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Today's Rundown Featured Story | | | Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Evelo Biosciences has priced its IPO at the midpoint of the range, giving it a gross haul of $85 million. The Flagship Ventures-backed microbiome startup is getting the IPO away with the strong support of its existing investors, who will contribute $40 million of the total haul. |
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Top Stories Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Genentech signed up for a broad, open-ended drug discovery collaboration with Lodo Therapeutics that could be worth nearly $1 billion, focused on deriving unique, natural products from the microbial DNA found in soil. Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Novartis renegotiated its $293 million deal to commercialize Durect’s Posimir postoperative painkiller, cutting its milestone payments following the failure of a phase 3 trial reported last October. Monday, May 7, 2018 Avoid delays in gene transfer trial start-up with tips from leading IRB and IBC experts. Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Escient Pharmaceuticals launched with $40 million to develop GPCR-targeted drugs for a wide range of indications, with an initial focus on neuro-immuno-inflammatory and autoreactive diseases. Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Abcam has ended its pursuit of Horizon Discovery one week after going public about its attempt to buy the gene editing specialist. Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Novartis’ FLT3 inhibitor Rydapt was a much-welcomed addition to the armamentarium against acute myeloid leukemia when it was approved last year. Now, Daiichi Sankyo has data that could allow it to file its new-generation rival for approval. Tuesday, May 8, 2018 Scientists in the U.S. and Japan devised a new tissue engineering method to tackle blood supply problems in pancreatic cell transplantation. Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Pharma’s plenty enthusiastic when it comes to artificial intelligence. The thing is, companies aren’t exactly sure yet how they should be using it. | This week's sponsor is LabConnect. | |  | SciOps Provides Solutions for Lost Samples, Missed Timelines and Scientific Personnel Needs
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Resources Sponsored by: Seton Hall Law 4-day interactive educational program trusted by multi-national companies as part of their compliance training for employees. Explore legal, regulatory and ethical issues faced by pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device manufacturers operating globally. Visit event homepage for session topics. Sponsored by: USDM Life Sciences What are the biggest trends in life sciences this year? Presented by: Patheon There are many parenteral dosage forms from which the pharmaceutical scientist can choose to develop their drug product. In this article, the author discusses the choices available and strategies which can be employed at the different stages of development. Sponsored by: Veeva Systems Explore a new model for events management, and learn how to deliver more value. Sponsored by: Veeva Systems To deliver value to key opinion leaders, medical affairs needs to tailor their engagement with deeper analytics and insights. Sponsored by: Veeva Systems Learn how leading companies, from the world’s top pharma to emerging biotechs, are empowering their medical affairs teams. Sponsored by: Veeva Systems Learn how to reduce change management burden, keep systems current, and maintain compliance by applying a risk-based approach to change management of GxP systems. Sponsored by: Veeva Systems UCB took a more holistic approach to managing regulatory processes. Read how their efforts are paying off. Sponsored by: Veeva Systems Find out how to eliminate regulatory’s tracking spreadsheets for good. Sponsored by: Veeva Systems Learn how cloud-enabled solutions provide real-time insights and actionable analytics to improve clinical trial safety and performance in this short presentation. Sponsored by: Docusign Life science companies are experiencing a significant transformation in how they bring new products to market. Drug Approval, Manufacturing Quality & Regulation 2018 | Online Translational Biomarkers: Advancing Neuroscience Drug Discovery and Development May 14, 2018 | South San Francisco, CA
MIXiii-Biomed 2018 May 15-17, 2018 | Tel-Aviv, Israel Drug Development Immersion May 17-18, 2018 | Boston, MA BIO International Convention June 4-7, 2018 | Boston, MA
FierceBiotech Executive Breakfast at BIO 2018 – CAR-T 2.0: Innovation Never Stands Still June 6, 2018 | Boston, MA BioBasics: Biotech for the Non-Scientist June 13-14, 2018 | Toronto, Canada BioBasics: Biotech for the Non-Scientist June 13-14, 2018 | West Windsor, NJ Sensors Expo & Conference Conference & Expo: June 26-28, 2018 | Pre-Conference Symposia: June 25, 2018 | San Jose, CA 18th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition August 12-17, 2018 | Montreal, Canada FierceBiotech 3rd Drug Development Forum October 1–3, 2018 | Hilton Boston Logan Airport Hotel | Boston, MA Drug Development Boot Camp® 2018 November 14-15, 2018 | Boston, MA | Register and start preparing Today! | 
