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BioWorld - Monday, March 27, 2023
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Articles by Caroline Richards

Further positive phase III results for Ionis’ amyloid-driven disease candidate

March 27, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Astrazeneca plc’s candidate for hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (hATTR-PN), eplontersen, has continued to improve disease progression out to 66 weeks, according to Ionis.
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Bio-Europe Spring 2023: China’s appetite for more complex deals is growing

March 24, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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The increased availability of capital, greater access to talent, strong local governmental support and more focused attention on IP issues have increased the complexity of deals taking place between biotech and big pharma companies in China, according to Michelle Chan, chief business officer of Insilico Medicine Inc, who spoke in a panel discussion on the topic of Asia-Pacific partnering at this year’s Bio-Europe Spring, in Basel, Switzerland on March 21.
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Aurion victorious with Vyznova cell therapy approval in Japan

March 23, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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Japan’s PMDA has approved Aurion Biotech Inc.’s cell therapy, Vyznova, for the treatment of bullous keratopathy of the cornea, making it the first-ever approval of a cell therapy to treat corneal endothelial disease.
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Bio-Europe Spring 2023: Despite funding woes, biotechs weather the storm with deals

March 20, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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Are deals such as M&As between biotechs and big pharma becoming a thing of the past? That was a key question posed during the opening keynote at this year’s BIO-Europe Spring conference in Basel, Switzerland. Although Susanne Kreutz, global head of corporate and business development of Basel-based Novartis AG, doesn’t think this is the case, she told delegates that she believes M&A will increasingly focus in on “high-quality, high-impact, late-stage assets, where reimbursement is securable and where regulatory paths appear.”
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A $4 million handshake with investor helps propel First Wave Biopharma’s CF offering

March 16, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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An investor has seen promise in First Wave Biopharma Inc.’s targeted, systemic gastrointestinal disease biotherapeutics, offering $4 million in a private placement as enrollment picks up pace in a phase II trial for the company’s lead candidate, adrulipase.
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Further manufacturing delays cast doubt on Lumevoq despite sustained phase III efficacy

March 15, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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Patients with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy who received bilateral injections of Gensight Biologics SA’s Lumevoq (lenadogene nolparvovec) are continuing to see statistically significant visual improvements three years into the phase III REFLECT trial, but the missed primary endpoint at 1.5 years, along with a series of manufacturing mishaps, have left the gene therapy’s approval prospects uncertain.
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Pfizer to buy Seagen for $43B

March 13, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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Pfizer Inc.’s appetite for acquisitions shows no signs of abating as it announced this morning its plan to acquire biotech Seagen Inc. for a whopping $43 billion in a move that will double the size of its early stage oncology pipeline. Under the deal, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both firms, Pfizer will pay Seagen $229 per share. Bothell, Wash.-based Seagen expects to amass $2.2 billion in revenue in 2023, representing 12% year-on-year-growth, royalties and collaboration and license agreements from its four, FDA-approved products for the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, antibody-drug conjugate drugs Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) and Tivdak (tisotumab vedotin), and tyrosin kinase inhibitor Tukysa (tucatinib).
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AB2 Bio completes enrollment in pivotal pediatric trial for ultra-rare inflammatory disease

March 10, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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Swiss orphan biotech AB2 Bio Ltd. has completed enrollment in a pivotal phase III trial for its recombinant interleukin-18-binding protein drug tadekinig alfa for an inherited form of the ultra-rare condition hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis that results from an excess of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-18.
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Flagship puts $50M toward targeted tissue-homing tech startup

March 10, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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In an ideal world, when a patient takes a medicine, it acts only at the specific site of disease in the human body whilst sparing healthy tissues. But it almost goes without saying that with many drug regimens, side effects or complications are part of the package. Working behind the scenes to address this limitation over the past couple of years, Cambridge, Mass.-based venture capital company Flagship Pioneering is now publicizing its platform of “programmable medicines” that directly and precisely target diseased tissue, funnelling $50 million of investment in the technology and recognising its achievements formally through the launch of Ampersand Biomedicines.
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Affibody in $637M respiratory disease deal with Chiesi

March 7, 2023
By Caroline Richards
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Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA has agreed to pay Affibody AB up to $214 million in a collaboration and licensing agreement to develop an inhaled treatment for respiratory diseases, with a further $423 million also in the cards if the deal is extended to two more programs. The fees consist of up front and milestone payments, based on certain development, regulatory and commercial achievements, with additional mid-single to low double-digit royalties on sales.
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