| Webinar: A Systems Model of Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Tuesday, November 30 | 2pm ET / 11am PT Stem cell gene therapy is an emerging experimental therapy for SCD with the potential for lifelong cure but it is an expensive multi-step treatment regimen. This webinar is ideal for scientists and decision makers in drug R&D who want to leverage systems pharmacology for drug discovery and development. Register Now. | Sanifit, having put Spain's biotech scene on the map, lands $231M Vifor buyout ahead of phase 3 data Neurocrine pens $2.6B biobucks pact with Sosei Heptares for next-gen neuro targets Xencor finally finds buyer for onetime lead drug, offloading autoimmune asset to Tesaro co-founder in backloaded deal Sponsored: Cross-Functional Strategies For the Development and Launch of New Products Twist nabs antibody discovery biotech Abveris for $190M a week after spinning out COVID unit Connect Biopharma touts positive data for Dupixent rival, but shares halved as investors await hard data Roche launches more compact cobas 5800 analyzer for smaller European diagnostic labs It's a wrap: Merck collects enough Acceleron shares for $11.5B buyout despite activist investor defiance Here are the policies and reforms that could reshape healthcare in the $2T bill just passed by the House Featured Story By Nick Paul Taylor The poster child of the Spanish biotech scene has secured its exit. Having twice smashed the Spanish biotech financing record in recent years, Sanifit has now accepted a 205 million euro ($231 million) buyout bid from Vifor Pharma. read more |
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| Top Stories By Ben Adams Neurocrine Biosciences and Sosei Heptares, no strangers to major research pacts, are joining forces for a range of early- to midstage neuro assets. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Xencor has finally found a buyer for its autoimmune disease bispecific antibody obexelimab. Almost three years after deciding to partner the drug in the wake of a failed phase 2, Xencor has offloaded the asset to Zenas BioPharma in a backloaded deal worth up to $480 million. read more Sponsored By: New Product Planning Summit Join us in person on December 1-2 in Boston, MA to become a part of this growing community of eager professionals who are navigating the New Product Planning space during these uncertain times. read more By Ben Adams After deciding not to stick but twist its COVID antibody program last week, Twist Bioscience is now snapping up an antibody drug discovery company. read more By Ben Adams Connect Biopharma connected to the investor community Friday, but not in the way it wanted, as its stock sunk 57% by end of trading on what it touted as positive data for its eczema asset. read more By Conor Hale With a total footprint of about 4 feet by 3 feet, the cobas 5800 comes in a smaller package compared to the company’s high-throughput heavyweights in the cobas 6800 and 8800. read more By Angus Liu Merck & Co. has consumed Acceleron Pharma. 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