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Dec 5, 2024

GSK inks 2nd neuro pact in weeks, this time with Danish biotech Muna in Alzheimer's


Atlas unveils a new $450M fund targeted at biotechs 2 years after its last


Sanofi-backed Nuvig marches lead autoimmune therapy into phase 2 with $161M series B


Genmab buys 2nd anti-glycan antibody from Scancell, commits up to $630M in biobucks


Mitsubishi Tanabe inks $480M biobucks pact with Dewpoint for preclinical ALS program


Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: Alligator axes 70% of roles; Agenus makes cuts

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GSK inks 2nd neuro pact in weeks, this time with Danish biotech Muna in Alzheimer's

GSK has penned another neuroscience pact, this time with Danish biotech Muna Therapeutics. The two companies will examine postmortem human brains in efforts to identify several new drug targets for Alzheimer’s disease.
 

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Atlas unveils a new $450M fund targeted at biotechs 2 years after its last

Massachusetts-based VC shop Atlas Venture has drawn together another $450 million fund to be channeled toward innovative biotechs.

Sanofi-backed Nuvig marches lead autoimmune therapy into phase 2 with $161M series B

Big Pharma-backed immunomodulation biotech Nuvig Therapeutics is moving its lead asset into phase 2 trials and a $161 million series B war chest.

Genmab buys 2nd anti-glycan antibody from Scancell, commits up to $630M in biobucks

British immunology firm Scancell has found a repeat buyer for its monoclonal antibodies. Genmab has plucked another anti-glycan antibody from Scancell’s shelves to the tune of up to $630 million. The deal comes about two years after Genmab snagged its first antibody from Scancell for up to $624M, and it brings Genmab's potential tab to a hefty $1.27 billion.

Mitsubishi Tanabe inks $480M biobucks pact with Dewpoint for preclinical ALS program

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is offering Dewpoint Therapeutics up to $480 million biobucks in a new research pact centering around a preclinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis program.

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: Alligator axes 70% of roles; Agenus makes cuts

We really didn't want to have to create another Layoff Tracker this year. But here we are, launching the third annual iteration tracking biopharma layoffs.

Franklin Biolabs, the genetic medicines CRO founded by James Wilson, names new chief exec

Franklin Biolabs, the genetic medicines contract research organization that gene therapy expert James Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., spun out of the University of Pennsylvania earlier this year, has named Vatsala Naageshwaran, Ph.D., as its new CEO.

CMS names two drug manufacturers for cell and gene therapy model

The two drugs treat sickle cell disease, the stated first priority of the new CMS model set to begin in January.

AstraZeneca chided by marketing watchdog after complainant aims allegations at senior staff

AstraZeneca has refuted allegations its staff “refuse to cooperate and respect” the U.K. marketing code. The drugmaker successfully defended itself against claims senior staff ignored requests to unlike LinkedIn posts but the U.K. marketing watchdog still found the company had brought discredit on the industry in two cases.

NYPD: 'Every indication' that shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO was targeted, premeditated

UnitedHealth Group abruptly ended its investor day event on Wednesday morning as news reports surfaced that the CEO of its health plan division had been fatally shot.
 
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