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  Business

  Gilead and Gritstone Ink $785 Million+ Deal to Develop HIV Cure

  Gilead Sciences has inked a collaboration, option and license deal with Gritstone Oncology to create a vaccine-based immunotherapy as a cure for HIV.

  February 1, 2021

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  Mark Terry
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  Policy

  How COVID-19 Has Permanently Changed The World of Medical Research

  A spirit of urgency and collaboration broke down traditional informational barriers as industry and academia organized like never before in modern history to develop a vaccine in just nine months.

  February 1, 2021

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  Heather McKenzie
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  Deals

  Horizon Therapeutics Augments Rare Disease Portfolio with Viela Bio Buy

  Shares of Viela Bio skyrocketed more than 52% in premarket trading after Ireland’s Horizon Therapeutics announced it was acquiring the company in a $3.05 billion deal.

  February 1, 2021

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  Alex Keown
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  Drug Development

  Merck’s Keytruda Proves Better Alone in Combination Trial With BMS’ Yervoy

  Adding Yervoy to the therapy did not improve overall survival (OS) or progression-free survival (PFS) but did add toxicity to Keytruda monotherapy.

  February 1, 2021

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  Mark Terry
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  Business

  Clover Bio Dumps GSK Adjuvant Technology, Will Take Dynavax to Vaccine Dance

  China’s Clover Biopharmaceuticals is spurning GlaxoSmithKline’s adjuvant vaccine technology in favor of one created by California-based Dynavax Technologies.

  February 1, 2021

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  Alex Keown
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  Drug Development

  Concert Pharmaceuticals Switches Focus After Schizophrenia Drug Falls Flat

  Concert Pharmaceuticals said its Phase II clinical trial for its adjunctive schizophrenia treatment, CTP-692, did not meet the primary endpoint or other secondary endpoints, causing the company to halt development of the drug.

  February 1, 2021

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  Brandon May
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  Business

  Biosimilars Company Switches Gears to Immuno-Oncology with $150 Million Deal

  Junshi receives upfront payment of $50 million for U.S. and Canadian rights to its immuno-oncology drug.

  February 1, 2021

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  Kate Goodwin
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  Genetown

  Cellino Raises $16 Million Seed Round for AI-Guided Cell Therapies

  The round was led by The Engine, a venture capital firm born at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Khosla Ventures and joined by Humboldt Fund and 8VC.

  February 1, 2021

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  Mark Zipkin
• Deals

  Cytiva acquires Vanrx Pharmasystems, Canadian aseptic filling innovator

  Cytiva has acquired Vanrx Pharmasystems, a Canadian company that makes robotic aseptic filling machines to fill vials, syringes, and cartridges with reduced risk and increased speed to patients.

  February 1, 2021

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• Automated Drug Kiosk Market: Beneficial Features of the System to Accentuate its Demand in the Market

  Automated drug kiosks refer to those units of automated medication dispensing that make use of computer-controlled storage unit for the purpose of dispensing medications.

  February 1, 2021

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