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Pharm Country

Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island

The northeast region of Pharm Country typically attracts a good deal of venture capital dollars, particularly as onlookers seek direction from Wall Street.

Major research universities, including University of Pennsylvania, Penn State University, Carnegie Mellon, Rutgers and Ivy Leagues Princeton, Yale, Cornell and Columbia contribute to this concentration of biopharma excellence.

Pharm Country is home to several state life sciences associations including BioCT, NewYorkBIO, BioNJ, Life Sciences PA and RI Bio.

NEWS FROM PHARM COUNTRY
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Startups
Halda Therapeutics Raises $126M in Series B Extension to Advance Two Cancer Candidates
August 12, 2024
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Tyler Patchen
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Regulatory
FDA Action Alert: Ascendis, Gilead and Regeneron
August 12, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
Merck Research Laboratories headquarters in Silicon Valley
Mergers & acquisitions
Merck Puts Up Potential $1.3B to Acquire Curon’s B Cell Depletion Therapy
August 9, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
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Approvals
Citius Scores FDA Approval in Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma
August 9, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
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Cigna Healthcare office in Delaware
Pharmacy benefit managers
Cigna Continues Biosimilar Push, Targets J&J’s Stelara With No Out-of-Pocket Cost
Thursday’s announcement comes after the insurance giant last week said it would remove AbbVie’s Humira from its major formularies starting in 2025, replacing the blockbuster with more affordable biosimilars.
September 6, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
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Layoffs
IN8bio to Lay Off About 49% of Employees
September 5, 2024
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Angela Gabriel
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Regulatory
J&J Poised to Challenge Argenx With Myasthenia Gravis Filing for Nipocalimab
August 30, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
MORE COMPANIES IN PHARM COUNTRY
Arvinas Inc.
CSL
Daiichi Sankyo
Drexel University
Exelixis, Inc.
GenScript
Novo Nordisk
South San Francisco, CA, USA - May 1, 2022: Exterior view of the Merck Researches Laboratories in South San Francisco, California. Merck & Co., Inc. is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey. The company does business as Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) outside the United States and Canada.
Deals
Daiichi Pays Merck $170M for T-Cell Engager, Expands ADC Partnership
August 6, 2024
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Kate Goodwin
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Cancer
Actinium to Farm Out AML Radioactive Drug After FDA Asks for Another Trial
August 6, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
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Deals
BMS Backs Out of $1.5B Deal, Returns Rights to Agenus for Bispecific Antibody
August 5, 2024
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Tyler Patchen
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Opinion
Cell and Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise Against Alzheimer’s—But Challenges Remain
August 5, 2024
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Jia Jie Chen
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MORE COMPANIES IN PHARM COUNTRY
Azitra, Inc.
Bolden Therapeutics
Cybrexa Therapeutics
Focus Laboratories
Formation Bio
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals
Insmed Incorporated
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
Ocugen, Inc.
OrphAI Therapeutics
Protara Therapeutics
Resilience
Sapience Therapeutics, Inc.
SELLAS Life Sciences Group
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Soligenix
Tris Pharma
Volastra Therapeutics
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