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Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced that two Phase III clinical trials of its triple combination of VX-659, tezacaftor and ivacaftor met their primary endpoint in cystic fibrosis (CF).
Every year, BioSpace analyzes the biotech industry, looking for the hot new biotech startups to watch. Here’s a look at the top 3 companies from the Top 20 Life Science Startups to Watch in the U.S. from 2016.
Boston Business Journal recently created a list of 15 Massachusetts life science companies that in their third-quarter reports, allocated the highest percentage of total costs to research and development. Here’s a look.
What is AbbVie thinking? That’s the question of many investors, analysts and industry watchers as the Chicago-based AbbVie decided to buy up researcher partner Galapagos’ cystic fibrosis portfolio instead of walking away.
Proteostasis Therapeutics announced positive preliminary data from its ongoing Phase I clinical trial of PTI-808 and PTI-801 in cystic fibrosis (CF). Despite it being an early-stage trial and preliminary data, company shares exploded upward by 301 percent, with more than 44 million shares trading hands.
For those looking for work, it’s good to know that some positions are in such demand that employers are falling all over themselves to offer hiring incentives. That’s the case with the biotech sector in Massachusetts, as many companies are dangling almost unheard-of benefits as incentives.
In May the FDA placed a hold on the trial and IND for CTX001, an investigational gene editing treatment, citing concerns over questions that had not been addressed in the IND.
Here’s a look at who’s making moves in the biotech and pharma world this week.
Belgium-based Galapagos NV snagged $300 million following its U.S. public offering of new ordinary shares in the form of American Depositary Shares.
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