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Karolinska Development announces that an investment consortium, including Redmile Group, invests SEK 512 million (EUR 50 million) in Aprea Therapeutics.

GlaxoSmithKline announced it will acquire the Tesaro, based in Waltham, Mass., for $5.1 billion. For GSK, the deal marks an increased focus on oncology as it focuses on high growth areas.

The American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting is always chock full of interesting research and development stories. Here’s a look at some of the highlights of the meeting so far, which is continuing today.

The year 2018 saw a number of significant triumphs in the biopharma industry – increased numbers of drug approvals and near record-shattering IPOs, but the industry also saw its share of blemishes and black eyes from various corners of the globe.

The most commonly stated statistic about clinical trials is that for every one drug on the market, there are nine that failed. A look back through 2018 indicates there were a great many successes, but plenty of challenges as well. Here’s a look at 10 notable drug challenges of the year.

Novartis’ gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy could see approval as early as May of this year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted AVXS-101, now dubbed Zolgensma, priority review.

Drcom Group, a leading digital marketing and communications agency specializing in the healthcare and life sciences industry, announces the opening of a new office in NY.

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced findings from two clinical studies, including the Adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) study,

NantKwest Inc. (Nasdaq:NK), a pioneering, next generation, clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on harnessing the unique power of our immune system using natural killer (NK) cells to treat cancer, infectious diseases and inflammatory diseases, today announced an abstract/poster presentations will be given at the upcoming 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in San Diego, CA, which runs from December 1-4, 2018.

Aligned Telehealth today announced a new partnership to extend its reach through American Well’s industry-defining telehealth offering by adding on-demand emergency/consult psychiatry, on-site psychiatric staffing and integrated behavioral health capabilities to American Well’s platform.