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Today’s Big NewsDec 19, 2024 |
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Just secured round from NVIDIA & Accel, Nebius is revolutionizing Life Sciences and Healthcare with powerful GPU Cloud. Cutting-edge AI/ML solutions, competitive pricing, and expert architectural support for breakthrough research. Learn more. 
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| By Nick Paul Taylor Bristol Myers Squibb has turned to the source of Leqembi to further its push into Alzheimer’s disease, paying BioArctic $100 million upfront for global rights to two preclinical antibodies. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor Days after UCB reported the failure of its Novartis-partnered program, Roche has shared details of its own alpha-synuclein flop while clinging onto signs of clinical benefit that could still save the candidate. |
By James Waldron Astellas is continuing to strengthen its neurological disease gene therapy capabilities, handing Sangamo Therapeutics $20 million upfront to help bypass the blood-brain barrier. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor Vertex has reported a phase 2 win that dented confidence in its pain prospect suzetrigine. The trial linked the near-approval molecule to a significant improvement from baseline, but placebo performed similarly, triggering a 12% drop in Vertex’s share price in premarket trading. |
Sponsored by NVIDIA Even though AI-designed drugs aren’t yet a household term for FDA-approved, commercially available therapies, they are a reality in clinical development pipelines. |
By James Waldron KdT Ventures has signed off on a $608 million biobucks deal for NGM Biopharmaceuticals' phase 2-ready metabolic-dysfunction associated steatohepatitis drug, with the VC firm setting up a new company to house the therapy. |
By James Waldron A pair of Regeneron’s monoclonal antibodies have held their own against a commonly used anticoagulant in a phase 2 trial, setting the company up to begin a “broad” phase 3 program next year. |
By Darren Incorvaia After its rare disease drug was rejected by the FDA in late November, Applied Therapeutics vowed to fight on with a resubmission or appeal. But a new lawsuit, filed on Dec. 17 in the Southern District of New York, alleges that the company was overly optimistic in its statements leading up to the rejection. |
By Gabrielle Masson Omeros is putting up its monoclonal antibody up for FDA approval—again. This time, the resubmission will be based on a new data analysis that found the investigational treatment improved overall survival by 68% for patients with a rare, life-threatening complication of a bone marrow transplant. |
By James Waldron Two months after former Seagen CEO David Epstein unveiled his new project, the biotech has secured $140 million in series A funds to push forward its potential Keytruda contender. |
By Darren Incorvaia Ring Therapeutics, a Flagship Pioneering-backed biotech developing new viral vectors for gene therapy delivery, has cut its staff by just under 50%, a company spokesperson confirmed to Fierce Biotech. |
By Gabrielle Masson Italian VC XGEN Venture has closed a 180 million euro ($190 million) fund for biotech and medtech companies. |
By Gabrielle Masson Alphabet spinoff SandboxAQ has raised more than $300 million to go toward developing AI applications across multiple areas including drug discovery, chemistry and medical devices. |
By Fraiser Kansteiner Novartis confirmed Thursday that it’s closing down MorphoSys sites in Munich and Boston in a move that’s expected to result in around 330 layoffs. The company made the decision in November as it looks to “integrate all portfolio activities into Novartis." |
By Noah Tong,Emma Beavins Congress reached a deal to fund the government through March 14 on Tuesday night. By Wednesday, Trump and his advisors said no. |
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| This week on “The Top Line,” we hear from Novo Nordisk CSO Marcus Schindler about his role at the Danish pharma and what’s next for the GLP-1 drug class. |
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