Immatics’ solid tumor cell therapy: Playing the long game
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Takeda-backed Poseida puts off-the-shelf CAR-T in its basket, places autologous therapy back on the shelf

The future of cell therapy is allogenic, it seems, as Poseida has decided to back away from work on its autologous candidate.

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Psilocybin clears biggest depression test yet, but Compass stock falls amid chatter about adverse events, durability

Compass Pathways has released the strongest evidence yet that psilocybin can improve outcomes in patients with treatment-resistant depression, linking its COMP360 candidate to a sharp improvement on a symptom scale. But the stock fell in the wake of the news amid discussion of adverse events and durability.  

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Immatics' cell therapy blasts solid tumors in phase 1, but durability spooks investors. Will dialing up the dose help?

Immatics has delivered evidence that its TCR-engineered cell therapies can move the needle in solid tumors, revealing 50% of heavily pretreated patients responded to its candidate despite taking less than the target dose. The challenge now? To improve the durability of the responses. 

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Intima Bioscience poaches ex-Ichnos CEO with Gilead, Novartis resume to lead phase 1/2 asset

Alessandro Riva is making another move. The former Novartis and Gilead oncology head, who spent the past two years at Glenmark spinoff Ichnos, will step into the CEO role at hush-hush startup Intima Bioscience as the biotech goes through a phase 1/2 trial with its lead CRISPR gene editing cell therapy in gastrointestinal and colon cancers.

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After snapping up Parexel with Goldman Sachs, EQT doubles down on healthcare with Life Sciences Partners buyout

The ink in EQT’s checkbook is still not quite dry from the $8.5 billion it and Goldman Sachs spent on CRO Parexel back in March, but it will need a fresh page as it snaps up a major European healthcare venture capital firm.

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Biogen's Aduhelm records one patient death. Is the controversial Alzheimer's drug to blame?

Doctors already have reservations about Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug, Aduhelm. Now a death reported to the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) will likely trigger more doubts around its use.

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GE Healthcare to become standalone company after conglomerate completes 3-way split

After years of speculation and false starts, General Electric is officially spinning off its healthcare business into an independent company.

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Truveta's health data platform launches with $200M, insights on COVID breakthrough infections

Truveta was created earlier this year by some of the country's biggest health systems to pool and analyze de-identified patient data. Tuesday, the platform launched with $200 million in funding and new results from an analysis of those patient data on COVID-19 breakthrough infections.

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