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April 10, 2019

Today's Rundown

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Shire R&D chief Andy Busch jumps ship to Ironwood spinout amid Takeda megamerger

Rare disease biotech Cyclerion has poached Shire’s ex-head of R&D, Andy Busch, Ph.D., as its new chief innovation officer, less than 18 months after he joined the company from his long stint at Bayer.

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Johnson & Johnson pens Children's National deal to bring JLABS to D.C.

With a host of sites around the U.S. and increasingly around the world, Johnson & Johnson’s startup arm JLABS has opened its latest city hub in the nation’s capital.

Shanghai Miracogen taps Synaffix's antibody-drug conjugate tech in a deal worth up to $125M

Shanghai Miracogen is licensing Synaffix's technology for building antibody-drug conjugates to advance a candidate the duo discovered under a research deal.

[Sponsored] The Power to Pivot: Using Dedicated Onsite Resources to Adapt Recruitment Practices in a Shifting Landscape

Increasingly complex trials place a burden on study sites, exacerbating already-troubling recruitment and enrollment issues. Strategically placed Enrollment Assistants can ease that burden, making sites more agile and offering patients personalized attention that leads to conversion and retention.

Inozyme bags $67M to usher rare bone disorder drug into the clinic

Inozyme Pharma has been aiming for the clinic since it came out of stealth in 2017 and now, with a $67 million round, it’s ready to go. The funding will advance its lead program into clinical trials for rare mineralization disorders in babies and children.

Concerto HealthAI signs on with Pfizer to apply real-world data to precision cancer medicine

Concerto HealthAI has inked its second real-world data collaboration with a Big Pharma company in as many weeks, this time to help Pfizer select patients for its precision oncology development work.

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[Whitepaper] Systolic Heart Failure: Real-World Study Using Electronic Health Records

Real-World case study by Veradigm suggests that new medications specifically approved for the treatment of systolic heart failure may be underutilized despite being important advances in patient care.

[Article] Are you ready for 2008 Microsoft SQL and Windows Servers end of life?

Software end of life puts you at risk for data breaches, business disruption and liability. Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 ends on July 9, 2019 and January 14, 2020, respectively. Learn how you can turn these risks into a strategic business advantage.

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[Case Study] TriCore Reference Laboratories Transforms to Clinical Lab 2.0 Model

Analytics using patients’ real-time longitudinal laboratory results, and claims data, yielded higher value information and new revenue streams for TriCore reference laboratories.

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Whitepaper on leveraging normalized real-world patient data to streamline clinical trials, reduce delays and lower costs.

[eBook] 2018 Weekly Compendium

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