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April 14, 2020

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Sanofi, GSK team up on COVID-19 vaccine development

DUBLIN – Sanofi SA and Glaxosmithkline plc are lending their considerable weight to the urgent global effort to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 by teaming up to develop an adjuvanted recombinant subunit vaccine that will employ technologies from each company. Paris-based Sanofi is contributing its recombinant spike protein antigen and its baculovirus expression system, which is also the basis of its U.S.-licensed influenza vaccine Flublok. London-based GSK is contributing its pandemic adjuvant technology. Read More
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Biopharmas pledge cooperation as Solidarity vaccines trial gets underway

LONDON – Companies represented in the expert group brought together by the World Health Organization (WHO) to work on the development of COVID-19 vaccines have signed a pledge to strengthen collaboration and sharing of data. Read More
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MEI oh MEI: Kirin pact for FL therapy brings $100M up front

Arriving at MEI Pharma Inc.’s deal with Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd., focused on phase II-stage ME-401 for B-cell malignancies, was a competitive process that brought large and midsized pharma bidders to the table, MEI Chief Operating Officer David Urso said, but the terms proposed by suitors tended to “look a lot the same.” Read More
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Searching for the right fit: Cerevance raises a $45M series B

Privately held Cerevance Inc., of Boston, raised $45 million in a series B designed to propel the discovery and development of therapies for treating CNS diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
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Promising pipeline for disease-modifying therapies targeting Parkinson’s disease

It has been more than 200 years since British doctor James Parkinson first identified the symptoms of a condition that he termed shaking palsy; unfortunately, there is still no cure to the disease that carries his name. Read More
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TED talk: Immunovant subcu prospect on Horizon, financing bags $121M

New York-based Immunovant Inc.’s phase IIa results with neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn)-targeting IMVT-1401 in thyroid eye disease (TED), also known as Graves’ ophthalmopathy, prompted renewed speculation about the space, hot since the approval on Jan. 21 of Tepezza (teprotumumab-trbw) from Horizon Therapeutics plc, of Dublin. Read More
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Compassionate use data of Gilead candidate show promise as COVID-19 treatment

HONG KONG – Foster City, Calif.-based Gilead Sciences Inc., which is ramping up its COVID-19 candidate production and research and is donating 1.5 million doses for compassionate use, published results in New England Journal of Medicine from a cohort analysis of 53 severe patients hospitalized with severe complications from COVID-19, showing a cumulative incidence of clinical improvement of 84% after 28 days of follow-up, according to Kaplan-Meier analysis. Read More

Skip the footnote, PhRMA tells FDA, advising stronger guidance for interchangeables

When it comes to guidance on interchangeables, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has some guidance for the FDA: Be more definite. Read More
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Test makers, FDA struggling with shift from molecular to serology testing for SARS-CoV-2

The age of molecular testing for the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us, but the emphasis in the months ahead will be on serological testing as a quicker, more useful mass testing alternative. However, test developers have a number of hurdles to overcome in devising these serological tests, including that antibodies for the virus’s antigens emerge at different times in the disease cycle, just one of several challenges that have to be met in the effort to bring the SARS-CoV-2 virus to heel. Read More

Appointments and advancements for April 14, 2020

New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Amphastar, Cellectis, Crown, Five Prime, Immodulon, Summit, Tracon. Read More

Earnings for April 14, 2020

Quarterly snapshots from biopharma companies with marketed products, including: Genmab, Theratechnologies. Read More

Financings for April 14, 2020

Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: 54gene, Alkido, Biocardia, Coherus, Keros. Read More

In the clinic for April 14, 2020

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Aldeyra, Amgen, Astrazeneca, Beigene, Bioinvent, Calithera, Cytokinetics, Healios, Madrigal, Outlook. Read More

Other news to note for April 14, 2020

Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 48Hour Discovery, Achilles, Afecta, Aikido, Alpha, Applied Biology, Applied Botanics, Aptevo, Bausch + Lomb, BMS, Cardio, Caredx, Cyclacel, Cyclica, Cytovia, Generex, Granata, IBSA, Immunitybio, Immunoprecise, Inato, Innoplexus, Kymab, Johnson & Johnson, Intensity, Kannalife, Lantheus, Ligandal, Macromoltek, Medexus, Nantkwest, Neurodyn, Northern Data, Ori, Pattern, Progenics, Regeneron, Sosei, Tetra, Trillium, Xbiotech. Read More

Regulatory actions for April 14, 2020

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: 7 Hills, Alnylam, AVM, Epirium, Grid, Kadmon, KD Pharma, Lifemax. Read More

Regulatory front for April 14, 2020

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

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