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BioWorld

Oct. 8, 2012

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Bench Press: BioWorld Looks at Translational Medicine

Researchers from Chugai Pharmaceuticals Inc. created a bispecific antibody that mimics the effect of Factor VIII, a protein in the blood-clotting cascade that is absent in hemophilia A. Read More

Clinic Roundup

• XenoPort Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif., reported Phase I data testing four different oral formulations of XP23829, a fumaric acid ester compound that is a prodrug of monomethyl fumarate (MMF) and is in development for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and/or psoriasis. Read More

Pharma: Clinic Roundup

• Grupo Ferrer Internacional SA, of Barcelona, Spain, said it successfully completed an absorption, tolerability and safety trial in adult and juvenile patients from 2 months of age with impetigo involving Ozenoxacin formulated as a topical treatment for infectious dermatological conditions. Read More

Pharma: Other News To Note

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., of New York, said the European Commission granted marketing authorization for the subcutaneous formulation of Orencia (abatacept) in combination with methotrexate for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis. Read More

Other News To Note

• Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC, of Lawrence, Kan., said it plans to transition from an oncology discovery company to an oncology drug development company and will focus its resources on the continued development of rebastinib and DCC-2701, two drugs discovered using its switch pocket kinase inhibitor technology. Read More

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Pay-for-Delay Issue Moving Closer to Supreme Court?

The long-debated pay-for-delay issue could eventually be resolved, with two cases seeking Supreme Court rulings on the subject. Read More

Antibiotic Returned to Anacor; GSK Discontinues Development

Eight months after suspending Phase I/II trials of Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s systemic antibiotic, GSK2251052, GlaxoSmithKline plc has dropped the other shoe by discontinuing development of the compound. Read More

Antibody Firm KaloBios Enters IPO Queue, Aims to Raise $60M

On Friday, monoclonal antibody (mAb) developer KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering (IPO), indicating a proposed maximum offering price of $60 million. Read More

LigoCyte Buyout Beats Odds; Viral 'Load' on the Front End

It was an unlikely project, all the way around. First, getting together a syndicate of venture capital investors to bet on vaccines – medicines typically given to healthy subjects, which makes possible toxicity an especially dicey proposition. Read More

Capital Flows Freely into Biotech Driven by Market Performance

Despite the continuing turbulence in the global capital markets, investors have had no qualms about backing the biotech sector – more in public biotechs than in private ones, however. Read More

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