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Feb. 13, 2020

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IPO money

Shares of Revolution in surgent mode as Wall Street ra-RAS $238M IPO

Revolution Medicines Inc. (NASDAQ:RVMD) shares closed at $28.90, a 70% jump above the $17 price in its upsized IPO of 14 million shares, which raised $238 million, showing further confidence in the Redwood City, Calif.-based company’s bid to blast cancer targets once deemed “undruggable.” Read More
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Azar: Grassley-Wyden bill leaves ‘plenty of room’ for profits, innovation

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar was peppered with questions about the Trump administration’s budget proposal for fiscal 2021 during a Feb. 13 Senate hearing. However, another theme that resonated during the hearing was Senate legislation addressing drug prices. Azar addressed the issue of price caps, while noting that the bill “leaves plenty of room” for both ample profit margins and innovation in drug development. Read More
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Sanifit seeks benefit in pivotal trial for rare calcification disorder

Spain's Sanifit Laboratoris SL, a company developing treatments for calcification disorders, has dosed the first patient in a phase III trial of its lead asset, SNF-472, for the treatment of the rare and sometimes deadly disease calciphylaxis, a calcium accumulation disorder. Read More

Clover produces subunit vaccine candidate S-Trimer for coronavirus

BEIJING – Chinese biotech companies are focusing on fighting the novel coronavirus, now named as COVID-19 by the WHO, after the country’s government called for all possible assistance. With its Trimer-Tag technology, Chengdu-based Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc. is among the first to reveal production of a vaccine candidate against COVID-19. Read More
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With a $2M SBIR grant, Eumentis launches to target Alzheimer’s, autism spectrum disorders

Mark Tepper, the founder of newly launched Eumentis Therapeutics Inc., plans to use the company’s recent $2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to fund IND-enabling studies for EM-036, a nitro-aminoadamantane N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist to treat Alzheimer's disease and autism spectrum disorders. Read More

Appointments and advancements for Feb. 13, 2020

New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Akcea, Anika, Domainex, Orion, Trevena. Read More

Earnings for Feb. 13, 2020

Quarterly snapshots from biopharma companies with marketed products, including: Acorda, Alkermes, Incyte, Ironwood. Read More

Financings for Feb. 13, 2020

Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Acerus, Algernon, Appili, Armata, Avrobio, Catalyst Biosciences, Cidara, Deciphera, Syros. Read More

In the clinic for Feb. 13, 2020

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Acucela, Advaxis, Annovis, Arcutis, Aveo, Ciclomed, Corvus, Hepion, Immunogenx, Innovation, Sanifit, Scynexis, Trovagene. Read More

Other news to note for Feb. 13, 2020

Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Afaxys, Amarillo, Amorchem, Calidi, Codagenix, CSL Behring, Dendreon, Evgen, Forma, Homology, Human Microbiology Institute, Promedior, Riptide, Roche, Tetra Bio-Pharma, Therapeuticsmd, Xiamen Weiyang. Read More

Regulatory actions for Feb. 13, 2020

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Avenue, BMS, Can-Fite, Cortexyme, Deciphera, Diurnal, Seattle Genetics, Soligenix, Zhittya Genesis. Read More

Regulatory front for Feb. 13, 2020

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

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