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March 24, 2020___

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CytomX pens $1.6B Astellas biobucks pact for T-cell R&D

With $80 million upfront and up to $1.6 billion in biobucks, Astellas is still ramping up the biotech deals after ending 2019 on a buyout high.

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Novavax flu vaccine matches and beats Sanofi rival in phase 3

Novavax’s influenza vaccine NanoFlu has outperformed Sanofi’s Fluzone Quadrivalent on measures of immunogenicity in a phase 3 trial. The trial hit its primary and key secondary endpoints, sending Novavax’s stock up 40% and sparking talk of an accelerated FDA approval. 

New York to test COVID-19 treatment with mystery pharma partner: report

As confirmed COVID-19 cases in New York blow past 20,000, the state is teaming up with a pharma partner to test a plasma-based treatment in critically ill patients, Forbes reported Monday. The clinical trial will test transfusions of blood plasma with antibodies against the novel coronavirus taken from patients who have survived COVID-19 infection.

Astellas alum Robinson returns to urology as Urovant CEO

Urovant Sciences has snagged itself a new CEO as it preps for the potential launch of its overactive bladder treatment: Jim Robinson, the former chief operating officer of Paragon Biosciences and Alkermes. Robinson takes over from Keith Katkin, who has led Urovant since September 2017.

U.K. gov backs push to start COVID-19 vaccine trial in April

The U.K. government has backed a University of Oxford effort to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. Officials handed out the cash to help Sarah Gilbert’s team deliver on its plans to get a vaccine against the novel coronavirus into clinical testing next month.

AbbVie-backed Carisma's 'CAR-M' tech shrinks tumors in mouse models of ovarian cancer

A technology invented by Penn researchers and being developed by Carisma Therapeutics attaches CARs to macrophages, immune cells that are naturally drawn to solid tumors and equipped to survive in a hostile tumor environment. The CAR-M technology has shown promise in mouse models of ovarian cancer, the researchers reported, and Carisma is planning a phase 1 human trial.

Roche CEO Schwan says COVID-19 diagnostics still aren't meeting sky-high demand: CNBC

Since its coronavirus diagnostic received the first emergency green light from the FDA 10 days ago, Roche has delivered over 400,000 kits to laboratories across the U.S.—but CEO Severin Schwan said it could take weeks or even months for the industry as a whole to catch up to the widespread need for testing.

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