WuXi Biologics to sell Irish vaccine site to Merck for $500M
WuXi Biologics’ subsidiary WuXi Vaccines is divesting a manufacturing facility in Dundalk, Ireland, to Merck for $500 million, roughly a week after WuXi AppTec also announced it's shrinking its...
View ArticleAnthem Biosciences eyes $397M public offering in India
India-based drug manufacturer Anthem Biosciences has its sights on going public with an IPO that could raise 34 billion rupees ($397 million). Anthem filed its proposed IPO with the Securities and...
View Article'Microprotein' biotech Velia, backed by TCG and Foresite, to wind down
San Diego-based Velia Therapeutics, which was working on so-called microproteins, is in the process of winding down about two years after a $55 million Series A, CEO John McHutchison told Endpoints...
View ArticleNew FDA guidance on accelerated approvals, AI, clinical trials
With two weeks until President-elect Donald Trump's administration takes over, the FDA on Monday released dozens of new draft and final guidance documents covering everything from how to reliably use...
View ArticleTeoxane issues competing buyout bid for Revance and its Botox rival
Revance Therapeutics’ contract dispute with a Swiss partner has caused hiccups in its plan to be acquired by Crown Laboratories. Now that partner says it can offer Revance a better deal. Teoxane on...
View ArticleUpdated: Acelyrin’s stock drops due to mixed Phase 2 data in thyroid eye disease
Acelyrin has offered a more detailed look at mid-stage results for its thyroid eye disease drug candidate as it tees up its next development steps. In the latter part of a Phase 1/2
View ArticleExclusive: Forbion-backed cardio biotech rebrands to RyCarma with Phase 2 plans
A 20-year-old biotech working on small molecule treatments for cardiovascular and skeletal muscle diseases has rebranded and plans to enter Phase 2 in heart failure later this year. Formerly known as...
View ArticleHighlander Health acquires Target RWE to improve clinical trials
Highlander Health, the clinical trial startup co-founded by former Verily execs Amy Abernethy and Brad Hirsch, is acquiring data company Target RWE. Launched in September, Highlander wants to make it...
View ArticleKen Song's Candid licenses a T cell engager from WuXi Bio
Candid Therapeutics is committing up to $925 million for the rights to a trispecific T cell engager candidate developed by WuXi Biologics, further expanding its autoimmune disease pipeline. WuXi is...
View ArticleVertex signs in vivo gene editing delivery pact for sickle cell and...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals signed a three-year deal with Orna Therapeutics to use the RNA biotech’s delivery particles to develop its next iteration of gene editing treatments for sickle cell disease and...
View ArticleProfluent debuts AI model for CRISPR gene editing design
Bay Area biotech Profluent has taken another step in using AI to design new CRISPR gene editing systems, CEO Ali Madani exclusively told Endpoints News. The startup posted a preprint Monday ...
View ArticleExclusive: Avenzo picks up another ADC, this time with multi-partnered...
Avenzo Therapeutics, a well-funded biotech that has in-licensed treatment candidates from Chinese drug developers, has forged its third deal since reassembling much of the Turning Point Therapeutics...
View ArticleXyloCor raises $67.5M Series B, updates pivotal gene therapy trial plans
XyloCor Therapeutics has closed a $67.5 million Series B round to fund mid-stage development of its cardiac gene therapy. Two years ago, the biotech said it hoped its next trials of the ...
View ArticleJ&J's combo beats Tagrisso on survival in first-line lung cancer
Johnson & Johnson said its recently approved Rybrevant and Lazcluze combination therapy topped Tagrisso on overall survival in a Phase 3 trial, notching a key win in its rivalry against the...
View ArticleMetsera’s long-acting GLP-1 looks competitive in Phase 2 obesity study
Data from a mid-stage obesity trial of Metsera’s long-acting injectable GLP-1 agonist suggest it could be competitive with approved incretins and several investigational compounds. The Phase 2a trial...
View ArticleNovo Nordisk partners with Variant Bio; Aviceda raises $207M in Series C
Plus, news about Alebund Pharmaceuticals, Capsida Biotherapeutics, CytomX Therapeutics and Generation Bio: Novo Nordisk’s latest obesity partner: The Danish pharma giant is teaming up with a small...
View ArticlePfizer extends AI drug discovery pact with PostEra, adding ADCs to deal
Pfizer has re-upped its drug discovery deal with AI startup PostEra to develop small molecule drugs and new warheads for antibody-drug conjugates, a major area of focus for the drugmaker following its...
View ArticleImmuneering touts positive pancreatic cancer data for MEK inhibitor
Immuneering’s shares rocketed in premarket trading on Tuesday on the back of positive mid-stage data for its MEK inhibitor in pancreatic cancer, sparking plans to add more combination arms. Three out...
View ArticleCompounding pharmacies face an uphill battle in fight over tirzepatide
Eli Lilly has officially waded into a legal battle between a trade group for large compounding facilities, a small compounding pharmacy and the FDA, after a Texas federal court granted ...
View ArticleBWX Technologies to buy Canadian isotope maker for $525M
This year's first radiopharmaceutical deal is slated to expand BWX Technologies’ presence in the North American nuclear tech market as demand is expected to creep up. Virginia-headquartered BWX...
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