Untitled Document Today's Rundown Orchard files for $173M IPO to run pivotal gene therapy trials European biotech funding on track for record year DDF 2018: How do you fix the glut of immunotherapy combo trials? Nimbus moves up CFO Keiper to CEO spot Arena preparing for trials of first-in-class heart failure drug DDF 2018: The key to academic partnerships? Look before you leap EuroBiotech Report—Roche inks cancer deals, Forbion's €360M fund, U.K. VC soars and Gamida FiercePharmaAsia—Nobel-winning science; Legend CAR-T data allegation; Unhappy Takeda alumni Chutes & Ladders—Pfizer CEO Ian Read hands reins to COO Albert Bourla Featured Story | | | Friday, October 5, 2018 Orchard Therapeutics has filed to raise $173 million (€150 million) in an IPO. The offering will give the GlaxoSmithKline-backed biotech the means to take three gene therapies through the clinic and onto the market. |
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Top Stories Friday, October 5, 2018 The European biotech sector is on track to break its annual funding record, according to BioWorld. After a big third quarter, the total for the first nine months of the year stands at $6.3 billion, putting the region on course to clear the $8 billion bar. Friday, October 5, 2018 A bottleneck of immunotherapy clinical trials has put the field’s advancement somewhat on hiatus as researchers and drug companies wait for the next scientific discovery to ignite development, according to panelists at the 2018 FierceBiotech Drug Development Forum. Thursday, October 4, 2018 Nimbus Therapeutics has promoted finance chief Jeb Keiper to president and CEO, effective immediately, as the former Fierce 15 winner looks to move its programs into clinical development for cancer, autoimmune and metabolic diseases. Friday, October 5, 2018 Arena Pharma has a new drug candidate heading for clinical trials next year that it says could be a first-in-class option for decompensated heart failure. Friday, October 5, 2018 There’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to academic partnerships, but successful ones have one thing in common: communication. Thursday, October 4, 2018 In this week's EuroBiotech Report, Roche inks back-to-back cancer deals, Forbion closes €360 million fund, U.K. VC soars and more. Friday, October 5, 2018 Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo wins Nobel Prize in medicine for PD-1 research; GenScript calls claims that its Johnson & Johnson-partnered Legend Biotech unit forged key CAR-T data "blatant slander"; some disgruntled Takeda shareholders demand details on the Shire buyout. Friday, October 5, 2018 Pfizer CEO Ian Read hands reins to COO Albert Bourla; Nimbus moves up CFO Jeb Keiper to CEO spot; and Synlogic names Aoife Brennan as permanent CEO. Those moves plus more hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. | This week's sponsor is IQVIA. | | | Congratulations Fierce 15
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