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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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Shares in Longboard Pharmaceuticals have shot up following positive data from the PACIFIC study evaluating bexicaserin. 3 January 2024
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UK-based Arecor Therapeutics has announced the appointment of Dr Helen Parris as senior vice president, commercial and general manager of Tetris Pharma. 3 January 2024
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Early-stage UK-based biotech 4X Discovery Holdings has received a milestone payment of $11 million from AstraZeneca. 3 January 2024
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China and USA-based Allorion Therapeutics has entered into an exclusive option and global license agreement with UK pharma major AstraZeneca. 3 January 2024
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Shares of US neurogenetic focused biotech Voyager Therapeutics shot up 30% to $10.86 today, after it announced a capsid license agreement and strategic collaboration with Novartis. 2 January 2024
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British and American biotech Apollo Therapeutics has boosted its series C financing round by $33.5 million, bringing the total amount to $260 million. 2 January 2024
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South Korean biotech LegoChem Biosciences has entered into a license agreement with Janssen Biotech, to develop and commercialize LCB84. 29 December 2023
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US oncology drug developer Oncternal Therapeutics took a 10% initial tumble after it revealed a patient in an early-stage trial of its ONCT-808, but closed the day up 18% at $0.59. 29 December 2023
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Shares in US muscle biology specialist Cytokinetics soared 70% to $77.34 this morning, as it announced positive results from the much-awaited SEQUOIA trial of its aficamten in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). 27 December 2023
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Beijing-based Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals has inked a deal with Spanish cancer company Ona Therapeutics. 27 December 2023
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Canadian biotech Zymeworks revealed it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with funds affiliated with EcoR1 Capital for the sale of an aggregate of 5,086,521 pre-funded warrants to purchase 5,086,521 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, in a private placement. 27 December 2023
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In a bid to further its cell therapy ambitions, UK pharma major AstraZeneca has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire China’s clinical-stage biotech Gracell Biotechnologies 26 December 2023
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AlloVir on Friday saw its shares plunge more than 67% to $0.77, after it announced discontinuation of its three Phase III studies for its lead asset posoleucel, an allogeneic T cell immunotherapy company. 26 December 2023
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US drugmaker Cidara Therapeutics’ shares advanced 12.5% to $0.83 on Friday, after it announced that Rezzayo (rezafungin acetate) has been approved in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of invasive candidiasis in adults. 23 December 2023
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As 2023 draws to a close, Bristol Myers Squibb has announced what is the second biggest pharma M&A deal of the year, and the second acquisition by the US pharma major. 22 December 2023
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Shares in gene therapy company MeiraGTx shot up by around 20% in Thursday morning’s trading in New York. 21 December 2023
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Swedish drugmaker Calliditas Therapeutics has received full US Food and Drug Administration approval for Tarpeyo (budesonide), upgrading a previous nod under the Accelerated Approval scheme. 21 December 2023
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Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp has announced highly statistically significant and clinically meaningful topline results in a second positive Phase III trial of TNX-102 SL for the management of fibromyalgia. 21 December 2023
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Carmel, USA-based biotech Sudo Biosciences today announced the closing of a $116 million Series B financing. 20 December 2023
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Privately-held Swiss firm LimmaTech Biologics has announced a license agreement that grants the company exclusive rights to further develop AbVacc’s multivalent toxoid vaccine candidate, LBT-SA7 (formerly IBT-V02). 20 December 2023
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