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Jacobio discovered JAB-23E73, which is designed to treat several KRAS mutation subtypes, and is testing the therapy in multiple Phase I trials.
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These deals radically reshaped the biopharma world, either by one vaccine rival absorbing another, a Big Pharma doubling down after another failed acquisition or, in the case of Pfizer and Novo, two heavyweights duking it out over a hot obesity biotech.
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Six months after bagging $115 million in a Series B financing round, Talaris Therapeutics is aiming to raise another $100 million through in initial public offering. It’s one of three companies joining in the flurry of IPOs this week.
In an effort to boost drug discovery for the “toughest drug discovery problems” through the use of machine learning, precision medicines company Relay Therapeutics is acquiring Waltham, Mass.-based ZebiAI with an $85 million upfront payment.
The medical device maker has been dropping money like rain this spring, spending close to $19 billion in acquisitions over the past four months.
Recursion Pharma is getting bigger and bigger with its new public offering. The Recursion Pharmaceuticals IPO is anticipated to bring approx $306 million.
Tidal Therapeutics, which does not even have a website, came out of LabCentral in Cambridge. It focuses on developing nanoparticles able to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) that can reprogram immune cells.
The wave of biopharma companies going public continues with two more companies setting sights on publicly trading on a stock exchange. Reneo Pharmaceuticals and VectivBio will both begin trading on the Nasdaq this week.
At this time Vaccitech hasn’t priced its offering, although the report suggests they might sometime this month.
April springs up with showers of cash for these life sciences companies.
The news comes months after the company closed a $63 million Series B and inlicensed RAIN-32 from Daiichi Sankyo.
Eloxx Pharma has experienced a string of changes over the past year, coming to a head with today’s announcement that the company will be acquiring early-stage biotech Zikani Therapeutics in an all-stock deal.