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Money on the Move: EnPlusOne, Cellarity, Voyager and More

Funding rounds this week saw money flow into innovative drug discovery and delivery platforms, while pharma powerhouse Pfizer wrapped up two high-value neuro deals.

October 5, 2022
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Tristan Manalac
Business

Biohaven Sets New Course Following Pfizer Acquisition (Updated)

Biohaven will focus on developing therapeutics that modulate the Kv7 Ion Channel for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases. The new entity launched with $257.8 million in cash.

October 5, 2022
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Alex Keown
Business

Nested Therapeutics Raises $90M to Crack New Proteins in Precision Oncology

Nested Therapeutics, a precision oncology company targeting previously undruggable cancer targets, closed on a $90 million Series A financing, bringing total financing to $125 million since its inception in 2021.

October 5, 2022
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Mark Terry
Business

OncoSec Slashes Headcount by Almost Half, Goes All-In on Lead Candidate

OncoSec Medical Inc. announced Tuesday that it was laying off around 45% of its workforce to focus its resources on the development of its lead asset TAVO-EP.

October 5, 2022
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2 min read
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Tristan Manalac
Business

TrialSpark and Sanofi Ink Six-Drug Deal Targeting Areas with High Unmet Need (Updated)

TrialSpark and Sanofi announced a new partnership to expedite drug development for areas with high unmet needs by licensing or acquiring six mid-to-late-stage drug candidates.

October 5, 2022
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Alex Keown
Drug Development

GSK’s Jemperli Stands Up in Phase II NSCLC Trial

GSK reported Wednesday its checkpoint inhibitor Jemperli yielded positive data in non-small cell lung cancer, moving the monoclonal antibody potentially closer to the market in this indication.

October 5, 2022
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Paul Elias
Amylyx Seeks Funding through Public Offering for Relyvrio Drug Launch

Amylyx plans to offer 6 million shares in a public offering to bring in between $167 to $192.2 million to support the manufacturing and commercialization of recently approved ALS drug Relyvrio.

October 5, 2022
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Mark Terry
BioCapital

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Cryo-TEM with Expansive Automation Features to Help Accelerate Drug Discovery Research

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Cryo-TEM with Expansive Automation Features to Help Accelerate Drug Discovery Research.

October 5, 2022
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Genetown

Leap Therapeutics to Present Updated Data from the DisTinGuish Study of DKN-01 Plus Tislelizumab and Preclinical Data in Colorectal Cancer Models at the SITC Annual Meeting

Leap Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the Company will be presenting updated data from Part B of the DisTinGuish Study evaluating DKN-01 in combination with tislelizumab, BeiGene’s anti-PD-1 antibody.

October 5, 2022
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Biotech Beach

IconOVir Bio to Present Preclinical Data on Lead Candidate ICVB-1042 at SITC 2022

IconOVir Bio, Inc. today announced that it will present preclinical data on ICVB-1042 in three poster presentations at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2022), which is being held in Boston, MA and virtually from November 8-12, 2022.

October 5, 2022
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