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BioAge Labs today announced a multi-year research collaboration with Swiss pharma giant Novartis, with the news pushing the US biotech’s shares up 6.1% to $4.35 by early afternoon. 18 December 2024
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Marking its second deal this month alone, Novo Nordisk has entered into a multi-year collaboration with Massachusetts, USA-based Photys Therapeutics to develop novel proximity-based therapeutics for a cardiometabolic disease target. 18 December 2024
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Cara Therapeutics and Tvardi Therapeutics have announced a definitive agreement to merge, creating a new entity under the Tvardi name. 18 December 2024
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SiteOne Therapeutics has announced the completion of a $100 million series C financing, led by Novo Holdings, with participation from OrbiMed, Wellington Management, Mission BioCapital, and others. 18 December 2024
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Flagship Pioneering-founded genome engineering biotech Tessera Therapeutics today announced an investment of up to $50 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop curative, globally accessible in vivo genetic therapies for sickle cell disease. 18 December 2024
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San Francisco-based Indapta Therapeutics, a privately held start-up developing next-generation cell therapies, has raised $22.5 million in a new financing round. The firm raised over $50 million in series A funding in 2022. 18 December 2024
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French CNS specialist Theranexus saw its shares leap more than 34% to 0.65 euros as it revealed a license and supply agreement with Exeltis to commercialize TX01, its novel formulation of a compound already approved in the indication for the treatment of rare neurological diseases. 18 December 2024
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Shares in US biopharma Viridian Therapeutics shot up by 21% on Monday. 17 December 2024
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US antivirals giant Gilead Sciences today revealed it has entered into a strategic collaboration to discover and develop novel, small molecule therapies across multiple targets with Californian biotech Terray Therapeutics. 17 December 2024
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Swedish biotech company Inify Laboratories has raised approximately 135 million kroner ($12.3 million) through a private placement, supporting a planned expansion into the UK. 16 December 2024
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Dewpoint Therapeutics and ConcertAI have announced the first phase of their translational oncology partnership, aligned around the former company's latest drug candidate, DPTX3186. 16 December 2024
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Bicycle Therapeutics, a UK-headquartered pharma company developing a new class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide technology, closed a third lower on Friday. 16 December 2024
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In a filing with the US financial regulator, German mRNA specialist BioNTech has noted the lifting of a partial clinical hold on its PRESERVE-003 trial. 16 December 2024
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VectorY Therapeutics, a Netherlands-based biotech focused on neurodegenerative diseases, has appointed Jim Scibetta as chief executive officer. 16 December 2024
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Sino-American biotech BeiGene has announced it has entered into a global licensing agreement with China’s CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology for SYH2039, a novel methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A)-inhibitor being explored for solid tumors. 13 December 2024
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US biotech Corcept Therapeutics has reported positive results from the Phase IV CATALYST study of Korlym (mifepristone) in people with hypercortisolism and difficult-to-control type 2 diabetes. 13 December 2024
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Nine months out from landing an additional $35 million in seed funding, Relation has more news – a big pharma collaboration. The group has announced a $45 million upfront deal, including a $15 million equity investment with UK pharma group GSK. 13 December 2024
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UK-based Tenpoint Therapeutics and Seattle’s Visus Therapeutics have announced the completion of their merger to create an entirely new chapter in ophthalmic therapeutic medicines aimed at rejuvenating the aging eye. 12 December 2024
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AI-driven biotech BenevolentAI has announced sweeping changes aimed at refocusing its operations and extending its financial runway into 2027. 12 December 2024
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USA-based Elevation Oncology, an innovative oncology company focused on the discovery and development of selective cancer therapies, has entered into a licensing agreement with Synaffix, part of Swiss out-sourcing major Lonza. 12 December 2024
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USA-based immuno-oncology firm Marengo Therapeutics today announced a second strategic partnership with French drugmaker Ipsen to advance precision T cell engagers (TCEs) from Marengo’s next-generation TriSTAR platform. 7 June 2024
Biotechnology
Shares of Replimune closed up nearly 28% at $7.11 on Thursday after the company shared data on its oncolytic virus RP1 (vusolimogene oderparepvec), in combination with Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab), 7 June 2024
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UK pharma major GSK has turned a research collaboration with Elsie Biotechnologies into a full takeover of the privately-held San Diago, USA- based biotech. 7 June 2024
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late Thursday announced the approved of Geron Corporation’s Rytelo (imetelstat), an oligonucleotide telomerase inhibitor. 7 June 2024
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Shares in Californian company Biomea Fusion were down almost 60% ahead of the opening bell on Friday, after news of a regulatory setback. 7 June 2024
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Australian radiopharma developer Telix Pharmaceuticals has announced the launch of its initial public offering in the USA of 17,000,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing one ordinary share in Telix. 6 June 2024
Biotechnology
USA-based ArriVent BioPharma has entered into a collaboration agreement with a unit of Chinese biotech Alphamab Oncology, to discover, develop and commercialize novel antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancers. 6 June 2024
Biotechnology
Privately-held US biotech Bluejay Therapeutics today announced positive preliminary data from the Phase II study of BJT-778, at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress 2024. 5 June 2024
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Maryland, USA-based I-Mab has announced a new clinical trial collaboration with cancer giant Bristol Myers Squibb. 5 June 2024
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Italy’s Philogen and Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries have submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the approval of Nidlegy (daromun). 5 June 2024
Biotechnology
Vilya, a biotechnology company focused on designing novel medicines, has announced a $71 million expansion of its series A financing. 5 June 2024
Pharmaceutical
Lykos Therapeutics’ hopes of being the first to market with a hallucinogenic medicine suffered a major blow Tuesday during a meeting of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC). 5 June 2024
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Ireland-headquartered fish oil-based heart drug specialist Amarin Corporation announced that it has appointed Aaron Berg, currently Amarin’s executive vice president and president of the US business, as president and chief executive (CEO). 5 June 2024
Biotechnology
Shares in California, USA-based autoimmune specialist Annexon soared more than 37% in pre-market trading on Tuesday to $6.32, after it announced positive top-line results from its randomized placebo-controlled pivotal Phase III trial in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). 5 June 2024
Biotechnology
Florida, USA-based Summit Therapeutics has managed to beat the leading checkpoint blocker, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), in a head-to-head comparison. 4 June 2024
Biotechnology
Treos Bio, a biotech using data science and proprietary biomarkers to develop precision peptide immunotherapies, has presented results from its Phase II OBERTO-301 study. 4 June 2024
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BridgeBio Pharma’s (Nasdaq: BBIO) shares were up nearly 5% at $30.37 in early trading, after the company announced sustained positive results from PROPEL 2. 4 June 2024
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Shares of US biotech Structure Therapeutics shot up as much as 71% yesterday and gained a further 4.6% to $55.17 in pre-market activity on the back of encouraging research results on its oral GLP-1 weight management candidate. 4 June 2024
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Israel-based artificial intelligence (AI) focused biotech Biolojic Design has entered into a multi-target drug discovery collaboration with Germany’s Merck KGaA. 4 June 2024
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Bladder cancer specialist UroGen Pharma has appointed David Lin as chief commercial officer. 4 June 2024
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