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Messenger RNA has become the life sciences hero of the decade. The lynchpin in the fight against COVID-19, companies are taking mRNA technology to new heights.
The life sciences is always a frenetic sector when it comes to mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and Series A announcements (not to mention B and C rounds). But during the second quarter of 2021, these companies were especially busy bees – all positive signs that the industry is still booming coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) is approved for adults with chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes.
Philip Morris will acquire Vectura to gain access to its inhaled drug formulas to bolster its Beyond Nicotine strategy.
The new findings likely throw a wrench in the company’s plans to deliver millions of much-needed vaccine doses to the European Union soon.
This week, the German drug company announced that it is closing the doors to its ‘innovation hub’ in Mission Bay.
Kojin launched with a $60 million Series A to focus on oncology and cell state biology led by Polaris Partners, Newpath Partners and Cathay Health.
Bayer is taking multiple shots at Parkinson’s disease with BlueRock dosing its first patient in a Phase I stem cell study, and AskBio is assessing a gene therapy treatment for the disease.
Bayer, like many biopharma companies, is presenting study results at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual meeting being held online June 4-8, 2021.
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