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Bain goes big again, leading $350M round to fund oral challenger to blockbuster asthma biologics

Bain Capital Life Sciences is at it again. Biotech’s go-to source for big-ticket financing rounds has stepped up to lead a $350 million series A round in Areteia Therapeutics, positioning the newly created startup to run phase 3 trials of an asthma candidate designed to have biologiclike efficacy in an oral dosage form.

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Game on, Hemlibra. Novo Nordisk's attempt to snatch Roche's hemophilia crown gets serious

Hemlibra’s days as the hemophilia head honcho may be numbered. At least, that seems to be the hope of Novo Nordisk, which released back-to-back trial data for two of its own assets for the bleeding disorder over the past few days.

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An Epic in miniature: CRISPR pioneer's startup reels in $55M to use tiny Cas for epigenetic engineering

CRISPR co-inventor Stanley Qi is out with a new biotech that wants to make a big splash by going small. The startup, Epic Bio, corralled a VC syndicate willing to bet $55 million on its vision to use the smallest known Cas protein in epigenetic engineering.

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Advance your AAV-based therapeutics by leveraging Lonza expertise, using the same tools and technologies used for our platform processes. Balance risk and speed, while maintaining high AAV productivity

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Genentech rides up to 2nd target in Bicycle immuno-oncology collab

Roche’s Genentech unit called in an option to license a second immuno-oncology target from its collaboration with British biotech Bicycle.

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Sponsored: Decentralized clinical trials, patient experience and the role of supply chain management

The rise of clinical trial complexity has been well-documented but the impact on logistics is not well understood. Here, we look at decentralized trials, patient experience and the role of logistics.

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Aldeyra's dry eye drops make another clinical splash as the company nears NDA submission

Aldeyra's dry eye med has notched another clinical win as the company nears a formal approval submission. The biotech is slated to meet with regulators in the third quarter.

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Tenaya tackles genetic heart condition after thorough screening process nails down target

Tenaya is touting a thorough target-screening process involving deep learning that's helped the company to develop a preclinical med to treat a genetic heart disease. The company plans to ask regulators later this year for a thumbs-up to take the med into phase 1 trials.

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Roche hands over $55M for licensing rights to Ionis’ kidney disease candidate

Roche is handing over $55 million for the licensing rights to Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ rare kidney disease treatment candidate, an investigational med that the Big Pharma will advance into a phase 3 clinical trial.

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Noncommercial sponsors need more support, says ASCO winner Clinscience

A study by the Polish Myeloma Consortium and the University of Chicago set new standards for blood cancer therapy, according to judges at the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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Brace yourself, Amgen. Lumakras' sales might disappoint as key data readouts draw near, analyst warns

Amgen’s first-in-class KRAS inhibitor Lumakras has been grabbing attention even before its approval. Now, after closely watching the drug’s commercial performance in non-small cell lung cancer, one team of analysts is sounding an alarm ahead of key clinical trial data readouts.

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Moderna's omicron booster triggers stronger response against subvariants than its original shot, company says

Just a few weeks after the FDA recommended that vaccine makers update their boosters to protect against Omicron, Moderna unveiled positive data showing high neutralizing antibody responses in its updated booster trial.

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Sanofi, still on CEO Paul Hudson's quest to slim down, offloads 17 brands to Neuraxpharm

Sanofi has entered a deal to hand over 17 branded products to central nervous system specialist Neuraxpharm for an undisclosed sum. The drugs comprise two product portfolios for CNS disorders, pain and vascular diseases, Neuraxpharm said in a release.

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Business Group: These are employers' key concerns following Supreme Court abortion ruling

In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling last month that reversed abortion protections under Roe v. Wade, employers are pushing the feds to quickly address potential volatility in health benefits.

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