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  Yaravirus: Something New, Weird and Unknown

  It was discovered in Lake Pampulha, an artificial lake in Belo Horizonte, a city in Brazil, and infects amoeba.

  February 19, 2020

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  Mark Terry
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  Policy

  FDA Rejects Merck’s 6-Week Dosing Schedule for Keytruda

  It doesn’t happen that often, but Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda received a rejection from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

  February 19, 2020

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  Mark Terry
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  Job Trends

  Audentes to Build $109 Million Gene Therapy Factory in North Carolina

  It is planned to go into operation in 2021, and is expected to create more than 200 new jobs in Lee County, North Carolina.

  February 19, 2020

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  Mark Terry
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  Business

  Virginia Catalyst Strives to Advance Life Sciences in the State

  Virginia, which is part of the BioSpace Hotbed region known as BioCapital, is home to an $8 billion biopharma market that employs more than 26,545 people.

  February 19, 2020

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  Alex Keown
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  Drug Development

  Five Prime Asset Paired with Opdivo Flunks Mid-Stage Pancreatic Cancer Trial

  The Phase II trial did not meet its primary endpoint.

  February 19, 2020

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  Alex Keown
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  Policy

  Government Probe into Generics Price-Fixing Scheme Nabs Fourth Executive

  Hector Armando Kellum, a former senior executive with the Novartis subsidiary Sandoz, pleaded guilty for his role in a price-fixing scheme for generic drugs developed by his company.

  February 19, 2020

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  Alex Keown
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  Policy

  PixarBio Founder Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Defrauding Investors

  Frank Reynolds, the founder and chief executive officer of PixarBio, was also ordered to repay $7.5 million to investors who backed the company’s non-opioid painkiller, NeuroRelease.

  February 19, 2020

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  Alex Keown
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  Business

  Sanofi to Work with U.S. Government on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine

  To date, there are more than 72,000 confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 and 1,023 deaths from COVID-19, most in mainland China.

  February 19, 2020

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  Mark Terry
• Business

  Sensorion appoints gene therapy expert Dr Géraldine Honnet as Chief Medical Officer

  Sensorion, a pioneering clinical-stage biotech company which specializes in the development of novel therapies to restore, treat and prevent within the field of hearing loss disorders, announces the appointment of gene therapy expert Géraldine Honnet MD, as Chief Medical Officer.

  February 19, 2020

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• ViAqua Therapeutics Makes Strides in Addressing Infections in Aquaculture

  ViAqua’s first product is a functional feed that enhances shrimp health, reducing disease impact and limiting losses in shrimp aquaculture.

  February 19, 2020

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