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February 11, 2020___

Today's Rundown

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Trial flops see Pfizer cut GlycoMimetics pact, Merck ax KalVista research deal

Two Big Pharmas have decided to walk away from two small biotech deals after disappointing trial results: Pfizer from GlycoMimetics and Merck from KalVista Pharmaceuticals.

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Trump tries again to reduce NIH budget, spares FDA from cuts

President Donald Trump has again proposed to reduce the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Trump, who has seen his previous attempts to cut NIH’s spending rebuffed by Congress, took a softer line on the FDA, which is set to get a small budget bump if the President’s plan is enacted. 

Ex-Pfizer oncology R&D lead lands at Fierce 15 winner Vividion Therapeutics

Pfizer’s longtime cancer research head Robert Abraham, Ph.D., has become the new chief scientific officer at a San Diego biotech.

Arbutus axes another hep B program due to safety worries

Arbutus Biopharma is officially canning its RNA-destabilizing hepatitis B program due to safety concerns found in preclinical studies carried out in two species. The move comes four months after the company delayed the treatment’s phase 1 study to look more deeply into its safety profile.

LogicBio rocked by FDA clinical hold on genome editing trial

The FDA has placed a clinical hold on LogicBio Therapeutics’ planned genome editing trial. LogicBio wants to trial the therapy in methylmalonic acidemia patients aged two years and up but has run into resistance at the FDA.

Outset Medical secures another $125M for its portable dialysis machine

Outset Medical has raised $125 million to accelerate the U.S. commercialization of its all-in-one hemodialysis machine. The former Fierce 15 winner previously raised $132 million for its U.S. expansion in August 2018.

FDA eases hold as Marker Therapeutics T-cell manufacturing issues addressed 

Marker Therapeutics says it has overcome an issue in its MultiTAA-specific T cell manufacturing process that led the FDA to stymie its trial in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who have had stem cell transplant. With new reagent suppliers on board, it says the FDA has now lifted the hold. 

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[Presentation] Flexible Manufacturing Strategies

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[Executive Summary] Overcoming Manufacturing Challenges for Accelerated Drug Development

Regardless of the assigned FDA expedited approval designation and approach, the key action items should be: the assurance of a detail-oriented plan and the adaption of a “forward-thinking” approach that will assist in any future challenges and opportunities for growth of each project.

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This whitepaper highlights the challenges of implementing the right digital twin strategy while providing key use cases in the manufacturing domain for which a digital twin is extremely useful and several examples of technology trends that will shape the future.

[Q&A] Embarking Upon the Commercial Manufacturing Journey for a Biologic

In this Q&A, four Catalent Biologics experts share how scale-up, regulatory expectations, demand forecasting and process validation all play a role in the success of a biologic when embarking upon the commercial manufacturing journey.

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