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Partnering with Hong Kong-based Sinovant Sciences, which is one of Ramaswamy’s “vant” companies, Roivant and Sinovant are launching a company called Cytovant Sciences.
BioSTL is a regional organization in St. Louis whose goal is to champion the life sciences in St. Louis and the surrounding region. BioGenerator is the investment arm of BioSTL.
Across the globe, pharma and biotech companies report deals and pipeline updates, with news from Boehringer Ingelheim, Metrion, Elvie, and more.
A recent report by CBRE Research analyzing U.S. life science clusters, found that Houston, Texas is the third-fastest growing life science market from 2014 to 2017. One doesn’t typically think of Texas, let alone Houston, as being a center for the life sciences. Oil, energy and tech, yes, but not life sciences.
Dyne Therapeutics closed on a $50 million Series A round. The company was founded, seeded and incubated by Atlas Venture, who led the round, which was joined by Forbion and MPM Capital.
It’s not a secret to say that tax incentives play a significant role in a municipality’s ability to attract new businesses. In Massachusetts, a state with a heavy biotech presence, tax incentives have been able to help small towns compete with large biotech and pharma hubs, like Cambridge.
Today, Cyclerion has been launched on the second floor of a 200,000-square-foot , 3-story space on Binney Street, in Cambridge.
Biotech and pharma companies bring on new talent to strengthen leadership teams and boards.
With pharma and biotech companies fighting for elbow room in the Bay Area where space comes at a premium, it should come as no surprise that some companies are spending big bucks on the space they desire in one of the most vibrant pharma hubs in the world.
The median salaries for Alexion employees increased to nearly $224,000 in 2018. The previous year the median salary was $167,000.
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