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June 21, 2018

Today's Rundown

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Aptinyx, Magenta lead biotech IPO flurry ahead of summer lull

No fewer than five biotech IPOs debuted Thursday, raising more than $460 million and with more in the offing if underwriters take up further options.

Top Stories

BrainStorm mulls making ‘modest profits’ from providing unproven cell therapy on a right-to-try basis

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics is considering providing an experimental therapy to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients under the recently passed U.S. right-to-try law, Bloomberg reports. The Israeli biotech would expect to generate modest profits from the initiative, making it a test case for whether the law has turned unproven drugs into semicommercial products.

Molecular Partners names Regeneron cancer leader as CSO in reshuffle of leadership team

Molecular Partners has rejigged its leadership team, hiring Pamela Trail, Ph.D., from Regeneron to serve as CSO and shunting Michael Stumpp, Ph.D., across to the COO position.

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Heron’s anesthetic aces phase 2 trials, reducing opioid use, and nabs FDA breakthrough designation

Heron Therapeutics posted new positive results for its long-acting anesthetic for postoperative pain, HTX-011, this time from two phase 2 studies demonstrating effectiveness following total knee replacement and breast augmentation surgeries.

Kalytera's cannabis-based GVHD drug gathers steam

Kalytera is developing cannabidiol for the prevention and treatment of graft-versus-host disease, a serious complication of bone marrow transplant. It plans to enter phase 3 for the latter indication by the end of the year.

After making $1M+ on illegal trades, former Puma Biotechnology executive gets prison term

Puma's former senior director of regulatory affairs made more than $1 million by trading on nonpublic information, authorities say.

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SBMI Now Offering an Online Graduate Program in Bioinformatics

UTHealth SBMI now offers a M.S. track in clinical and translational bioinformatics.

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