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Viking shares jump on plans to speed obesity drug into late-stage testing
The drug’s advancement continued what one analyst described as a “torrid” pace for Viking’s closely watched medicine, which started human testing in 2022 and could reach a Phase 3 trial next year.
By Kristin Jensen • July 25, 2024 -
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Biogen, Sage tremor drug fails key trial
Known as SAGE-324, the drug was one of the key assets Biogen gained rights to through a billion-dollar research deal inked back in 2020.
By Jacob Bell • July 24, 2024 -
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TrendlineEmerging biotech
New biotechs continue to emerge despite a challenging market environment that has forced venture firms to build their drug startups more cautiously.
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Novartis invests in bispecifics for cancer; Bob Langer steps down from Moderna board
The Swiss pharma is paying Dren Bio $150 million to partner on “targeted myeloid engagers.” Elsewhere, Geron is losing its commercial chief and Biovectra will sell to Agilent for $925 million.
By BioPharma Dive staff • July 24, 2024 -
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Autobahn raises $100M on investor interest in neuropsych drugs
Autobahn’s lead candidate is designed to stimulate thyroid hormone receptors as a way to complement existing antidepressants.
By Gwendolyn Wu • July 24, 2024 -
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Startup led by former J&J executives raises $165M for cancer, immune disease drugs
Peter Lebowitz, who for years led J&J’s oncology R&D, is the CEO of the startup, called Third Arc Bio and launched by Omega Funds in 2022.
By Ned Pagliarulo • July 23, 2024 -
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US government declines to clear Bluebird fertility support for Zynteglo patients
The Health and Human Services' inspector general issued a "negative opinion" on Bluebird's request one week after Vertex sued the federal government over access to fertility preservation services.
By Ned Pagliarulo • July 22, 2024 -
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Private biotech M&A surges amid difficult IPO market
Private biotech company acquisitions are on their fastest pace in years, a trend some in the industry say is driven by the abundance of mature, but not yet public, drug startups.
By Gwendolyn Wu • July 22, 2024 -
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Sponsored by InterVenn BiosciencesBreakthroughs in immunotherapy: glycoproteins as predictive biomarkers for therapeutic response
Serum-based glycoproteins demonstrate success in predicting immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy outcomes.
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Lilly alone in bidding for Morphic; Novartis won’t yet file MorphoSys drug
Federal filings showed no companies other than Lilly made an offer to buy Morphic, while Novartis executives said they’re still waiting for more data on pelabresib.
By BioPharma Dive staff • July 19, 2024 -
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Immune resetArtiva prices $167M IPO, riding optimism for autoimmune cell therapy
The offering comes days after the publication of a paper showing what analysts said was early proof that “off-the-shelf” cell therapies can treat inflammatory diseases.
By Ben Fidler • July 18, 2024 -
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Caribou lays off staff; Roche walks away from Relay
Caribou is slashing its workforce by 12%. Elsewhere, a CDMO is investing in GLP-1 drug demand and Beam’s CFO is returning to J.P. Morgan.
By BioPharma Dive staff • July 17, 2024 -
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NGM, now private, raises $122M for redrawn research plans
The Series A round was led by healthcare investor The Column Group, which made the 17-year-old biotechnology company private earlier this year.
By Delilah Alvarado • July 17, 2024 -
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Cardurion raises another $260M to fuel heart drug pipeline
The financing, which ranks as one of the year’s larger private rounds, will help the startup advance a pair of drugs and potentially acquire other medicines.
By Jonathan Gardner • July 16, 2024 -
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Vertex taps Orum to hunt for better ‘preconditioning’ drugs
The deal gives Vertex rights to use Orum’s ADC-like technology to discover gentler preparatory regimens for patients receiving intensive treatments like Casgevy.
By Gwendolyn Wu • July 16, 2024 -
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Sionna revives AbbVie’s cystic fibrosis drugs, eyeing a shot at Vertex
The startup says drugs AbbVie abandoned last year could form a combination regimen with “superior efficacy” to Vertex’s market-leading medicines.
By Ben Fidler • July 16, 2024 -
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Asceneuron raises another $100M for Alzheimer’s drug development
The Merck KGaA spinout has a tau-regulating medicine it claims could be an “ideal therapy” for Alzheimer’s. The pitch has intrigued both healthcare investors and pharma venture arms.
By Jacob Bell • July 16, 2024 -
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Revolution Medicines firms up Phase 3 trial plans with latest cancer drug data
Updated results show the biotech's RAS inhibitor shrank pancreatic tumors in 20% to 25% of study participants, but with high rates of side effects like rash and nausea.
By Ned Pagliarulo • July 15, 2024 -
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Leqembi sales inch higher; Spark’s pivot leads to layoffs
Sales data suggest forecasts for the Alzheimer’s drug may be in reach. Elsewhere, a well-funded DNA sequencing startup landed one of the year’s larger private funding rounds.
By BioPharma Dive staff • July 12, 2024 -
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AbbVie names new R&D head; Arcutis eczema cream approved
Roopal Thakkar will succeed Tom Hudson as AbbVie’s top scientist. Elsewhere, Skyhawk is advancing its Huntington’s drug and Zevra is preparing for an FDA advisory committee meeting.
By BioPharma Dive staff • July 10, 2024 -
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Flagship raises $3.6B for biotech investing
The latest round of funding comes as the biotech company creator adds executives and prepares to grow more life sciences startups.
By Kristin Jensen • July 10, 2024 -
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Amylyx, with GLP-1 buy, doubles down on blood sugar drugs
Having recently withdrawn its only product from the market, Amylyx hopes to rebound with a drug that regulates GLP-1 activity and is poised to enter pivotal testing early next year.
By Jacob Bell • July 10, 2024 -
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SciRhom pulls in $70M for a new type of immune disease drug
The Series A round will help the startup bring its lead candidate, an antibody aimed at the protein iRhom2, into human testing by the end of 2024.
By Gwendolyn Wu • July 9, 2024 -
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HilleVax’s norovirus vaccine ineffective in large trial of infants
Shares in HilleVax plummeted after the company reported its experimental shot failed to meet the primary and secondary goals of the Phase 2b study.
By Delilah Alvarado • July 8, 2024 -
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Ligand to buy Apeiron; Roche reports another TIGIT setback
Acquiring Apeiron will hand Ligand royalty rights on the neuroblastoma drug Qarziba. Elsewhere, CSL reported the first commercial treatment of patients in Europe with its gene therapy Hemgenix.
By BioPharma Dive staff • July 8, 2024 -
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A London biotech raises $114M to hone a new ADC payload
Myricx Bio is developing a type of payload that it thinks could work in tumors resistant to the toxins contained in ADCs like Enhertu and Trodelvy.
By Gwendolyn Wu • July 8, 2024
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