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March 12, 2018

Today's Rundown

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Gilead’s longtime R&D lead Bischofberger steps down

Gilead’s long-serving Norbert Bischofberger, Ph.D., is stepping down as EVP of R&D and chief scientific officer this April, as the company promotes John McHutchison, M.D., to the top job.

Top Stories

Biogen buys Pfizer’s unwanted neuro med for $75M as sell-off starts

As Pfizer clears house of its unwanted neuro assets, Biogen has become a buyer for one, namely a phase 2-ready schizophrenia drug.

Sanofi walks away from Alnylam rare disease drug

Sanofi has turned down the chance to opt into Alnylam’s primary hyperoxaluria type 1 drug lumasiran. The French pharma’s decision gives Alnylam control of a phase 3-ready rare disease drug with an FDA breakthrough therapy designation.

Time’s a-ticking for bankrupt Orexigen to sell off Contrave

Orexigen Therapeutics is filing for bankruptcy and plans to auction off its obesity med, Contrave, to pay down its debt.

Realm scraps eye drug after midphase flop, sinking stock

Realm Therapeutics has scrapped development of PR013 after the opthalmic drops failed to improve outcomes in patients with allergic conjunctivitis. The setback wiped almost 30% off Realm’s stock as investors digested the loss of the program and assessed its implications for the rest of the pipeline.

Anthera’s Sollpura canned after phase 3 flop, shares plunge

Anthera has seen its fair share of setbacks over the years, and today that tally only got longer as it cut loose a failed late-stage Lilly castoff, Sollpura (liprotamase), and now seeks those dreaded “strategic alternatives.”

Savara abandons drug behind last year’s reverse merger with Mast

Inhaled sodium nitrite missed both primary and secondary objectives in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction.

TAE bags $40M to take targeted radiotherapy mainstream

TAE Life Sciences has raised $40 million to eliminate the main bottleneck to widespread use of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The startup, a spinoff from a nuclear fusion company, is working on a neutron source designed to take BNCT out of nuclear research reactors and into hospitals.

No leniency for Shkreli: Bad-boy pharma executive gets 7 years in prison for fraud

The sentence is in. Despite pleas for sentencing mercy, “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli will spend up to seven years in prison on federal securities fraud charges.

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