Alliances
Precision BioSciences and Novartis are teaming up to develop a potential cure for hemoglobinopathies such as sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia.
AstraZeneca and Ionis reported that their NEURO-TTRansform Phase III trial in hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy hit its co-primary endpoints.
Pfizer inked an Equity Subscription Agreement with France-based Valneva. They also updated their Collaboration and License deal for a Lyme disease vaccine that was announced in April.
Pharmaceutical giant Merck is exploring a possible purchase of biotech company Seagen, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The FDA approved Rhythm Pharmaceutical’s Imcivree (setmelanotide) for patients with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
Shares of Akero Therapeutics are surging after the company announced pharma giant Pfizer made a $25 million equity investment to support the development of the company’s experimental liver drug.
This week sees Exelixis, BioInvent, ImmunoGen and Oxford BioTherapeutics coming together to develop antibody-based therapies for cancer.
Biogen has terminated its asset purchase agreement with Karyopharm Therapeutics, putting a halt to the development of KPT-350 (BIIB100), which was being evaluated as a treatment for ALS.
MorphoSys is having a busy week after entering into an equity participation agreement with HIBio and a supply agreement and clinical collaboration with Pfizer and Incyte.
Dren Bio announced the completion a of $65M Series B financing round. New investors include Pfizer, ArrowMark Partners and Revelation Partners.
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