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Today's Rundown Featured Story | | | Wednesday, July 3, 2019 The FDA has put Unum Therapeutics’ phase 1 ACTR087-Rituxan trial on clinical hold for the second time. Unum suffered the setback after a patient experienced grade 3 and 4 adverse events including neurotoxicity and respiratory distress. |
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Top Stories Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Purdue Pharma has named Julie Ducharme as its CSO. Ducharme rejoins Purdue at a time when it is trying to expand beyond the opioids that built but now threaten to sink its business. Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Boehringer Ingelheim is bolstering its liver disease pipeline with yet another NASH-focused deal. This time, it is licensing a biologic from South Korea’s Yuhan for $40 million upfront and promising up to $830 million in milestone payments. Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Cydan co-founders, CEO Chris Adams and R&D chief James McArthur discuss building companies and their hunt for orphan drugs. Wednesday, July 3, 2019 In a step closer to a possible cure for the infection, a team of scientists has removed HIV from mice using the CRISPR gene-editing technology and a long-acting antiretroviral therapy. Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Merrimack's CEO, CFO and president abandon ship after canning clinical pipeline; uBiome overhauls management, again, amid FBI probe; and cue the "revolving door" criticism, as Gottlieb joins Pfizer’s board. Those moves plus more hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. | This week's sponsor is Medrio. | |  | [Webinar] Accelerating Site and Patient Enrollment for Phase 1 Trials
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