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BioCapital

Blood Journal Study: Sickle Cell Anemia Treatment Does Not Increase Malaria Risk in Africa

The drug hydroxyurea does not appear to increase the risk of malaria infection in patients with sickle cell anemia who live in malaria-endemic regions, according to a study published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

October 19, 2017

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Biotech Beach

Ignyta Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock of 10 Million Share

Ignyta, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on precision medicine in oncology, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 10.0 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $16.00 per share.

October 19, 2017

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Drug Development

Editas Medicine Demonstrates Dose-Dependent, In Vivo Editing With EDIT-101 in CEP290 Transgenic Mice

Productive gene editing rates with EDIT-101 were stable over six months in transgenic mice.

October 19, 2017

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Edico Genome Achieve Fastest-Ever Analysis of 1,000 Genomes

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Edico Genome today set a new scientific world standard in rapidly processing whole human genomes into data files useable for researchers aiming to bring precision medicine into mainstream clinical practice.

October 19, 2017

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Policy

Concert Pharma Announces PTAB Denies Incyte Petition Challenging CTP-543 Patent

Concert Pharmaceuticals today announced that the Patent Trials and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied Incyte’s petition to institute inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 9,249,149 (the ‘149 patent).

October 19, 2017

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Biotech Bay

Synthego Receives Intel Capital Investment to Advance CRISPR Bioinformatics

Synthego, a leading provider of genome engineering solutions, announces an investment from Intel Capital for the advancement of bioinformatics tools and technologies. This represents Intel Capital’s first financing in bioinformatics related to the CRISPR workflow.

October 19, 2017

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Biotech Beach

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to Conduct Brain Imaging Research in Premature Babies to Identify Biomarkers Linked to Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders

Natasha Leporé, PhD, a principal investigator in the Department of Radiology and Imaging at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has been awarded $1.7 million from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the NIH.

October 19, 2017

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Business

GenMark Diagnostics Schedules Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results Conference Call for November 2, 2017

GenMark Diagnostics today announced that it plans to release its third quarter earnings results after market close on Thursday, November 2, 2017.

October 19, 2017

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Business

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals to Host Third Quarter 2017 Investor Update Call

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals announced it will host its third quarter 2017 investor update conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 2, 2017.

October 19, 2017

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Business

Lantheus Holdings to Host Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call on November 2, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Lantheus Holdings today announced that it will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 2, 2017, to discuss its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2017.

October 19, 2017

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