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ViiV Healthcare, established in November 2009 by GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Shiongi, reported positive results from its Phase III GEMINI-1 and -2 clinical trials.
More management changes are happening at GlaxoSmithKline. This morning the company said longtime senior executive Luc Debruyne is stepping down from his role at the end of the year.
Axovant Sciences, one of Vivek Ramaswamy’s biotech startups, is taking another shot, this time at Parkinson’s disease.
AstraZeneca’s add-on asthma treatment Fasenra has failed a second Phase III trial this month.
After Axovant Sciences’ spectacular clinical trial failure in September 2017, the company has been reorganizing. Today it announced it had completed that reorganization by adding to its executive team and Scientific Advisory Board.
The general consensus is that only about seven to nine percent of chief executive roles in biotech are filled by women. As low as that sounds, it’s better than in the Fortune 500, where only about 4.2 percent are led by female chief executives.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Brii Biosciences is launching to accelerate the development and delivery of breakthrough drugs in China with $260 million in financial backing.
Most investors thought 2018 would be a big year for mergers and acquisitions in the biopharma industry because of changes to the tax law, and so far they’ve been right.
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