Today's Rundown J&J dumps Hanmi obesity drug following midphase trials New data boost Pfizer, Sangamo hemophilia A gene therapy Skyhawk Therapeutics nabs Peloton exec and cancer R&D veteran as VP of oncology biology U.S. looks to extradite Chinese researcher in GSK trade secrets case: Reuters Subtle chemical shift reverses prediabetes in Merck-partnered mouse trial Featured Story | | | Monday, July 8, 2019 Johnson & Johnson has returned the rights to HM12525A to Hanmi Pharmaceutical after getting a look at data from an obesity trial. The decision is another blow for Hanmi, which lost a $690 million deal with Eil Lilly in January and will now forego up to $810 million in milestones from J&J. |
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Top Stories Monday, July 8, 2019 Pfizer and Sangamo Therapeutics have shared an upbeat update on their hemophilia A gene therapy. The update features evidence of the durability of responses to SB-525 and an early look at results in two recently-treated patients, adding to the impression that the gene therapy is a threat to assets including BioMarin’s valrox and Spark Therapeutics’ SPK-8011. Monday, July 8, 2019 Two months after Merck announced a billion-dollar plus deal to buy out late-stage cancer biotech Peloton, some of its staffers are finding new homes. Monday, July 8, 2019 The U.S. wants Switzerland to hand over a Chinese scientist accused of helping his sister, who worked at GlaxoSmithKline's R&D unit in Pennsylvania, steal trade secrets from the British pharma. Thursday, July 4, 2019 Targeting fatty lipids known as ceramides could reverse insulin resistance and fatty liver, scientists from the University of Utah and Merck Research Laboratories discovered. They've shown in mice they can accomplish that by shifting two hydrogen atoms, and now they're searching for drugs that can accomplish the same feat. | This week's sponsor is ExL Events. | | | |
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