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F-Star Scores $691M Antibody Deal for Inflammatory Disease

Sep. 8, 2011

LONDON – Antibody engineering specialist F-Star GmbH landed a second partner for its novel antibody formats, signing up Merck Serono SA in an inflammatory disease deal with a headline value of €492 million (US$691.1 million).

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CTAD 2025: Diagnosing semaglutide’s failure in Alzheimer’s trials

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A little over a week after announcing that the Evoke and Evoke+ studies failed to show that oral semaglutide could slow cognition decline in patients with...

Apollo’s APL-4098 shows potent antileukemic effects

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Apollo Therapeutics Ltd. has developed APL-4098, a small-molecule general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) inhibitor for the potential treatment of AML.

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ABS-1230 controls seizures in KCNT1-driven severe epilepsy

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Mutations in the KCNT1 gene produce gain-of-function effects that lead to overactivation of the potassium channel and consequent disruption of normal neuronal...