FDA tells Merck to show more data for its OncoImmune COVID-19 drug as EUA pushed back Gossamer Bio seeking out partners for failed DP2 antagonist, says it has 'viable path forward' Artiva, fresh from Merck pact, raises $120M for NK therapy R&D In Partnership: Commercialization in Canada: Navigating Complex Requirements to Drive Product Success Foresite banks $969M to back companies tackling healthcare challenges highlighted by pandemic Genentech teams with academics for 10-year neuroscience R&D push Otsuka and Click Therapeutics tap Verily's platform for digital depression treatment study Overcoming chemotherapy resistance in leukemia with a diarrhea drug from Merck Fierce Pharma Asia—Daiichi Sankyo's new R&D head; Clover's $230M raise; Insilico's AI breakthrough Chutes & Ladders—Moderna CMO hits exit amid COVID-19 vaccine rollout Featured Story | By Ben Adams Merck will no longer be able to supply an experimental COVID drug from its $425 million buyout of OncoImmune to the U.S. government under a $356 million contract as the FDA has demanded more data, delaying its supply. read more |
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Top Stories By Ben Adams Gossamer Bio has been unraveling over the past year, hit hard by a failure for its leading drug program and the axing of its CEO Sheila Gujrathi soon after. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Artiva Biotherapeutics has raised $120 million to advance a pipeline of allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell therapies. The Merck-partnered biotech has an unmodified NK cell therapy in the clinic and a clutch of CAR-engineered candidates following close behind. read more In Partnership With: AmerisourceBergen The Canadian pharmaceutical market, which is among the 10 largest worldwide, has long been viewed as a top-tier launch destination. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Foresite Capital banked $969 million in its fifth and biggest raise yet to invest in companies solving some of the biggest inefficiencies in today’s healthcare system. The capital will be split into two funds: About $775 million, or 80%, will go into a core fund, while the remaining $194 million will become what the firm calls an opportunity fund. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Genentech has partnered with the University of California (UC), San Francisco and UC Berkeley to work on neuroscience drugs. The Roche subsidiary has committed up to $53 million to collaborate with the academics on areas such as neurodegeneration over the next 10 years. read more By Conor Hale After launching a digital health collaboration two years ago, Otsuka and Click Therapeutics are now kicking off a fully remote clinical trial to evaluate an app meant to treat adults with major depressive disorder. read more By Arlene Weintraub Although acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is treatable with chemotherapy, patients often become resistant to it. Researchers at King’s College in London discovered that Merck’s drug Dificid, which inhibits the protein ABCC3, sensitized AML to treatment with doxorubicin and improved survival in mice. read more By Angus Liu Daiichi Sankyo poached Kite Pharma's research lead to be its own. China's Clover Biopharma hauled in a $230 million series C amid its COVID-19 vaccine work. Insilico Medicine made several breakthroughs with artificial intelligence in drug discovery. And more. read more By Fraiser Kansteiner Moderna's CMO is hitting the exit amid the biotech's COVID shot rollout. Novellus has completed its transformation into Fore Biotherapeutics, snagging a new CEO in the process. And Kite's research lead Takeshita has jumped ship to Daiichi Sankyo. read more Enrollment Showcase | Sponsored by: University of Florida College of Pharmacy Learn about the Top 5-Ranked UF College of Pharmacy’s online graduate programs in pharmaceutical outcomes & policy. Select from five specializations, including the new pharmaceutical value assessment & communication option. Over half of graduates progress to a new role within one year. Register now. |
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