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Top Stories By Ben Adams The FDA is on the verge of slapping Acceleron Pharma with up to a $10,000 fine for failing to publish a summary of its trial data results on a cancer combo using its old med dalantercept. read more By Annalee Armstrong Brii Biosciences has been given the green light to proceed with a phase 3 trial for a COVID-19 combination therapy in ambulatory care patients after the National Institutes of Health shut down a study of hospitalized patients in March. read more Sponsored By: Parexel Biotech A well-thought-out strategic development plan that brings together nonclinical, clinical, regulatory and commercial experts can improve efficiencies, cut costs, shorten timelines, and increase the chances of success for a new drug program. read more By Annalee Armstrong Boundless Bio has wrapped a $105 million series B financing to launch the company's extrachromosomal DNA programs for aggressive cancers into the clinic. The financing was co-led by RA Capital Management and Nextech Invest. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Takeda bet $300 million upfront and promised more than twice that in milestones to work on Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals’ RNA-silencing treatment. Six months later, the program is delivering results, reducing scarring and slashing levels of a disease-causing protein in patients with a rare, genetic liver disease linked to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Repertoire Immune Medicines has teamed up with Yale University to understand the immunological causes of multiple sclerosis (MS). The partners hope to identify pathogenic T cells that drive MS and the antigens that activate them. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Adcendo has raised a €51 million ($62 million) series A round to develop antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). The Novo Seeds-Ysios Capital-led financing positions Adcendo to take an anti-uPARAP ADC to clinical proof of concept in cancer patients. read more By Kevin Dunleavy As an endocrinologist, Bob Cuddihy, M.D., felt stymied with the lack of advances in his field. read more By Conor Hale Roche aims to show you can still teach old biomarkers new tricks. The Big Pharma announced five additional uses for two of its mainstay heart tests, which could extend the diagnostics’ reach to hundreds of millions of new patients. read more By Fraiser Kansteiner Gene therapies are on the rise, but does the industry have the capacity to actually make them? Biotech-CDMO hybrid Forge Biologics thinks it could get there, thanks to $120 million in new funding to boost its viral vector manufacturing services—and advance a few therapies of its own. read more Resources Sponsored by: Datacubed Health The average clinical trial spends $40,000 per patient. 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