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November 06, 2019___

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AstraZeneca creates $1B Chinese fund, vows to double R&D team

AstraZeneca is stepping up its commitment to China, detailing plans to double the head count at its Shanghai R&D site and create a $1 billion investment fund. The initiatives build on the rapid growth AstraZeneca has achieved in China in recent years. 

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After being bumped by BMS, ex-CSO Lynch lands as chair of Kleo Pharma

Amid the merger of Celgene and his former company Bristol-Myers Squibb, there was no room at the inn for oncologist Thomas Lynch, M.D., as its chief scientific officer.

Radius plans to cut loose oncology assets

Radius says it will double down on osteoporosis and endocrine diseases as looks to offload its cancer work.

[Sponsored] Flip the Funnel: Rethinking Patient Recruitment and Enrollment Strategies

No matter how successful advertising campaigns are, all that really matters is how many referrals ultimately participate in the trial. It’s time to flip the funnel and focus on converting recruits into enrollees.

Vifor commits €25M to nephrology R&D joint venture with Evotec

Vifor Pharma has committed €25 million ($28 million) to a nephrology joint venture with Evotec. The initiative will see Evotec mine a kidney biobank for new renal therapy targets before the joint venture out-licenses resulting assets to Vifor.

A2 Biotherapeutics uncloaks with $57M and tumor-targeting cell therapies

Another cancer-focused startup is joining the fray—A2 Biotherapeutics is launching with $57 million in series A cash to pursue cell therapies for solid tumors, an area in which CAR-T treatments and their ilk have run into difficulties. The funding comes from the likes of The Column Group, Vida Ventures, Samsara BioCapital and Nextech Invest.

Thermo Fisher's automated sequencer to offer same-day, pan-cancer test results

Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched a new, automated next-generation sequencing platform, designed to turn around results from specimens in a single day—which the company says will help give smaller, local hospitals a better chance at offering high-throughput genomic testing.

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