Senti Biosciences Inc. stands to receive more than $645 million in up-front, opt-in and milestone payments through a new collaboration and option agreement with Spark Therapeutics Inc.
Plx Pharma Inc. is not letting out the details just yet about next quarter’s launch of liquid-filled aspirin capsule Vazalore, recently cleared by the FDA in 81-mg and 325-mg doses, but CEO Natasha Giordano said cardiologists are “essential to our strategy. We have developed very deep sales plans [that are] laser-focused.”
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Akouos, Avenue, Axcella Health, Celularity, Janssen, Kibow, Lintonpharm, Neuraptive, Novartis, RDIF, Vtv.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021, including: BMS, Kronos, Kymera, Medicenna, Medigene, Mei, Mersana, Mirati, Molecular Partners, Molecular Templates, Morphic, Nextcure, Nuvalent, Oasmia, Oncolytics, Oncomyx, Oncurious, Oncternal, Oric, Pharmabcine, Phio, Pieris, PMV, Puretech, Schrodinger, Seneca.
New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Aavantibio, Adicet, Albireo, Amarin, Amarin, Atriva, Candel, Eli Lilly, Kane, Landos, Lixte, Oncternal, Orion, Rain, Yumanity.
The FDA and the CDC have jointly recommended a temporary pause in the further rollout of Johnson & Johnson Co.’s COVID-19 vaccine while they investigate six rare clotting cases in adults ages 18 to 48.