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Using GSK and Dynavax tech, Clover kick-starts COVID-19 vax trial with data drop in August

After teaming up with GlaxoSmithKline and Dynavax early on in the pandemic, Chinese biotech Clover Biopharmaceuticals has started trials of its COVID-19 vaccine and expects data in August.

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Roche phase 3 hits goal in subgroup of prostate cancer patients

Roche’s ipatasertib has improved progression-free survival in a subgroup of prostate cancer patients in a phase 3 trial. The drug failed to improve outcomes in the broader population, but, with overall survival data still maturing, Roche thinks the findings are encouraging for its chances of claiming a slice of a market targeted by AstraZeneca.

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Amid Allergan buyout, AbbVie dumps unwanted Assembly microbiome pact

Assembly Biosciences has been handed back the rights for a series of gastrointestinal microbiome assets from AbbVie as it filters out unwanted pacts from its Allergan subsidiary.

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Sponsored: NYC Biotechs Rally to Test for COVID-19

Hit hard by COVID-19, five NYC biotech companies develop innovative diagnostic technologies that provide faster and better tests.

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Forma, Repare snag nearly $500M collectively in upsized IPOs

Pandemic or no pandemic, biotech IPOs just keep on coming. Let’s add another two to the list: Forma Therapeutics, which pulled off a $278 million listing, and Repare Therapeutics, which bagged $220 million in its Wall Street debut.

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Sponsored: The Future of Clinical Research: Digitally Transforming What’s Possible

Sponsors are transforming and future-proofing their clinical research by incorporating virtual options in study protocols. Discover why patients are key to the success of these digital strategies.

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Finch Therapeutics' microbiome med quells stubborn C. difficile

Finch Therapeutics’ lead microbiome drug beat the standard of care at banishing recurrent Clostridium difficile infections in a phase 2 study, laying the groundwork for a second pivotal trial and teeing up a second program in hepatitis B.

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Engrail Therapeutics nabs $32M series A for CNS work

San Diego-based biotech Engrail Therapeutics has raised $32 million as it looks to kickstart its first clinical work for its central nervous system med.

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How Regeneron's COVID-19 antibody cocktail cuts the risk of resistance

Regeneron launched human trials of its anti-COVID cocktail REGN-COV2 last week, and now its scientists are explaining how they chose the two antibodies that comprise the treatment. The key was to thwart the ability of the virus to mutate by selecting antibodies that bind differently to their target, they explained in a new study.

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Chutes & Ladders—Novavax appoints AstraZeneca vet Dubovsky to CMO role

AstraZeneca exec Dubovsky joins Novavax as CMO; Eli Lilly's Gandhi leaves for Dana-Farber; Fjällskog tapped as Sensei CMO.

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FiercePharmaAsia—Sinopharm, Sinovac COVID vaccines; Takeda's warning letter, $2B pipeline cull

Two China-made inactivated COVID-19 vaccines by Sinopharm and Sinovac passed mid-phase clinical tests. Takeda got an FDA warning letter, and the Japanese pharma sold seven neuroscience candidates to Neurocrine Biosciences for up to $2 billion. And more.

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