Featured Story By Nick Paul Taylor Ex-Gilead CSO Norbert Bischofberger has struck a deal with his former employer. The agreement will see Bischofberger’s Kronos Bio buy Gilead’s portfolio of spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitors and vault into clinical development. read more |
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Top Stories By Ben Adams Relay Therapeutics has pulled off a major upsized IPO worth $400 million to propel a pipeline of treatments aiming at previously undruggable targets. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Suppressing cough in COVID-19 patients not only addresses a symptom that can be “traumatic and debilitating,” but it can tamp down on the spread of the disease from patients to hospital staff, family or housemates. Nocion Therapeutics scored expedited approval for the phase 1 study of its cough treatment. read more Monday, July 13, 2020 The inclusion of Kupffer cells in in vitro hepatic cultures provides researchers with advanced tools for disease modeling and drug discovery. read more By Amirah Al Idrus An FDA panel has narrowly backed the approval of Mallinckrodt’s terlipressin for a type of kidney failure. The 8-7 vote comes after FDA staffers flagged multiple concerns for the drug, including whether meeting the surrogate endpoint in its phase 3 study actually translated to patients living longer or faring better. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Coronaviruses have jumped from animals to humans before—and they’ll do it again. That’s why Adagio Therapeutics is working on antibodies that can fight multiple members of the virus family, including SARS-CoV-2, the culprit behind the current pandemic. The startup snagged $50 million to push its lead candidates into the clinic. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Imvax has raised $112 million to take its autologous tumor cell vaccine into a phase 2 glioblastoma multiforme trial. The series C follows phase 1b data on the brain cancer treatment that persuaded existing investors including HP WILD Holding and Ziff Capital Partners to commit more cash. read more By Conor Hale Glympse Bio, developers of an injectable chemical biomarker platform for diagnosing the body’s hidden diseases, has raised $46.7 million in new funding for its efforts. read more By Eric Sagonowsky Several biopharma players are racing to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, and now Johnson & Johnson is revving up its plans for late-stage trials earlier than originally expected—and it's aiming far above the FDA's 50% efficacy bar for approval, executives said. If its candidate succeeds in the clinic, J&J plans to be ready to launch in early 2021. read more | Webinar: Metabolites in Safety Testing (MIST): Analytical Strategy Wednesday, July 29 | 1pm ET / 10am PT Regulatory agencies have provided recommendations on when and how to identify and characterize drug metabolites to ensure their non-clinical toxicity has been adequately evaluated. This presentation will review the origins of these recommendations and the specific requirements that need to be considered in designing studies. Register now. |
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