Featured Story By Gabrielle Masson Roche has paid out $250 million cash to acquire Good Therapeutics as part of a bid to bolster its immuno-oncology efforts with the Seattle biotech's preclinical PD-1-regulated IL-2 program. read more |
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Top Stories By James Waldron It’s a good day to be the CFO of SpringWorks Therapeutics. The precision medicine biotech has not only secured $225 million in funding, but also banked a further $75 million equity investment as part of an expanded agreement with GSK. read more By Max Bayer A new biotech buoyed by Beam Therapeutics is taking flight, focused on RNA-based medicines. Orbital Therapeutics is launching with an undisclosed amount of money from top investors including a16z and Arch. read more By James Waldron Perhaps the writing was on the wall for Metacrine. It was back in October 2021 that the company’s asset MET642 failed a trial in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, setting in motion a train of events that would lead to firing half its workforce and, ultimately, its acquisition. read more By Nick Paul Taylor BioVie has drummed up investor enthusiasm for its Alzheimer’s disease prospect NE3107, reporting data from an investigator-initiated phase 2 clinical trial that sparked a 39% increase in its share price. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Ionis Pharmaceuticals has dropped more data on its AstraZeneca-partnered treatment for hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy, shedding a little more light on how the antisense candidate matches up to Alnylam’s incumbents. read more By Gabrielle Masson Brickell Biotech is shedding its old name to pursue Fresh Tracks, rebranding in efforts to represent a potential evolution into a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. read more By Angus Liu At this year’s ESMO meeting, Merck is presenting a series of Keytruda failures on top of a closely watched trial win of its drug in collaboration with Seagen and Astellas' Padcev. We catch up with SVB Securities analyst Daina Graybosch, Ph.D., to walk through those important trials, what to look for in the data and their implications. read more By Joseph Keenan Colorado-based Flagship Biosciences, which focuses on spatial biology and biomarker analytics services, acquired Interpace Biosciences’ Pharma Solutions (IPS) division for an undisclosed price. read more By Jacqueline Renfrow The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is running its new #30DaysofStrength campaign in September to raise awareness for MDA’s mission to support families across the U.S. living with muscular dystrophy, ALS and other neuromuscular diseases. read more By Conor Hale The European Commission said Illumina chose poorly when it decided to move forward with its $8 billion deal for the cancer test developer Grail. read more By Teresa Carey This week on "Podnosis," we talk about the changing landscape in the femtech sector after the Dobbs decision. 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