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Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Snags $63.5 Million in Series B Funding

Five months after its lead drug began Phase I testing San Diego-based Crinetics Pharmaceuticals has secured $63.5 million in Series B financing.

March 14, 2018
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Alex Keown
Drug Development

PharmaJet Releases Positive Phase I Results for Hantavirus Vaccines

PharmaJet released positive interim results from the U.S. Army’s Phase I clinical trial of two hantavirus vaccines to prevent hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).

March 14, 2018
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Mark Terry
Genetown

Foghorn Therapeutics Launches with $50 Million

Foghorn Therapeutics has officially launched with a $50 million investment and the ambitious goal of altering the way our genes work.

March 14, 2018
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Mark Terry
Drug Development

8 Biotech Companies with Upcoming Catalysts

Here’s a look at eight biopharma companies with upcoming catalysts.

March 14, 2018
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Mark Terry
Policy

Right-To-Try Drug Bill Defeated in House

Federal right-to-try legislation that would have allowed terminally ill patients access to experimental therapies without approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed to muster enough support in the U.S. House of Representatives.

March 14, 2018
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Alex Keown
Policy

Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes Charged with Fraud

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of embattled biotech Theranos, and former company president Sunny Balwani have been charged with massive fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

March 14, 2018
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Alex Keown
Drug Development

Auris Medical Fails Again in Phase III Trial

Auris Medical has gone down swinging again in attempting to develop a treatment for tinnitus after it announced its Phase III trial failed to meet endpoints.

March 14, 2018
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Alex Keown
Business

IQVIA Forms Alliance with Box to Provide Revolutionary, Cloud-Based Content Management Solutions to the Life Sciences and Healthcare Industries

IQVIA announced at the eyeforpharma conference that it has entered into an alliance with Box, a leading cloud content management platform provider.

March 14, 2018
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Biotech Bay

OptraSCAN Launches Third Generation On-Demand Digital Pathology® System at USCAP 2018

OptraSCAN announced its third generation On-Demand Digital Pathology® system for researchers and clinicians.

March 14, 2018
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Golden Meditech’s Largest Shareholder Acquired Additional 9,068,000 Shares

Golden Meditech Holdings Limited is pleased to announce that the Company’s largest shareholder Mr. Kam Yuen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Group, has further increased his shareholding in Golden Meditech.

March 14, 2018
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