checkpoint inhibitors work for more people. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Nearly a year after emerging from a Versant Ventures incubator, Bright Peak Therapeutics is reeling in a $107 million series B. The funding will advance Bright Peak’s pipeline of cytokine medicines toward the clinic and build out its underlying technology, though the company is keeping details close to the vest. read more By Kyle LaHucik ViaCyte snagged $45 million in a new tranche of financing to expand on a 2018 series D worth $80 million. The money will fund the biotech's work on two midstage candidates for type 1 diabetes, and it comes just a day after the biotech said its chief scientific officer is leaving. read more By Andrea Park Just in time for its annual online sale event, Amazon has gotten the green light from the FDA to begin hawking its own COVID-19 test directly to consumers—potentially setting up the most coveted Prime Day deal of all. read more By Arlene Weintraub A class of antidepressants known as MAOIs first hit the market in the 1950s and has since been eclipsed by drugs that are less likely to cause unwanted side effects. Now, scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles have evidence that these drugs could help the immune system fight cancer. read more | | Health Care Is Home Care From study drug administration to blood draws, Marken’s fully integrated home healthcare solutions make participation in clinical research as simple as possible for patients. Learn more. |
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