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Today's Rundown Featured Story | | | Thursday, January 4, 2018 Pfizer has returned the rights to the IDO1 inhibitor it licensed from iTeos Therapeutics. The Big Pharma dumped the drug after failing to find signs of efficacy in a phase 1 brain cancer trial, but iTeos thinks it has a future and is preparing to raise money to power ahead solo. |
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| This week's sponsor is Veeva. | |  | [Webinar] Tufts eClinical Landscape Study: Q&A with Industry Experts
January 16, 2018 | 2pm ET / 11am PT
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Top Stories Thursday, January 4, 2018 After its $1.7 billion deal to buy out cancer biotech Ignyta in the dying days of 2017, Roche, ahead of J.P. Morgan’s annual meeting next week, has penned another deal, this time with DART player MacroGenics. Thursday, January 4, 2018 Yale spinout and previous Fierce 15 winner Arvinas, a biotech working on small molecule protein degradation therapies, has penned a deal potentially worth $830 million, and more besides, with Big Pharma Pfizer. Thursday, January 4, 2018 BioNTech has raised $270 million (€224 million). The series A round positions the German biotech to mount a multifront attack on cancer, spearheaded by mRNA therapies and supported by a clutch of other modalities including CAR-T cells. Thursday, January 4, 2018 French microbiome biotech Enterome has got off a €32 million ($38.5 million) series D round with the help of some big-name players. Thursday, January 4, 2018 Stoke's series A will support the development of its antisense approach to boost gene expression and treat disease caused by genetic insufficiency. Thursday, January 4, 2018 The gene therapy sector has a new player—Generation Bio—which promises to provide safer, more controllable treatments that do away with the need to use viruses for delivery. Thursday, January 4, 2018 Roivant Sciences’ clinical trial artificial intelligence arm Datavant has tapped bioinformatics expert Eric Perakslis, Ph.D., whose recent stint at Takeda will facilitate a new collaboration between the two firms, as its CSO. Enrollment Showcase | | | Sponsored by: Drexel University Online Drexel University’s online graduate programs in biomedicine, clinical research, drug discovery, and molecular medicine were developed with working professionals in mind, providing you with the education, practical skills, and competitive edge you need to be successful in your career. Learn more. |
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