BioSpace News Archive

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., the leader in precision genetic medicine for rare diseases, granted equity awards on September 30, 2021 that were previously approved by the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors under Sarepta’s 2014 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan, as a material inducement to employment to 43 individuals hired by Sarepta in September 2021.

Exscientia plc (Nasdaq: EXAI), today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering in the United States of 13,850,000 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) representing 13,850,000 ordinary shares at an initial public offering price of $22.00 per ADS, for total gross proceeds of approximately $304.7 million.

Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS) (“Merus”, “the Company”, “we”, or “our”), a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies (Biclonics® and Triclonics®), today announced the publication of the abstract titles and authors for two posters that will be presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Virtual International Conference.

CatalYm today announced that a data update from their ongoing first-in-human trial “GDFather” (GDF-15 Antibody-mediated Effector cell Relocation) has been accepted for oral presentation at the 2021 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics.

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced new analyses from the Phase 3 RINVOQ® (upadacitinib) atopic dermatitis clinical trial program to be presented at the 30th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Virtual Congress.

Minerva Neurosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies to treat central nervous system disorders, announced results from a pivotal bioequivalence study comparing the roluperidone formulations used in its late-stage Phase 2b and Phase 3 trials, and the planned commercial formulation.

CBMG Holdings, a Cayman Island biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cellular immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and degenerative diseases, announced the closing of a $120 million Series A investment, led by AstraZeneca-CICC Fund, Sequoia Capital China and Yunfeng Capital.

1910 Genetics, a biotechnology company integrating artificial intelligence (AI), computation and biological automation to improve drug development, has been awarded a ~$550,000 Phase I STTR grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMT) (“Summit” or the “Company”) is today displaying an important ePoster at IDWeek 2021. IDWeek is the joint annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV Medical Association (HIVMA), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).

electroCore, Inc. (the “Company”), (NASDAQ: ECOR), a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine company, today announced that its presentation at the Cantor Fitzgerald Virtual Global Healthcare Conference has been rescheduled to today, September 30, 2021 at 12:40 PM eastern time.