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Apr 22, 2024

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Ipsen dives into $1.8B Skyhawk pact to fire up RNA modulator R&D


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Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: Sanofi restructure hits Belgium sites; Ultimovacs lays off 40% of staff

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Boehringer signs $1.3B deal with RNA biotech Ochre Bio to team up against MASH

Boehringer Ingelheim is making yet another bet that RNA therapies hold the key to treating metabolic-associated steatohepatitis.
 

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Ipsen dives into $1.8B Skyhawk pact to fire up RNA modulator R&D

Ipsen has swooped on a $1.8 billion R&D opportunity, joining with Skyhawk Therapeutics for the chance to option two candidates that could benefit from its “neuroscience expertise in movement disorders.”

Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '24: SynOx secures $75M; Metsera emerges with $290M

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Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: Sanofi restructure hits Belgium sites; Ultimovacs lays off 40% of staff

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Ahead of Alnylam's key heart disease readout, experts say Pfizer rival would be hard to displace

As an all-important readout from Alnylam’s Amvuttra in the rare heart disease ATTR-CM is expected in a few weeks, experts suggested that the RNA silencer may have a hard time challenging Pfizer’s tafamidis franchise despite a last-minute trial design change.

With $380M deal, Bristol Myers Squibb ups the ante with cell therapy manufacturer Cellares

Eight months after participating in a $255 million funding round in cell therapy contract manufacturer Cellares, Bristol Myers Squibb has expanded their partnership by signing a $380 million deal to reserve CAR-T manufacturing space.

AbbVie tops, J&J drops as physicians rank immunology players

Immunology is AbbVie’s world, everyone else just lives in it. That is the takeaway from ZoomRx’s analysis of the perceptions of healthcare professionals , who overwhelmingly see AbbVie as the top dog in a field targeted by rivals such as Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.
 
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