| This week's sponsor is Premier Research. | |  | Rare Cancer Drug Research: What to Know Going In
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Today's Rundown Featured Story | | | Thursday, June 14, 2018 The U.K. has set up a £2.5 billion ($3.6 billion) patient capital program. The fund is part of an initiative to help British biotechs grow into standalone midsized businesses, rather than sell up at the first sign of a takeover bid from overseas. |
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Top Stories Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Healthcare venture capital firm Alta Partners has launched a new fund focused on companies developing new therapeutics and health technology services. It closed with $130 million, below the $200 million it had hoped to raise according to a February 2017 SEC filing. Thursday, June 14, 2018 Apexigen is collaborating with Yale Cancer Center on an early-stage clinical trial that combines the biotech’s APX005M CD40 activator with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo and cabiralizumab, an investigational anti-CSF-1 antibody, in patients with advanced solid tumors. Thursday, June 14, 2018 Argenx has the first data on a new subcutaneous formulation of its rare autoimmune disease drug efgartigimod that could make it a much more patient-friendly prospect. Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Teva has long called Pennsylvania its U.S. home base, but New Jersey has pushed through tax breaks designed to woo it away. For $40 million in incentives, the generics giant would have to promise a 1,000-strong workforce—and for Teva, that means keeping some jobs slated for the ax. | This week's sponsor is cobra:bio. | |  | Accelerating Protein Production Since 1995
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Enrollment Showcase | | | Sponsored by: Bioinformatics at UTHealth SBMI UTHealth SBMI now offers a M.S. track in clinical and translational bioinformatics. |
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