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Genentech has partnered with Jemincare to develop and commercialize an asset that may provide new treatment options for people with advanced-stage prostate cancer.
Roche Wins Approval for Flu Drug in Young Children, Pfizer Touts Positive Results for Infant Vaccine
Roche and Pfizer shared positive news from their respective forays into a new pneumococcal vaccine for infants and a treatment for influenza in small children.
Researchers have found that two common viruses—the varicella zoster and herpes simplex viruses—likely constitute a pathway that leads to Alzheimer’s disease.
Roche signed a big $6 billion-plus collaboration deal with Poseida on blood cancers while its partner, AC Immune, parsed failed data on an Alzheimer’s drug to suggest a positive spin.
Roche had a good week, sharing positive data from Genentech’s study on Vabysmo for age-related macular degeneration and its breast cancer combination therapy, Perjeta.
Genentech has exercised the second option in its potentially $1.7 billion agreement with Bicycle Therapeutics, triggering a $10 million payment.
Scientists found that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the plasma could be a hallmark of long COVID, suggesting that the virus can linger in the body who suffer from prolonged symptoms.
AstraZeneca appears to have taken an interest in Mereo BioPharma and may be considering a buyout, according to speculations published by The Times UK.
Atreca announced that Stephen Gould, Ph.D., will be the company’s next chief scientific officer. Most recently, Gould was executive director, of Translational Oncology at Genentech.
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