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August 22, 2019___

Today's Rundown

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As Brexit nears, Britain's drugs, devices and pricing regulators seek the exit

Firm details on exactly how the U.K. will regulate new medicines are still to be decided after it leaves the EU later this year, but we now know that the regulator won’t be run by Dr. Ian Hudson, who is stepping down after six years in charge.

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Biotech leaders speak out against dismissals of Chinese scientists

China's theft of intellectual property from the U.S. and other countries isn’t new—remember the Genentech scientists and the GlaxoSmithKline researchers who funneled trade secrets to associates in China and Taiwan? But government crackdown has highlighted another threat, one that could damage U.S. leadership in the life sciences.

Merck teams up with Themis to develop vaccines

Merck has struck a deal to work with Themis Bioscience on vaccine R&D. The agreement sees Merck invest in Themis and commit up to $200 million (€180 million) in milestones to secure vaccines against an undisclosed target.

Finch raises $53M to push microbiome drug to key readout

Finch Therapeutics has raised $53 million to take its treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infections through to a potentially pivotal readout. Finch thinks it can win FDA approval if the clinical study generates “compelling results.”

Chinook Therapeutics bags $65M to bring precision medicine to the kidney

Chinook Therapeutics raised $65 million in series A cash to do for kidney disease what precision medicine has done for cancer treatment. It will use that capital to push several precision medicines for kidney diseases into the clinic by 2021.

Roche's effort to stop cancer metastasis unexpectedly leads to a Merck drug

Researchers at Roche and the Paul Scherrer Institute have identified a way to prevent the spread of certain cancer cells. Then they discovered that Merck already has a drug in development that may accomplish that feat.

U.S. cancer trials still suffering from lack of diversity: report

Oncology tests in the U.S. are still failing to adequately represent racial diversity, and more needs to be done to help combat this disparity, according to new research.

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