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90+ executive-level speakers share advanced partnership and pipeline strategies. Learn to adapt to increased deal complexity, real world evidence and digital technologies. Unequaled networking! Sign up by August 11 to save $200 on registration. | Featured Story | Thursday, July 20, 2017 Belgian biotech Ablynx just signed a potentially lucrative new deal with Sanofi that could be worth an eye-watering €2.4 billion, although just €23 million of that comes up front. |
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Top Stories Thursday, July 20, 2017 Roche has jettisoned Oryzon’s treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and solid tumors from its pipeline. The decision to dump lysine-specific demethylase-1 inhibitor ORY-1001 wiped as much as 30% off Oryzon’s stock price as investors digested the loss of the $500 million-plus deal. Thursday, July 20, 2017 Sanofi Genzyme's and Novartis’ venture arms have backed NeuroVia, an upstart that wants to help treat the rare CNS disorder X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Thursday, July 20, 2017 Theravance Biopharma and Mylan are still on course to file for approval of their nebulized chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) therapy in the fourth quarter after posting 12-month safety data. The trial suggests revefenacin has a tolerable safety profile comparable to that of Boehringer Ingelheim’s bronchodilator Spiriva. Wednesday, July 19, 2017 Sarepta is offering its Duchenne therapy Exondys 51 in certain countries outside of the U.S. through a compassionate use program managed by Clinigen, as the company reported better-than-expected revenues from the medication in the U.S. and as the EMA is still evaluating the drug in due process. Thursday, July 20, 2017 Check out the rest of Thursday's news of note. Resources Sponsored By: Veeva Learn why 99% of respondents report the need to unify their clinical applications, including CTMS, EDC, eTMF, and study start-up. Sponsored By: DocuSign When leading biopharma companies founded SAFE-BioPharma in 2005, it was with a vision of a not too distant future with major changes in the industry: the move to collaboration with many partners, make business processes fully electronic, and to take advantage of all of the benefits of online operations. Sponsored By: Veeva Learn why 99% of respondents report the need to unify their clinical applications, including CTMS, EDC, eTMF, and study start-up. Sponsored By: HealthCore Gain critical insights into how to design and implement pragmatic trials and generate relevant, high-level real-world evidence. Learn when to conduct PTs, design considerations, ethical regulatory issues — and more. Sponsored By: Envigo Discover the factors that contribute to differential radiation sensitivity between the Rag2 and SCID models. Sponsored By: RTI Health Solutions In this webinar, we will introduce the rapidly-evolving within-subject clinical trial (WSCT) methods for early phase evidence generation that require fewer people, less time, and usually less funding than traditional early phase methods. Sponsored By: Veeva Join this global webinar to learn a new approach for demonstrating medical affairs' impact with better metrics - beyond reach and frequency, enabling launch success and better engagement with strategic KOL insights, and increasing your organization's share of voice in the healthcare landscape. Sponsored By: DocuSign DocuSign’s eSignature solutions modernize healthcare and life science organizations by eliminating paper and antiquated signature processes while meeting compliance requirements and reducing costs and errors. Sponsored By: DocuSign The patients who rely on your scientific leadership are expecting more. Sponsored By: DocuSign The U.S. Department of Justice has collected upwards of $17 billion in settlements from the healthcare industry since 2009, including more than $2 billion from a single life sciences company. |
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