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Today's Rundown Featured Story | | | Thursday, March 21, 2019 Biogen and partner Eisai are throwing in the towel on late-stage tests for their key Alzheimer’s drug as independent experts reveal that it just won't make the grade. |
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Top Stories Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Nimbus promoted Jennifer Rocnik, Ph.D., previously director of oncology biology, to vice president of biology. Alan Collis, Ph.D., who joined Nimbus on a part-time basis last October, will transition to the full-time role of vice president of clinical development. Thursday, March 21, 2019 Ely Benaim is set to leave Rexahn Pharmaceuticals to take up the CMO position at Novocure. The move comes as Rexahn closes in on data from a phase 2a trial of its pancreatic cancer prospect. Thursday, March 21, 2019 Drug accelerator Cydan is building out its R&D leadership, hiring on Yongchang Qiu, Ph.D., as vice president of preclinical development and Ryan Tyler, Ph.D., as senior director of preclinical research. Thursday, March 21, 2019 Forma Therapeutics has poached a Genentech senior vice president, Frank Lee, to be its new CEO, effective March 27. Thursday, March 21, 2019 Exscientia is adding another Big Pharma to its list of partners. This time, the drug discovery specialist is teaming up with Celgene on three programs in oncology and autoimmunity. Thursday, March 21, 2019 Alexion and Zealand Pharma have teamed up to develop peptide therapies for complement-mediated diseases. The deal will see Alexion pay $25 million (€22 million) upfront to work with Zealand on the subcutaneously delivered therapies. | This week's sponsor is Accenture. | |  | [Webinar] Embracing Emerging Technology in Drug Development
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