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Top Stories Monday, December 12, 2016 In one of the biggest Series A funding rounds ever recorded for a biotech, Germany’s Bayer and Versant Ventures have stumped up $225 million for the launch of BlueRock Therapeutics. Monday, December 12, 2016 Neil Woodford, who has seen his light dim in 2016 as a “star fund manager”, signalled in a brief update with the The Times newspaper that he was to stop investing in the moribund biotech NW Bio after seeing his original investment decimated. Monday, December 12, 2016 Just a week after the former CEO of Alphabet’s venture arm GV was said to be plotting a $230 million life sciences and healthcare fund, Bill Maris has confirmed to news site Recode that he will now be dropping his plans. Monday, December 12, 2016 Seattle Genetics could move beyond its core focus in blood cancers and into the solid tumor setting, if positive early-stage data is backed up by further trials. Monday, December 12, 2016 Swedish biotech BioInvent's worst fears have been realized after it was forced to terminate a trial of its lead drug—multiple myeloma therapy BI-505. Monday, December 12, 2016 Over the past decade, scientists have learned an important lesson about fat cells: Their color plays a vital role in metabolic health. Too much white fat causes obesity and other complications, like diabetes and heart disease. Brown fat burns energy and protects against obesity. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania may have found a pathway for turning white fat brown. Monday, December 12, 2016 Philips is selling a majority stake of its lighting business, Lumileds, to Apollo Global Management for $2 billion, including debt. The deal comes nearly a year after the company’s bid to offload Lumileds to a Chinese firm fell through due to pressure from U.S. regulators. Monday, December 12, 2016 Alexion still hasn’t wrapped up its internal investigation of a former employee’s sales fraud allegations. But in the meantime, its CEO and CFO are hitting the road. | | | Ipsen's EVP and CSO Claude Bertrand is out the door to join another company, as SVP of global drug devleopment Alexandre Lebeaut leads the R&D division in the interim. Release Accelerator Corporation said it has injected $7 million into a Series A round for cancer resistance therapy biotech ApoGen Biotechnologies. Statement | |
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