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Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
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Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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Genentech made approximately 35 presentations at ECTRIMS involving blockbuster MS drug Ocrevus drug, with a focus on relapsing-remitting MS and continuing safety studies.
Regeneron called it quits on an experimental osteoarthritis pain treatment that has raised safety flags and an experimental antibody for cat-allergic asthma.
Abeona Therapeutics will head to the FDA next year for the potential approval of its experimental recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) therapy following positive Phase III data.
Emalex Biosciences closed a Series D funding round Thursday counting $250 million in earnings, much of which will bankroll a Phase III trial of ecopipam for Tourette syndrome.
Exelixis has inked a licensing agreement with Catalent to gain access to three of Catalent’s target programs with antibody and ADC candidates, the companies announced Thursday.
Moderna is dropping an IL-12 program in autoimmune disorders after AstraZeneca returned the rights, the mRNA leader announced Thursday in its third quarter filing.
Alkermes is exploring the potential spin-out of its cancer business into an independent, publicly traded company. Alkermes offered further details during an investor call Wednesday.
San Diego-based Arcturus Therapeutics signed a strategic collaboration and licensing deal with CSL Seqirus to help develop and commercialize vaccines.
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Flush with cash from the growing success of its chemotherapy drug, Exelixis dropped $100M on two collaboration deals this week to invest in promising early clinical assets.