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Oct. 14, 2022

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Bio-nonprofit deal and grant value of $10.8B down by 22%

While biopharma grants and company deals with nonprofits and government entities have dropped below each of the last two years, the volume of activity for non-pandemic-related efforts has remained steady. A total of 837 biopharma-nonprofit deals and grants combined so far this year are worth $10.8 billion, which is down by 21.6% over last year’s $13.7 billion and by 15.6% over 2021’s 992 volume. Also down are the deals and grants focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Takeda’s dengue vaccine, Atara’s transplant drug among those recommended for EU approvals

A vaccine for dengue fever, an advanced therapy for a complication after transplants, and a potential first-in-class drug for a form of psoriasis were among medicines recommended for approval by European regulators on Oct. 14. Read More
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Matchpoint launches with $100M financing to target inflammatory diseases

Matchpoint Therapeutics Inc. has launched with $100 million in financing to research drugs based on covalent chemistry targeting inflammatory diseases, aiming to offer more patient-friendly oral alternatives to the biologic injections that dominate the field. Read More

Mablink closes $30M series A round for stealth ADCs

Mablink Bioscience SAS raised €31 million (US$30.3 million) in a series A funding round and set its sights on a phase I trial of its lead next-generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), MBK-103, which is in development for a range of solid tumor indications. Sofinnova Partners and Mérieux Equity Partners co-led the round. Read More
Gavel and First Amendment

Supreme Court may provide new vectors for commercial speech enforcement

The U.S. FDA’s regulation of commercial speech under the First Amendment has been controversial and has handed the agency several losses in court, but Arun Rao of the U.S. Department of Justice let it be known that DOJ is still keen on commercial speech enforcement. Rao said the case of Gonzalez v. Google, which will be heard by the Supreme Court, is an example of potentially precedent-setting litigation, and that manufacturers of drugs and devices may experience an uptick in enforcement depending on where the Supreme Court lands in Gonzalez. Read More

Chinese VCs invest in Indonesia’s Etana Biotechnologies

PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia secured a series B financing of undisclosed value, led by Chinese investors that include Jack Ma’s Yunfeng Capital and Highlight Capital. The funds will be used to strengthen the company's pipeline and to expand its local manufacturing capacity. Read More

Appointments and advancements for Oct. 14, 2022

New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Alector, IO Biotech, Relief, Transcelerate. Read More

Financings for Oct. 14, 2022

Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Prime, Sen-Jam. Read More

In the clinic for Oct. 14, 2022

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: 4D-Pharma, Agenus, Albireo, Biocorrx, Biontech, Cassava, Compass, Crinetics, Inotrem, Inovio, Novavax, Ocugen, Otonomy, Pfizer, Relmada, Sifi, Siga, Smart Immune, Vectivbio. Read More

Other news to note for Oct. 14, 2022

Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Bavarian Nordic, Cantargia, Edgewise, Enliven, Forma, Imara, Novo Nordisk. Read More

Regulatory actions for Oct. 14, 2022

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Biomarin, Hangzhou Yuyuan, Lixte, Obseva, Remegen. Read More

Money raised by biopharma: 2022 vs. 2021 vs. 2020 vs. 2019

Total raised in public, private and other financings of biopharma companies, comparing 2022 vs. 2021 vs. 2020 vs. 2019. Read More

Biopharma money raised: Jan. 1-Oct. 13, 2022

Year-to-date money raised in public, private and other financings of biopharma companies. Read More

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