Featured Story | By Nick Paul Taylor Galapagos and Servier’s GLPG1972 has failed to improve outcomes in knee osteoarthritis patients in a phase 2 clinical trial. The failure of the ADAMTS-5 inhibitor is a setback for Galapagos’ efforts to expand its opportunities beyond its faltering JAK1 inhibitor filgotinib. read more |
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Top Stories By Nick Paul Taylor Eli Lilly has struck a deal to sell a U.K. R&D campus to UCB. The deal positions UCB to turn the former Lilly neuroscience center into one of its three global R&D hubs. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Among the many things we took for granted before COVID-19 were in-person gatherings, where everyone in biopharma could catch up, talk shop and maybe emerge with a new partner or two. Sanofi isn’t sweating it, though—the sudden need to go virtual gave companies a chance to get out of their dealmaking comfort zone. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Let’s add two more to the list—a pair of clinical-stage biotechs collectively raised more than $200 million in their Nasdaq debuts. Hepatitis B and COVID-19-focused Aligos Therapeutics raised $150 million, while eye disease player Tarsus Pharmaceuticals reeled in $88 million. read more By Amirah Al Idrus 2020 is turning out to be a big year for Praxis Precision Medicines. After launching in May with $100 million, the CNS-focused biotech wasted no time topping up its coffers with another $110 million. Now, it’s closed a $190 million IPO, upgrading from the $100 million listing it originally sought in September. read more By Conor Hale Taisho Pharmaceutical tapped AI drug discovery maven Insilico Medicine to identify new therapeutic compounds that could slow the cellular effects of aging, with the ultimate goal of helping people stay healthy as they grow older. read more By Angus Liu Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla recently suggested the company would know whether its BioNTech-shared COVID-19 vaccine works by October. Criticism ensued. Now finding himself alone in the biopharma world with that bullish estimate, the Big Pharma chief is changing his tone. read more By Angus Liu Takeda and CSL are scaling up manufacturing of their COVID-19 hyperimmune immunoglobulin drug. Eli Lilly has tapped Fujifilm to help handle production of its coroavirus antibody candidate. Roche's China business suffered amid pandemic hospital constraint and oncology price cuts. Astellas acquires bioelectronics maker Iota Biosciences. And more. read more By Kyle Blankenship Flagship Pioneering adds Ong as CEO-partner; Touchlight taps Lonza vet Fallen as business unit CEO; Dewpoint taps Nathwani as CEO. read more |  | Experts in our field with 20+ yrs. experience in Viral Vector & Plasmid DNA (R&D, High Quality, GMP) manufacture for pre-clinical to commercial supply. Now part of the Cognate BioServices family, Cobra has rebranded – look around our updated website. Learn more. |
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