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With failed COVID shot still dragging on earnings, CureVac tries to turn page to next-gen mRNA tech

CureVac’s so-called first generation COVID vaccine—a shot that failed to reach anywhere near the high efficacy bar set by rivals—is continuing to drag on the German biotech’s earnings, a break in the sails expected to stay around through the year.

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Sponsored: Agilex Biolabs Doubles in Size with Launch of New Large Molecule Facility as It Expands Its U.S. Presence

Bioanalytical Laboratory Offers Qualified U.S. Clients a 43.5% Cash Rebate for Conducting Studies in its Australia-based FDA-Inspected Labs

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Antios rocked as hepatitis B safety signal sparks clinical hold, termination of collaboration

Antios Therapeutics’ push to develop a curative hepatitis B therapy has hit turbulence. The FDA has hit Antios with a clinical hold over a safety report, prompting Assembly Biosciences to terminate its clinical trial collaboration agreement with the deep-pocketed biotech.

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Forte fields demand to liquidate from top shareholder who says latest asset came 'out of thin air'

Forte Biosciences’ top shareholder is calling on the biotech to close up shop before it pours money into a brand new lead asset, saying the compound appears to have come “out of thin air.”

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Terremoto spells out plan to expand covalent drug alphabet with $75M funding

Terremoto Biosciences will use a $75 million series A funding round to leverage breakthroughs in novel chemistry and biology to broaden the covalent drug alphabet available to treat complex diseases.

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Insurer plans $4B investment blitz to add lab space outside of U.S. biotech hot spots

Legal & General is getting into the U.S. life science property game. By putting up $500 million and allying with Ancora, the U.K. insurer is aiming to spark a five-year, $4 billion property blitz outside of the biotech hot spots.

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Bavarian Nordic signs 'larger' monkeypox vaccine supply deal with unnamed country

Bavarian Nordic said it has signed a monkeypox vaccine supply contract that's large enough to warrant an adjustment to its 2022 sales projection. The deal comes after the U.S. CDC said it would make some doses available.

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AmerisourceBergen aims to connect trial sponsors with cancer practices

Independent specialty practices are an untapped recruitment opportunity for clinical trials, says AmerisourceBergen, which has launched a tool that connects drug developers with oncology practices.

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Health plans can do more to improve price transparency for consumers, survey finds

The majority of consumers know of and use transparency tools offered by their health plan, yet nearly half avoided care due to unclear costs.

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Illumina obtains European companion diagnostic test approval for Bayer rare cancer drug Vitrakvi

Biopsy results from Illumina's TruSight Oncology Comprehensive test can now be used to identify patients with any solid tumors that harbor NTRK gene mutations.

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GSK 'schemed' FDA's drug-device approval pathway to deflect asthma inhaler generics, lawsuit claims

GSK’s perpetual asthma inhaler updates have kept generics makers chasing a moving target for more than half a century, a new lawsuit filed in a Missouri federal court contends. It’s patients who are being forced to foot the bill, the plaintiff says.

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