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High tides: Long-term data ready Takeda for bringing first dengue travel vaccine to market

New long-term data from Takeda’s TIDES study of its dengue fever vaccine provide the missing piece of the puzzle in the Japanese pharma’s quest to bring the first travel shot for the infection to market.

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Alnylam stays on Calliditas’ heels as Regeneron-partnered nephropathy drug passes phase 2

Alnylam has reached a phase 2 checkpoint of its Regeneron-partnered immunoglobulin A nephropathy treatment as it looks to catch up with Calliditas Therapeutics' FDA-approved med Tarpeyo. 

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Back in the Frame: CureVac inks biotech buyout to step up cancer vaccine R&D

CureVac, bruised from its COVID-19 vaccine woes, has struck another deal to bolster its cancer vaccine development capabilities, buying Frame Cancer Therapeutics for its ability to identify unique and shared neoantigens.

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Sponsored: Tech-Enabled Trials Don't Have to Mean Loss of Human Connection

DCTs hold the promise of reducing site and patient burdens but at what cost to human connection? Vault says it doesn't have to be a compromise.

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ASCO: Takeda Oncology ready to stoke partnerships to fire up cancer-fighting pillar technologies

Takeda Oncology employees arrived on the scene at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting eager to be back in person and ready to talk potential partnerships that could bolster the Japanese pharma's three main “pillar” areas.

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Betting on both types of CAR-T, Tessa grabs $126M series A to push assets through clinic

Anticipating the challenges in CAR-T therapy development, Singapore’s Tessa Therapeutics has hedged its bets by developing two different types of the anticancer drug and will now use proceeds from a $126 million series A funding round to push its assets through clinical trials.

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Roche's bispecific blood cancer drug Lunsumio treads on CAR-T's turf with first global approval

After Rituxan's fall off the patent cliff, Roche is looking to new assets to replenish its blood cancer arsenal. With a first-in-class nod, the Swiss pharma is introducing a novel bispecific lymphoma drug that will first compete with powerful CAR-T therapies.

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Astellas opens new $100M gene therapy production plant

Japan’s Astellas Pharma completed construction of a $100 million gene therapy manufacturing plant located in Sanford, North Carolina.

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Foundation Medicine's tumor test scores yet another companion diagnostic nod, for Genentech's Rozlytrek

Foundation Medicine’s flagship cancer diagnostic is designed to detect substitutions and alterations in more than 300 genes—and the company seemingly won’t rest until the test has been cleared for use alongside just as many cancer drugs.

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LA County's tentative labor deal heads off 1,300-physician strike at 3 public hospitals

The deal was proposed Friday night after “intensive bargaining” that kicked off on Wednesday, the LA County Committee of Interns and Residents said.

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'Runaway train': Drug launch prices have grown 20% annually for more than a decade, and it's time for Congress to act, researchers say

With plenty of U.S. residents having to make tough financial decisions daily because of inflation, a new study confirms what many have likely been feeling for years: Drug prices are much, much higher than in the past.

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To address training gap, NYU College of Nursing will offer course on LGBTQ+ healthcare

Students will learn about LGBTQ+ health issues, regulations and addressing discrimination.

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