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Dec. 24, 2008

Pending Merger, Archemix Inks Potential $1.4B Deal with GSK

Archemix Corp. and London-based GlaxoSmithKline plc agreed to discover, develop and commercialize aptamer therapeutics to treat inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease, in a collaboration that gives Archemix $27.5 million up front. (BioWorld Today) Read More

MediciNova Offers to Buy Avigen; Alternative Exit for Cash Shells?

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EPIX Jumps on FDA Nod, at Long Last, for Vasovist

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Clinic Roundup

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HIV research is close to a cure but far from ending the pandemic

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Advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) now allow people living with HIV to lead normal lives with undetectable and nontransmissible levels of the virus in their...

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Researchers discover how glioblastoma tumors dodge chemotherapy

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Researchers at the University of Sydney have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why glioblastoma returns after treatment, and the world-first discovery offers...

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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...