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Feb 22, 2023

From Roivant to the White House on anti-woke agenda: Ramaswamy unveils presidential bid


Moderna's latest genomics move sees it team up with Life Edit to develop new gene editing therapies


'We beg you': Biotechs plead for help and funds to find long COVID treatments


After last-ditch effort, cellular medicine biotech Rubius moves to dissolve


Ailing Aileron enters endgame as breast cancer data trigger layoffs and search for a buyer


Kinnate buys OrbiMed and Foresite's stakes in cancer venture, paying $24M to go solo in China 


Amgen teams up with Morehouse to run African American Heart Study

 

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From Roivant to the White House on anti-woke agenda: Ramaswamy unveils presidential bid

Not content with overseeing his ever-expanding ‘vant’ empire, Roivant founder Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on a far more ambitious goal: the White House.
 

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Moderna's latest genomics move sees it team up with Life Edit to develop new gene editing therapies

Moderna has penned a partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics in hopes of developing next-gen gene editing therapies for hard-to-treat diseases.

'We beg you': Biotechs plead for help and funds to find long COVID treatments

Biotechs are pleading for help to develop new treatments for long COVID, as the U.S. moves past the pandemic. Patients and advocates worry they're being left behind.

Addressing the next wave of COVID-19 through a new approach to vaccines

Ocugen remains diligent in developing innovative COVID-19 vaccine options—including a non-mRNA injectable and next-gen inhaled vaccine—to meet the current need and prepare for an annual booster strategy.

After last-ditch effort, cellular medicine biotech Rubius moves to dissolve

It’s the end of the road for Rubius Therapeutics, a biotech that previously wanted to develop cellular therapies for rare diseases, cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Ailing Aileron enters endgame as breast cancer data trigger layoffs and search for a buyer

Aileron Therapeutics’ unraveling has entered its endgame. An early look at phase 1b data persuaded the biotech to call it quits on development of its sole drug candidate—and lay off most of its remaining staff to hunker down while searching for an exit.

Kinnate buys OrbiMed and Foresite's stakes in cancer venture, paying $24M to go solo in China

Kinnate Biopharma is going it alone in China. Twenty-one months after setting up a Chinese joint venture with OrbiMed and Foresite Capital Management, the U.S. biotech has bought its partners out for less than it raised in the series A.

Amgen teams up with Morehouse to run African American Heart Study

Amgen is teaming up with the Association of Black Cardiologists and Morehouse School of Medicine to run a study examining cardiovascular risk in African Americans.

In heavyweight clash, GSK's long-acting HIV injectable matches Gilead's top drug Biktarvy

Hoping to make its long-acting injectable a new standard treatment for HIV, GSK’s ViiV Healthcare has shown that Cabenuva matched Gilead Sciences’ Biktarvy in a head-to-head study.

Medtronic's H1 freefall slows to a stop with flat revenues in Q3, lifting its final forecasts

After a tougher-than-expected start to its fiscal year, Medtronic is finally getting back on track.

As Sanofi contract wind-down prompts layoffs in Boston, Resilience is hiring elsewhere: CEO

Drug manufacturer National Resilience is laying off about 213 employees in Boston, a company spokesperson confirmed via email. The staff reduction is a “function of transition” tied to the end of a manufacturing contract with Sanofi, Resilience chief Rahul Singhvi told Fierce Pharma.

In reorganization, Bayer lays off 55 at Berkeley, California, campus

Bayer has big ambitions for its Berkeley campus, where it plans to invest $1.2 billion over the next 30 years. But even a rapidly growing site is not immune to job cuts in today’s belt-tightening environment.
 
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