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January 08, 2018

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J.P. Morgan kicks off with a deal as Celgene pays $1.1B for Impact Biomedicines

On the first day of the big biotech conference that is J.P. Morgan, Celgene has come right out on day one with M&A news.

Top Stories

New paper could put CRISPR biotechs under pressure

A new journal paper published late last week revealed that a “cutting” element of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique could be under threat from the body’s own immune system.

Pfizer axing neuroscience jobs, but seeks new VC fund

Big Pharma Pfizer, on the eve of J.P. Morgan, the biggest biopharma dating event of the year, will cut around 300 jobs and a number of earlier stage projects from its neuroscience pipeline.

[Sponsored] INNOVATION BY DESIGN

Astellas, like many of our industry peers, prioritizes innovation. What sets Astellas apart, however, is how we function at the intersection where our “Science First” approach meets the flexibility we’ve built into our innovation infrastructure.

Axovant slumps as it dumps lead drug intepirdine

Axovant’s run of bad news shows no signs of letting up, with negative results in a phase 2b trial in Lewy body dementia spelling the end for lead candidate intepirdine.

Novo makes €2.6B Ablynx buyout bid public after being rebuffed

Novo Nordisk has gone public with its €2.6 billion ($3.1 billion) bid to acquire Ablynx. The Danish company had two takeover offers rejected by Ablynx last month, prompting it to go public with its intentions to dial up the pressure on its target.

Alnylam retools Sanofi deal to take full control of patisiran

Alnylam has stepped up its commitment to pioneering RNAi drug patisiran by retooling its agreement with Sanofi. The revised deal returns full global control of the ATTR amyloidosis drug to Alnylam and sees Sanofi obtain worldwide rights to hemophilia candidate fitusiran.

Pfizer program seeks closer ties with top universities

Pfizer has set up a new partnering network to try to foster collaborations with top-tier universities, shortly after stripping out a chunk of its in-house R&D effort.

INC Research/inVentiv Health rebrands as Syneos Health

After running four months without a proper new name following the completion of the $7.4 billion merger, INC Research and inVentiv Health were finally reborn as Syneos Health.

FierceBiotech’s #JPM18 Monday roundup

Welcome to the first official day of the biggest biopharma event of the year, and we’ve had a real mixture of data, mergers and rejigs already. Over the week we’ll be reporting from San Francisco with the latest updates, interviews and our own biotech panel, which is running tomorrow morning.

BREAKING: Shire divvies up its operations to prime neuroscience unit for future sale or spinoff

Shire has a penchant for making headlines at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, and it did so again early Monday.

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Resources

[Marketplace] Asia-Pacific Compliance Training for Life Sciences Professionals

Don’t miss this educational program trusted by multi-national companies as part of their employee’s compliance training. Explore legal, regulatory and ethical issues faced by pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device manufacturers operating in the Asia-Pacific region. Visit event page for session topics.

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[Whitepaper] Best Practices for Managing Regulatory Processes 

Regulatory leaders share challenges and best practices from a lack of standardization, manual processes, and fragmented systems.

[Whitepaper] Choosing the Right Solution: Improving the Site Feasibility Process

Selecting the right sites to conduct your clinical trials will determine the success or failure of meeting your enrollment goals.

[Whitepaper] 5 Steps to Managing Quality Globally

Read this guide if you’re a global life sciences company - conducting clinical trials across several countries, or manufacturing and distributing products in multiple regions - to learn five steps to align and improve quality oversight, as well as avoid common mistakes in harmonization initiatives.

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Global clinical trials are the trend and gaining in popularity, but running a global trial is not a straightforward process. This white paper explores some of the challenges associated with global clinical trials and considerations for ensuring that the collected data comply with the trial's overall objectives.

[Webinar] Validating a 7 Day Membrane Filtration Sterility Test using Celsis®

Join us as we discuss how Charles River Celsis® helped Labor L+S AG validate a 7-day membrane filtration sterility test using existing protocols.

[Infographic] Evolution of Flexible Commercial Biologics Manufacturing

Learn how Catalent Biologics is paving the way for flexible biologics development and manufacturing through advanced technologies and fully integrated multi-product facility.

[eBook] Developing Site-specifically Modified ADCs: Using a Chemoenzymatic Approach

Download the eBook to get articles from various Elsevier journals highlighting developments in ADC technology.

[Article] Optimizing titer and use of a specific enzyme for generating a fully processed antibody

Learn how cell development and process scale-up can be optimized for antibodies requiring additional processing.

[Webinar] Within-Subject Clinical Trials: Intro to New Methods & Stat. Models

In this webinar, we will introduce the rapidly-evolving within-subject clinical trial (WSCT) methods for early phase evidence generation that require fewer people, less time, and usually less funding than traditional early phase methods.

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