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Featured Story

Amgen reunites with longtime partner Kyowa Kirin in $400M dermatitis deal

Amgen and Kyowa Kirin capped off a decadeslong partnership in 2017, when the Big Biotech handed over $780 million to subsume their joint venture. Now, the duo is back at it in a new deal around a phase-3-ready asset worth $400 million upfront.

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Top Stories

Sanofi's venglustat fails another trial, ending pursuit of kidney disease

Sanofi has stopped a pivotal clinical trial of venglustat in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) for futility. The setback comes months after venglustat failed a phase 2 Parkinson’s disease trial but still leaves Sanofi with shots on goal.

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ASCO: J&J's anti-BCMA CAR-T pads its case ahead of speedy review and Bristol Myers showdown

Just days after moving their multiple myeloma CAR-T into the FDA’s fast lane, Johnson & Johnson and Legend Biotech are unveiling new data to pad its case. The treatment shrank tumors in 98% of very sick patients with multiple myeloma and eliminated them in 80% of patients.

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Novartis pens buyout pact with fellow Swiss native Cellerys, eyeing midstage MS hopeful

Novartis has signed up to a collab pact and possible buyout deal, should all go to plan, for quiet, little-known Swiss biotech Cellerys.

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Gene editing biotech Verve indicates a swift swerve onto Wall Street, asking for $100M IPO

Verve Therapeutics, on the march toward the clinic with a next-gen heart drug, wants a piece of the ever-growing biotech IPO pie.

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Liminal stops plan to advance fibrosis drug after seeing PK data

Liminal BioSciences has stopped plans to advance fezagepras in two indications after getting a look at interim pharmacokinetic results. The biotech had planned to move into a phase 2 trial in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and a phase 1b/2a study in hypertriglyceridemia next year.

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Surprise! Amgen's hot KRAS drug seals early FDA approval, winning a shot against 'undruggable' cancer

What was once considered the "Achilles heel" of lung cancer tumors, as Amgen puts it, now has an FDA-approved treatment in the company's KRAS inhibitor, Lumakras. 

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Resources

Whitepaper: How to Launch a Successful BYOD Strategy in Any Phase

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Paid Marketplace: Story of Success: Ashfield Healthcare Empowers Field Sales to Grow Market Share based on Data

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eBook: Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials

Create a more diverse and inclusive clinical trial enrollment and engagement environment by learning the barriers to participation and the strategies to overcome them.

Whitepaper: Closed Cell Processing System Benefits for Cell & Gene Therapy

Autologous cell and gene therapy workflows involve isolating cells from an individual, engineering the cells, expanding and concentrating them, and infusing them back into the patient. Optimized automation of certain steps of the workflow may decrease hands-on time and the cost of the cell manufacturing process.

Guide: Your Guide to Overcome Inconsistent Clinical Data Standards

Learn how to develop a standards program that has your full team’s buy-in and improves the efficiency and quality of your clinical trials.

Whitepaper: The Journey to a Global Modular Content Strategy

One top 10 pharma outlines three key steps to launching a modular content strategy to generate localized content faster.

E-Book: 7 Keys to Success in Europe

This 77-page e-book explores 7 keys to success that any biopharma company needs to keep in mind as it enters Europe.

eBook: The New Standard: Virtual Study Training in Clinical Trials

The new standards in study training help sponsors and CROs reduce costs by 60%, cut training time by 50%, and start enrollment 55 days faster – learn more today.

Report: New research indicates an accelerated shift to decentralized clinical trials

New research indicates an accelerated adoption of decentralized clinical trials due to COVID-19.

Content Hub: Process Intensification Resource Center

A one-stop hub for Cytiva resources to support process intesification

Whitepaper: COVID-19 Survey report: The Lasting Impact on Outsourcing Decisions

How has COVID-19 impacted CRO/CDMO customer (dis)satisfaction and outsourcing decisions for pharma and biotech companies in 2021 and beyond?

Content Hub: Emerging Biotech Resource Center

A one-stop hub for Cytiva resources to support process development and manufacturing of your novel molecule

Content Hub: Remarque Systems Resource Hub

Remarque Systems consolidates data, then layers on visualization and automated metrics to generate consistent, actionable data insights in real-time. Click here for more info. 

eBrief: Drug Product Process Development: Ensuring a Consistent, High-quality Biologic

Learn about drug product process development challenges and risks, the difference between innovator and biosimilar drug product process development, and more during the drug product process development phase.

Whitepaper: Achieving a Successful Drug Product Technology Transfer

Get insights on key considerations for a successful tech transfer process for manufacturing a biologic drug product, including a case study on overcoming challenges in a process transfer for a sterile diluent.

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