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Today’s Big NewsSep 27, 2023 |
| By Nick Paul Taylor AbbVie has decided it can do without Caribou Biosciences. The Big Pharma is terminating its off-the-shelf CAR-T pact with Caribou, depriving the biotech of the chance to pocket up to $350 million in milestones per program. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor Gilead’s $4.9 billion immuno-oncology bet has suffered another setback. An ad hoc analysis of a phase 3 leukemia trial found the anti-CD47 antibody is unlikely to improve survival, prompting the Big Biotech to stop the study. |
By Annalee Armstrong Ginkgo Bioworks has snared one of its biggest partners to date. The biology biotech will work with none other than Pfizer in a drug discovery deal for RNA medicines worth $331 million in biobucks for three programs. |
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By James Waldron When Roche’s gantenerumab failed a pair of phase 3 studies last year, the pharma giant said it would look for “external collaborations and partnerships” as an avenue to treat Alzheimer’s disease. With today’s agreement with longtime partner Ionis, it seems the drugmaker is sticking to its word. |
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By James Waldron A month after halting work on an inhaled treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the wake of a phase 2 trial fail, Galecto is laying off 70% of its workforce as the Boston-based biotech mulls its options. |
By Gabrielle Masson In a reversal of fortunes, ProQR Therapeutics’ ophthalmology asset sale to Laboratoires Théa has been cancelled after ProQR failed to meet conditions of the deal. |
By James Waldron Evommune has dropped its only clinical-stage asset after reviewing data from a phase 2 trial in atopic dermatitis. |
By Annalee Armstrong Patients with wet age-related macular degeneration who added Unity Biotechnology’s retinal disease med on top of Regeneron’s Eylea maintained their vision gains achieved with the blockbuster approved therapy alone—but they didn’t experience any major gains that the biotech was hoping for. |
By Gabrielle Masson,Max Bayer,Annalee Armstrong Alongside the new year, we've launched a new Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker to keep the pulse on the industry's financing. |
By Kevin Dunleavy A Massachusetts federal judge has sided with Eli Lilly, overturning a $176.5 million jury verdict from November of last year. The verdict had been awarded to Teva in a patent infringement squabble over the companies’ competing migraine drugs. |
By Conor Hale Dubbed BigRNA, Deep Genomics' neural network is designed to predict the how RNA expression is regulated tissue-by-tissue, to better understand how variants in genes ultimately give rise to disease. |
By Paige Minemyer Virgin Pulse and benefits administrator HealthComp are set to merge in a $3 billion deal that aims to drive lower costs and improve outcomes for employers. |
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