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Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHAT), a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel treatments for gastrointestinal diseases, announced today that Terrie Curran, President and Chief Executive Officer and Azmi Nabulsi, M.D., Chief Operating Officer, will present at three upcoming virtual investor conferences in June,

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announces it has earned a $3 million milestone payment from Palvella Therapeutics as a result of Palvella raising $45 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing to leading biotechnology crossover and venture investors.

Senseonics Holdings, Inc., a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of the first and only long-term, implantable continuous glucose monitoring system for people with diabetes, announced that it plans to release its first quarter 2020 financial results after market close on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

Detailed results from the Phase III ADAURA trial showed AstraZeneca’s TAGRISSO® (osimertinib) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in disease-free survival (DFS) in the adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage (Stage IB, II and IIIA) epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after complete tumor resection with curative intent.

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the first presentation of results from KEYNOTE-177, a Phase 3 trial evaluating KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, for the first-line treatment of patients with microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer.

Liminal BioSciences Inc. (NASDAQ: LMNL) (TSX: LMNL) (“Liminal BioSciences” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company today announced that Kenneth Galbraith, Chief Executive Officer at Liminal BioSciences is scheduled to present a company overview at Jefferies Virtual Healthcare Conference on Thursday 4th June at 14:30.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announces that on May 28, the European Commission has released Takeda from the obligation to divest the pipeline compound SHP647 and certain associated rights, a commitment that was provided by Takeda to secure regulatory clearance of its acquisition of Shire plc.

TAUVID™, a radioactive diagnostic agent, has been approved by the FDA for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the brain to estimate the density and distribution of aggregated tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

Cost waiver extension eliminates out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 treatment, allowing impacted members to focus on their health and recovery

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing today that agency laboratory testing has revealed levels of the nitrosamine impurity N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) above the agency’s acceptable intake limit in several lots of the extended-release (ER) formulation of metformin, a prescription drug used to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes