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Jan. 16, 2020

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Biontech acquires Neon in $67M all-stock deal to strengthen T-cell portfolio

SAN FRANCISCO – Following years of mutual admiration, Germany's Biontech SE is moving to acquire Cambridge, Mass.-based Neon Therapeutics Inc., a neoantigen-based T-cell therapy specialist, in an all-stock transaction valued at about $67 million. Read More

Frazier Healthcare closes Life Sciences X with more than $617M

Frazier Healthcare Partners closed Frazier Life Sciences X LP, the company’s third fund, by exceeding its target with more than $617 million in capital commitments in an oversubscribed fundraiser. Read More
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Industry: Trade agreement important first step toward fairer Chinese market

Time will tell whether what the Trump administration is calling a “historic” and “landmark” trade agreement with China will better enable drug and device companies to more fairly compete in the Chinese market without having to sacrifice their intellectual property (IP) and technology.

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As xCT excites, Agilvax racks almost $10M for antibody, vaccine bids

Albuquerque, N.M.-based Agilvax Inc. CEO Joseph Patti told BioWorld that his firm’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) method uses “the same linkers, same payloads” as other firms but the “unique factor for us is the target we’re going after” – SLC7A11 (xCT), an amino acid transporter implicated in the metabolic redox activities of metastatic cancer cells. Read More
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Noxopharm spin-off Nyrada lists on ASX raising AU$8.5 million in oversubscribed IPO

PERTH, Australia – Sydney-based Noxopharm Ltd. announced that its spin-off, Nyrada Inc., began trading on Australia’s Securities Exchange (ASX:NYR) on Jan. 16, following an oversubscribed IPO that raised AU$8.5 million (US$5.8 million). Read More

Oncologie boosts pipeline with phase II-ready bispecific candidate in Mereo deal

BEIJING – In a deal that adds another clinical-stage program to its pipeline, U.S.-China biotech Oncologie Inc. has picked up global rights to phase II-ready anti-DLL4/VEGF bispecific antibody navicixizumab from London-based Mereo Biopharma Group plc. Read More
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Arpeggio Bio nabs $3.2M to advance nascent RNA drug screen

Boulder, Colo.-based startup Arpeggio Biosciences Inc. scooped up $3.2 million in seed funding in a round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation by Fundersclub, Fifty Years, TechU and Y Combinator. Read More

China promotes real-world evidence in R&D and approval with new guidelines

BEIJING – China has released guidelines to promote the use of real-world evidence (RWE) in drug development and reviews. Read More

Financings for Jan. 16, 2020

Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings. Read More

In the clinic for Jan. 16, 2020

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications. Read More

Other news to note for Jan. 16, 2020

Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief. Read More

Regulatory actions for Jan. 16, 2020

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations. Read More

Regulatory front for Jan. 16, 2020

The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma. Read More

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