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August 15, 2019___

Today's Rundown

Featured Story

Ultragenyx snags option on antisense startup GeneTx

Ultragenyx has picked up an option to acquire GeneTx and its preclinical antisense oligonucleotide. The drug, GTX-102, is designed to treat the rare neurogenetic disorder Angelman syndrome.

Top Stories

In conversation with Samumed CEO Osman Kibar: Drugging Wnt, restoring youth and unconventional capital

Samumed CEO Osman Kibar discusses regenerative medicine, drugging the Wnt pathway and his company's unorthodox journey.

Y-mAbs ramps up head count in post-IPO hiring spree

Y-mAbs Therapeutics has rapidly expanded its headcount by 65%. The post-IPO hiring spree comes as Y-mAbs heads toward FDA filings of two cancer drugs later this year.

MacroGenics, Incyte’s PD-1 med to face off with Merck’s Keytruda in a first for cancer R&D

It has the makings of a David and Goliath story: MacroGenics will kick off a trial later this year that will pit its Incyte-partnered anti-PD-1 drug against Merck’s Keytruda—the first drug of its class to win approval—in patients with head and neck cancer.

AstraZeneca drug heads to phase 2 in pancreatic cancer after small trial extends survival

University of Michigan researchers are reporting promising results from an early trial of AstraZeneca’s AZD1775, a drug that blocks an enzyme cancer cells need to repair their own DNA.

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