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Mar 7, 2023

Protagonist's story turns for the better as J&J-partnered psoriasis med clears lesions in midphase trial


Armed with $60M series A and Lilly's backing, Volastra enters clinic via Amgen cancer med


Immuneering, saving cash for universal-RAS candidate, suspends neuroscience programs


Flagship fledging fetches $50M to fire drugs at specific organs, fix on-target, off-tissue toxicity


Third Rock, J&J spinout Rapport arrives with $100M and ambition to transform precision neuroscience


Chiesi offers Affibody breath of fresh air in respiratory disease deal worth up to $637M


Neuron, meet silicon: Scientists outline a plan for organoid intelligence 

 

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Protagonist's story turns for the better as J&J-partnered psoriasis med clears lesions in midphase trial

A hero has arrived in Protagonist Therapeutics’ story, in the form of a Johnson & Johnson-partnered psoriasis med that has just cleared lesions in a mid-stage trial.
 

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Armed with $60M series A and Lilly's backing, Volastra enters clinic via Amgen cancer med

Volastra is doubling down on a top cancer target of interest while hedging its internal R&D bets, announcing it has scooped up a clinical-stage Amgen med at the same time as closing a $60 million funding round.

Immuneering, saving cash for universal-RAS candidate, suspends neuroscience programs

Immuneering is going all in on its universal-RAS candidate, leading it to suspend work on discovery-stage neuroscience programs and throw its resources behind an oncology program that is on course to deliver early clinical data in the coming months.

Broadening the Commercialization Partnership

This story centers on the benefits of implementing a full service commercial model to improve launch success for customers who lack the necessary infrastructure. Watch how Syneos Health expertise in Medical Affairs acted as a bridge to forge this full service commercial partnership, which helped meet critical deadlines for patients.

Flagship fledging fetches $50M to fire drugs at specific organs, fix on-target, off-tissue toxicity

Flagship Pioneering is back with a new biotech designed to tackle a key drug development challenge: on-target, off-tissue toxicity. By creating drugs that only act at the diseased tissue, regardless of whether a target is expressed elsewhere, the biotech aims to provide powerful punches without the side effects.

Third Rock, J&J spinout Rapport arrives with $100M and ambition to transform precision neuroscience

Some of Third Rock Ventures’ startups may have struggled in recent months, but the VC firm is nothing if not persistent. The latest biotech is Rapport Therapeutics, which is launching with $100 million in funding and a clinical-stage neuroscience asset born in Johnson & Johnson’s labs.

Chiesi offers Affibody breath of fresh air in respiratory disease deal worth up to $637M

Chiesi Farmaceutici is offering up to $637 million in biobucks to Affibody as part of a collaboration to develop new inhaled treatments for respiratory diseases. 

Neuron, meet silicon: Scientists outline a plan for organoid intelligence

Computers that run off human brain cells sound like something out of a science fiction novel—but for scientists working in the newly dubbed field of organoid intelligence, bringing together neurons and silicon offers enormous potential for understanding and treating brain disease.

Sarissa's overhaul of Amarin's board is complete with resignation of 7 holdover members

Days after Amarin shareholders sided with activist investor Sarissa Capital by removing Chairman Per Wold-Olsen and adding seven new board members, the troubled company has announced that seven of its holdover members have resigned. The resignations came a week after Alex Denner-led Sarissa boasted of a proxy win by a “huge landslide."

ACC23: Medtronic makes strides in pulsed field ablation race against Boston Scientific, J&J

The FDA has yet to clear any PFA devices for use in the U.S., and Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic are among the medtech developers vying to snag the first nod—though the latter may have edged ahead with the publication of promising new study results this week.

AbbVie CEO Gonzalez scored $26M in 2022 pay as cash cow Humira neared patent cliff

Ongoing controversy around AbbVie’s patenting strategy for Humira didn’t stop CEO Rick Gonzalez from getting a pay bump in 2022.

Biden proposes increasing taxes on wealthy, expanding drug negotiations to shore up Medicare

President Joe Biden proposed to raise taxes on wealthy Americans and expand the drugs eligible for Medicare price negotiation to shore up the Medicare trust fund.
 
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