BioSpace News Archive

Career Advice

Employer Insights: The Top 3 Things That Define the Best Candidate

Do you know what employers in the life sciences industry value when it comes to hiring the best candidate? They look for the qualities mentioned in the article.

March 6, 2019
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Porschia Parker
Deals

Medtronic Announces the Early Results of its Cash Tender Offers for Certain Outstanding Debt Securities Issued by Medtronic, Inc. and Covidien International Finance S.A.

Medtronic plc today announced that, pursuant to the previously-announced cash tender offers

March 6, 2019
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10 min read
Policy

BioSpace’s Global Biopharma Roundup: March 7

Biotech and pharma companies from across the globe share data and news in a weekly roundup.

March 6, 2019
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Alex Keown
FDA

Janssen’s Controversial Esketamine Treatment for Depression OK’ed by FDA, the First in Nearly 50 Years

Janssen believes the treatment works by restoring synaptic connections in brain cells in individuals with major depressive disorder.

March 6, 2019
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Alex Keown
Drug Development

Alnylam’s Givosiran Looks Positive Overall in Phase III Trial for Rare Disease

Despite releasing positive data on its Phase III ENVISION trial, Alnylam stock dropped 7.5 percent. Although not completely clear why, the drop may be related to a high percentage of serious adverse events observed in the trial.

March 6, 2019
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3 min read
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Mark Terry
Business

Gilead Exec Takes Over Helm of New Glenmark Innovation Business

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals’ new innovation business has its chief executive officer. Alessandro Riva, head of oncology therapeutics and cell therapy at Gilead Sciences will take over the reins of the new innovation company as its CEO on April 2. Riva is the first named executive of the new company.

March 6, 2019
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Alex Keown
Business

Beam Therapeutics Closes Series B Financing Worth $135 Million

Beam Therapeutics is one of BioSpace’s NextGen Bio “Class of 2019” Life Science Startups to Watch in 2019.

March 6, 2019
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3 min read
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Mark Terry
Almac Group Announces Almac One™ – A Unified Clinical Trial Supply Solution

Unique solution offers sponsors a streamlined approach to the global supply chain

March 6, 2019
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2 min read
Job Trends

Neos Therapeutics to Present at the Cowen & Co. Annual Health Care Conference

Neos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that Jerry McLaughlin, Chief Executive Officer of Neos Therapeutics, will present a company overview at the upcoming Cowen & Co. 39th Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 11:20 a.m. ET in Boston, MA.

March 6, 2019
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Drug Development

Vertex Triple Combination CF Drugs Hit the Mark in Phase III Trials

This morning, Boston-based Vertex said its triple-combination treatment VX-445, tezacaftor and ivacaftor resulted in statistically significant improvements in lung function in two late-stage cystic fibrosis trials.

March 6, 2019
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3 min read
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Alex Keown