| This week's sponsor is Premier Research. | |  | Discovering the Great Potential of Immuno-Oncology Drugs
Immuno-modulating agents have been around a long time, but for limited uses. New immuno-oncology pathways promise big advances against a wider range of cancers. Register now for our May 23 webinar. Premier Research. It's what we do. Best. |
Featured Story | Wednesday, May 10, 2017  A phase 3 trial of AstraZeneca’s tralokinumab in patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma has missed its primary endpoint. The anti-interleukin-13 human monoclonal antibody failed to cut the annual asthma exacerbation rate by more than placebo, forcing AstraZeneca to hitch its hopes for the drug to the planned analysis of a subpopulation of patients.
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Top Stories | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Quintiles and IMS Health came together last year in a massive $19 billion megamerger, and now INC and inVentiv are looking to follow suit, combining into one new major company that will according to the pair make it the second largest biopharmaceutical outsourcing provider in the world. |
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| Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Sage Therapeutics posted phase 2 results from its Parkinson’s disease study yesterday in which it said its experimental med could help tremors, but the top-line data were met with confusion by Bio Twitter, and its shares fell more than 3% in normal hours trading. |
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Monday, May 8, 2017 Biosimilars development in the U.S. is still rapidly growing and shifting. We discuss the key issues sponsors face today – from nonclinical testing to commercialization – along with considerations for a strategic regulatory approach. | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 As expected, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., has been confirmed as the new head of the FDA, about four months after his Obama-picked predecessor Robert Califf stepped down. |
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| Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Oxford Genetics has licensed CRISPR gene editing technology from ERS Genomics. The agreement gives the British synthetic biology service provider the right to use CRISPR technology to improve gene therapy viral vectors and develop cell lines. |
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| Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Boston Scientific has received FDA approval for its Resonate line of high-voltage cardiac devices. The regulatory nod clears Boston Scientific to start selling devices it thinks can overcome reticence among physicians to use multipoint pacing products by diminishing concerns about battery life. |
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| Tuesday, May 9, 2017 AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi won its bladder cancer approval just last week—but it’s no longer the newest immuno-oncology med for the condition. |
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| This week's sponsor is MedNet Solutions. | |  | WHITE PAPER: Data Safety Monitoring Boards & eClinical
This FREE White Paper explores Data Safety Monitoring Boards & Data Monitoring Committees, their role in managing patient risk, and how eClinical systems simplify their work. DOWNLOAD. |
| | | AbbVie has posted what it calls "promising results" from its CELEST phase 2 study for its JAK1 inhibitor upadacitinib (ABT-494) in Crohn's disease. Release Fragile X syndrome-focused biotech Fulcrum Therapeutics has secured additional Series A funding from Alphabet’s Google Ventures. Statement NantHealth has promoted former Caris Life Sciences executive Sandeep Reddy, M.D., to chief medical officer. Release | |
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