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Sep. 25, 2013

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Abbvie, Galapagos Cozy Up in Second Deal; $45M Up Front, $360M in Milestones

One day after disclosing an $840 million licensing deal with Ghent, Belgium-based Ablynx NV for nanobody technology to treat rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, Abbvie Inc. turned to another Belgian biotech – existing partner Galapagos NV – for a global alliance to discover, develop and commercialize potentiator and combination therapies in cystic fibrosis (CF). Read More

Novavax Offering Raises $82M for Flu Pandemic, RSV Efforts

With a public offering expected to close later this week that will net the company about $82.6 million for use across its pipeline, Novavax Inc. is moving ahead to finalize cost and timeline details for the next round of trials with its U.S. government-backed quadrivalent seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines. Read More

X-Chem Racks Up the Milestones in Its Astrazeneca Partnership

X-Chem Inc., of Waltham, Mass., said it achieved several milestones in a licensing agreement with Astrazeneca plc, of London, established in May 2012. That deal garnered the company an up-front payment and research funding, as well as discovery and clinical development milestones. Read More

Senators: CMS Policy Crucial to Antibiotic Development

When it comes to health care, money really does talk – especially if it’s in the form of Medicare reimbursement. Read More

Flip Side of Mental Retardation Protein Is Cancer Metastasis

LONDON – A protein that has a role in causing the most frequent form of inherited mental retardation has turned out to be a master regulator of a large group of molecules involved in cancer progression and metastasis. Read More

Other News To Note

• Chrysalis Biotherapeutics Inc., of Galveston, Texas, received a $1 .5 million contract from the National Cancer Institute to continue its development of Chrysalin, a naturally occurring regenerative peptide, to mitigate radiotherapy-induced damage to normal brain tissue. Read More

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Clinic Roundup

• Edison Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., said it started a Phase II trial, titled “Therapeutic Trial of EPI-743 in Patients with Disorders of Energy Utilization or Oxidation-Reduction.” The crossover study will randomize patients to receive either EPI-743 treatment or placebo for six months before being crossed over to the other arm. Read More

Pharma: Clinic Roundup

• Janssen Research and Development LLC, of Raritan, N.J., a unit of Johnson & Johnson, said results from a 52-week analysis of a Phase III trial of Invokana (canagliflozin) showed substantial improvements in glycemic control for patients with Type II diabetes who are inadequately controlled on metformin and a sulfonylurea therapy. Read More

Pharma: Other News To Note

• Forest Laboratories Inc., of New York, said it and Royalty Pharma Collection Trust jointly filed lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against several companies for infringement of U.S. patents related to fibromyalgia drug Savella (milnacipran HCl). Read More

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