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September 07, 2018

Today's Rundown

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After midphase flop, Pfizer taps Cytoo for help identifying DMD targets

Pfizer has teamed up with Cytoo to work on a Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) target discovery platform. The early-stage alliance comes a week after Pfizer halted development of domagrozumab in DMD because of lackluster midphase data.

Top Stories

Akcea lays off 10% of staff following volanesorsen rejection

Akcea Therapeutics is laying off 10% of its workforce. The cuts come 10 days after the FDA rejected a filing for approval of volanesorsen and left Akcea with little use for the team it built up to promote the ultrarare lipid disorder drug.

Elevian set up to pursue disputed approach to aging diseases

New startup Elevian has launched with $5.5 million in backing to develop drugs based on GDF11, a Harvard University-discovered protein that it says is linked to age-related diseases.

Using genomics and machine learning to predict aneurysm risk

Stanford scientists used machine learning to identify mutational patterns in 60 genes that raise the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm, an irreversible disorder in which the body’s main artery gradually enlarges.

EuroBiotech Report—Teva dumps laquinimod, Gilead-Galapagos, GV-Evox, Abivax data and ProQR

In this week's EuroBiotech Report, Teva dumps laquinimod, Galapagos wobbles amid safety scare, GV backs Evox and more. 

FiercePharmaAsia—Aurobindo’s $1B Sandoz buy; ex-GSK scientist guilty plea; Chi-Med’s Elunate win

Novartis is offloading some U.S. generics and dermatology business to Aurobindo for $1 billion; a former GlaxoSmithKline scientist has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets to benefit her Chinese company; Eli Lilly and Chi-Med's Elunate is the first Chinese-made drug to win a major cancer nod; and more.

Chutes & Ladders—Sean Harper and Beth Seidenberg unite to run $320M VC fund

Sean Harper and Beth Seidenberg unite to run $320 million VC fund; Agios crowns Jackie Fouse as CEO; hospital-backed Civica Rx nabs Amgen veteran as CEO; and Lilly hands oncology baton to R&D executive Anne White. Those moves plus more hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.

Resources

[Whitepaper] Choosing the Best Sterile Dosage Form for Your Phase I Clinical Supply Needs

When developing a parenteral, pharmaceutical scientists are faced with a variety of choices – choices that can be conflicting or present differing advantages.

[Whitepaper] Scale-Up and Technical Transfer for Lyophilized Products

Baxter BioPharma Solutions’ whitepaper offers a method to address the challenges of tech transfer for lyophilized products from lab-scale to commercial-scale.

[Whitepaper] Addressing the Special Commercial Challenges in Rare Diseases

A whitepaper outlining the key commercial challenges facing rare disease products, and how biopharmaceutical companies can overcome them.

[Webinar] Enabling precision medicine with Tableau and AWS

Inova is using the capabilities of Tableau on AWS to identify biomarkers for personalized treatment intended to improve health outcomes for children.

[Case Study] Identification of an Unknown Leachable Species from BFS Vials

In this case study, an unknown leachable species was detected by GC-MS analysis of an alkaline drug product (pH approximately 10.5) that was packaged in a novel self- contained plastic Blow Fill Seal (BFS) vial.

[Webinar] Build a holistic data management strategy for Life Sciences

Reltio and IQVIA provide holistic data management solutions for traditional pharma, emerging biotech, and consumer health companies, on AWS.

[Webinar] Safeguard your Life Sciences data with Druva and AWS

Life Sciences organizations are embracing cloud-based Master Data Management (MDM) to modernize the organization of critical data.

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Catalent provides world class stability services to ease your critical path to success.

[Whitepaper] Evolving Approaches to Drug Value Assessment in Global Markets

The window of market exclusivity continues to narrow dramatically in the global marketplace. Given this demanding environment, your global market access team faces increasing urgency to get the value proposition right at the time of launch.

[eBook] 2018 Weekly Compendium

The Biopharma industry is moving at lightning speed and it can be a challenge to keep pace. Here at Biotech Primer we spend hours each week researching, writing, and editing original content for the Biotech Primer WEEKLY with one goal in mind: to help everyone better understand the latest science and technology driving today’s healthcare industry.

[Whitepaper] HOW TO POSITION YOUR PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR SUCCESS

When was the last time your patient support program perfectly aligned with the patient journey, solving all the critical gaps in positioning your brand for success? Follow the 3-D approach to your solution design, and you will achieve a better outcome for your patients.

[eLearning] BIOAVAILABILITY 101

Develop a basic understanding of principles and concepts of bioavailability of oral drugs.

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