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Safi Biotherapeutics, a specialist in stem-cell derived red blood cell products, has received Rare Pediatric Disease designation and Orphan Drug designation from the US regulator. 19 December 2024
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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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San Diego, USA-based precision medicine firm Kura Oncology’s shares rose 4% to $8.31 yesterday, after it announced a research collaboration with Mirati Therapeutics. 3 November 2023
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US ophthalmic drug developer Aldeyra Therapeutics saw its shares leap 48.5% to $2.54 yesterday after it announced the signing of a deal with pharma major AbbVie 2 November 2023
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US ophthalmic drug developer Ocuphire Pharma has appointed Dr George Magrath, as chief executive and member of the board of directors, effective today. 2 November 2023
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French biotech Cellectis saw its shares rocket 149% to 2.24 euros by mid-afternoon trading today, on news of a collaboration an investment deal with UK pharm major AstraZeneca. 1 November 2023
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UK clinical-stage biotech STORM Therapeutics, which is targeting RNA modifying enzymes (RMEs) for oncology and other diseases, has appointed Marguerite Hutchinson as its chief business officer. 1 November 2023
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California, USA-based chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies developer ImmPACT Bio has appointed Han Lee as president and chief financial officer (CFO). 1 November 2023
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UK biotech Fixed Phage has announced that it will change its name to NexaBiome. 31 October 2023
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Danish biotech company Evaxion has announced initial results from a Phase II trial of the first five metastatic melanoma patients treated with EVX-01, a peptide-based personalized cancer vaccine. 31 October 2023
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US biotech Beam Therapeutics today announced that Eli Lilly has agreed to acquire certain rights under Beam’s amended collaboration and license agreement with Verve Therapeutics. 31 October 2023
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Gilead Sciences Kite unit has agreed a collaboration and research deal with Epicrispr Biotechnologies (Epic Bio), using the latter’s proprietary gene regulation platform to develop next-generation cancer cell therapies. 31 October 2023
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French pharma major Sanofi is to buy $30 million of shares in MeiraGTx Holdings at a price of $7.50 per share. 30 October 2023
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Loqtorzi (toripalimab-tpzi) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adults with metastatic or recurrent locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). 30 October 2023
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Gene editing company Verve Therapeutics has been cleared by the US regulator to go ahead with what will be the first in-human base editing study in the country, 26 October 2023
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Privately-held Italian drugmaker Dompé has announced the appointment of Shannon Sullivan as is chief commercial officer (CCO), with immediate effect. 26 October 2023
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Independent data monitors have recommended that French microbiome specialist MaaT Pharma continues its Phase III ARES study without modification. 26 October 2023
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USA-based BioXcel Therapeutics on Wednesday revealed that an independent third-party review of the data from a site in its TRANQUILITY II Phase III trial showed "positive findings." 26 October 2023
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UK-based Revolo Biotherapeutics, which is developing therapies that reset the immune system to achieve superior long-term remission for patients with autoimmune and allergic diseases, has announced top-line data from its allergen challenge mapping study. 25 October 2023
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Fibrocor Therapeutics, a privately-held Canadian developer of therapeutics to treat fibrosis, has named William Newsome III as president and chief executive and Piet Wigerinck as chief scientific advisor.
William Newsome III was one of the co-founders of Fibrocor when he was with German drug discovery firm Evotec (ETR: EVT) and he has remained closely involved with the company as a non-executive director since 2018. 25 October 2023
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Norway’s clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Nykode Therapeutics today announced that its private placement has been successfully placed, raising around 505 million Norwegian kroner (~$45 million) in gross proceeds through the allocation of 29,549,400 new shares at a subscription price of 17.10 kroner per share. 25 October 2023
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French biotech Abivax has completed an initial public offering (IPO), listing on the Nasdaq global market with 20,325,500 new ordinary shares being issued. 25 October 2023
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