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Jun 12, 2023

Novartis inks $3.2B Chinook buyout to lift kidney disease plans


Patients attack-free a year after receiving Intellia's hereditary angioedema CRISPR med


Coya deems dementia drug R&D plan 'premature,' switches focus


After layoffs leave Oncorus a 'shell' of a company, board liquidates the business


After setting out to study ovarian cancer, scientists discover contraceptive gene therapy for cats instead

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Novartis inks $3.2B Chinook buyout to lift kidney disease plans

Novartis wants to give a $3.2 billion lift to its kidney disease pipeline. While working to generate phase 3 data on its own IgA nephropathy candidate, the Swiss drugmaker has seized the chance to buy Chinook Therapeutics for a pair of late-stage programs targeting the rare, progressive chronic kidney disease.
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Patients attack-free a year after receiving Intellia's hereditary angioedema CRISPR med

Patients with the inflammatory disorder hereditary angioedema who took Intellia Therapeutics’ CRISPR medicine have been attack free for a year or more after receiving just one dose.

Coya deems dementia drug R&D plan 'premature,' switches focus

Coya Therapeutics’ plan to treat frontotemporal dementia by boosting the function of regulatory T cells is unraveling. Months after putting FTD at the heart of its IPO pitch, the biotech has decided it would be “premature” to continue to study its low-dose formulation of IL-2 in the indication.

Minimizing Barriers to eConsent Adoption

Michael Hughes, Chief Product Officer at YPrime discusses the benefits and challenges of eConsent implementation and how to circumvent the biggest barriers to adoption.

After layoffs leave Oncorus a 'shell' of a company, board liquidates the business

A week after Oncorus shed pretty much all its staff, the board has decided that the game is up and moved to liquidate the RNA-focused company.

Sanyou Milestones | Super Trillion Common Light Chain Antibody Discovery Platform Launched

On June 12th, 2023 local time, Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. officially announced the launch of "Sanyou Super Trillion Common Light Chain Antibody Discovery Platform" (the "platform"). As one of the nine trillion antibody discovery platforms of Sanyou, the platform features a library capacity of up to 1.12E+12 CFU. For a single target, the platform can generate hundreds of lead antibodies with diverse sequences, which can be further designed into bispecific antibodies with good drug developability, providing a feasible solution for obtaining bispecific antibodies with structures similar to the natural monoclonal antibodies

After setting out to study ovarian cancer, scientists discover contraceptive gene therapy for cats instead

Scientists have come up with a new anti-Müllerian hormone gene therapy that could one day offer an alternative to surgical sterilization in female cats. Their findings help validate the notion of using AMH in human applications too.

Janssen’s approach to business development and strategic partnerships

The creation of collaborative partnerships continues to be essential to delivering transformational therapies to address critical healthcare needs.

Illumina CEO Francis deSouza resigns following proxy battle with Carl Icahn

Francis deSouza has resigned as CEO and director of Illumina after recently surviving activist investor Carl Icahn’s proxy fight against the company, which involved demands to remove deSouza from the DNA sequencing company’s board and replace him as chief executive.

Activist shareholders blast Merck's IRA lawsuit, urge company to reconsider

After Merck's bombshell lawsuit contesting the Inflation Reduction Act, shareholders at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility are asking the company to reconsider. They're citing Merck's stated commitments to access and affordability as the rationale behind their plea.

Huma nabs FDA nod for AI-backed disease management platform

No more beating around the bush here: With a newly bestowed FDA clearance, Huma’s disease-agnostic health management software can now be more direct in offering clinical recommendations to users and their doctors.

Eisai, Biogen's Alzheimer's drug Leqembi wins over FDA experts in unanimous vote

After a daylong discussion among experts on an FDA advisory committee, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi is heading into the final stretch of its regulatory review on strong footing.

Not covering emerging Alzheimer's drugs could cost Medicare billions: study

Emerging Alzheimer’s medications come with high price tags, but researchers with the University of Chicago calculate that in the long run, it’s much less costly to cover these therapies for Medicare beneficiaries.
 
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