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In this episode of Denatured, as part of our series on the European life sciences investment ecosystem, you’ll be hearing from Ksenija Pavletic, partner and chief commercial officer at Jeito Capital and Thierry Laugel, managing partner at Kurma Partners. We dive into France’s biotech ecosystem and what still needs to happen for more early innovation to translate into investable, scalable biotech.
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The World Trade Organization approved vaccine patent waivers to increase the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.
AstraZeneca appears to have taken an interest in Mereo BioPharma and may be considering a buyout, according to speculations published by The Times UK.
Addex Therapeutics announced it is canceling its Phase IIb/III study evaluating its drug dipraglurant due to patient recruiting, staffing and pandemic-related issues.
The vote came just over one week after the FTC announced it would probe claims regarding the role the middlemen play in determining retail prices of prescription drugs.
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