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Today's Rundown Sanofi culls ImmunoGen cancer drug from clinical pipeline Janssen, Theravance ink GI pact worth up to $1B De Rothschild raises €345M Europe-skewed life science fund [Sponsored] Can emerging technology help biopharma improve the returns on R&D? Celltex pairs with Texas A&M on exosome therapy for Alzheimer’s FDA clears seizure-detecting wearable for epilepsy patients Abcam, Molecular Devices join forces to develop immunoassays for researchers GSK's China bribery scandal lingers as U.K. continues its probe Featured Story | | | Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Sanofi has dropped an anticancer antibody-drug conjugate it licensed from ImmunoGen. The French pharma gained full control of the anti-LAMP1 drug as part of a recent deal but has now removed the asset from its pipeline. |
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Top Stories Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Theravance picked up $100 million up front to bring its JAK inhibitor through phase 2/3 trials in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The biotech could potentially earn another $900 million in milestones and royalties. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Edmond De Rothschild Investment Partners has raised €345 million ($430 million) for its latest fund. The haul makes BioDiscovery 5 the largest fund dedicated to biotechs and medical devices in Europe and tees up Edmond De Rothschild to invest in 15 to 17 companies. Monday, February 5, 2018 While biopharma companies are investing more than ever to develop innovative therapies, returns are not keeping pace. How can emerging technologies help improve productivity? Learn more from Deloitte’s annual ROI analysis. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Celltex Therapeutics has joined forces with Texas A&M Institute for Regenerative Medicine on a project that hopes to have a stem cell-derived therapy for Alzheimer’s in the clinic within three years. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 The FDA has approved Empatica’s seizure-detecting wearable for use by epilepsy patients. Empatica picked up the 510(k) clearance for Embrace after the device detected every seizure in a 135-patient clinical trial. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Abcam, a supplier of protein research material and kits, has teamed up with bioanalytical measurement solutions expert Molecular Devices to develop screening tools for the life science industry. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 GlaxoSmithKline’s China bribery imbroglio is the scandal that just won’t die. After having paid more than half a billion dollars to lay to rest investigations by Chinese and U.S. authorities, the U.K. drugmaker has now been asked for new info from fraud investigators in its home country. | This week's sponsor is IQVIA. | | | Discover a new path to your success via Human Data Science. IMS Health and Quintiles are now IQVIA™ – created to advance your pursuits of human science by unleashing the power of data science and human ingenuity. Join the journey today. Learn More. |
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