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March 21, 2024

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Gold dollar sign inside gold cog

Precision-driven Mirador launches with a $400M financing

Nearly a year after Prometheus Biosciences Inc. sold for $10.8 billion to Merck & Co. Inc., its former CEO, Mark McKenna, is back in the game with Mirador Therapeutics Inc. Many of his former Prometheus colleagues have joined McKenna. Getting the band back together, McKenna told BioWorld, “is the ultimate compliment.” Mirador just launched with more than $400 million to develop therapies for treating immune-mediated inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. Read More

Affimed, Seagen soldiers in long SWOG for Hodgkin lymphoma drugs

The Hodgkin lymphoma space found itself in the spotlight late last year when Affimed NV rolled out updated data with lead innate cell engager acimtamig when combined with allogeneic natural killer cells. Findings from the investigator-initiated trial became the topic of talk at the American Society of Hematology meeting, when Yago Nieto, professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – and principal investigator of the study – spoke. Read More
3D rendering of CAR T therapy in cell

US-China company Triarm on a mission to democratize CAR Ts

Triarm Therapeutics Ltd. is on a mission to democratize CAR T therapies to make them more accessible and affordable, Triarm CEO Jay Zhang told BioWorld. “Nearly half of the patients eligible for CAR T therapies still cannot get treated, and the main reason is the expense, and the second is they cannot afford to wait. Read More

Oncology Pharma stock-selling scheme ends in consent agreement

Kevin Dills, who the U.S. SEC said secretly controlled Oncology Pharma Inc., consented to a final civil judgment in federal district court related to a fraudulent stock-selling scheme. Read More
Rendering of Milliporesigma's new bioprocessing production center in Daejeon, South Korea

Merck pours €300M+ in S. Korea as big pharma ups Asia investment

As investment in Asia biohubs continues into 2024, Merck KGaA’s Milliporesigma is the latest to drop more than €300 million (US$328 million) into a new bioprocessing production center in Daejeon, South Korea. Other big pharmas, including Switzerland’s Novartis AG, Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S and China’s Wuxi Biologics (Cayman) Inc., are also making multimillion-dollar investments in the Asia-Pacific region, according to company announcements made in March 2024. Read More
Endometriosis

Serac Healthcare’s imaging agent reveals early-stage endometriosis

Serac Healthcare Ltd.’s imaging agent, 99m Tc-maraciclatide, enables visualization of early-stage endometriosis, preliminary data from a study presented last week at the Society for Reproductive Investigation conference in Vancouver demonstrated. With millions of women suffering from the debilitating condition globally, maraciclatide has the potential to not only help with diagnosis but also with the development of new therapeutics, David Hail, CEO of Serac, told BioWorld. Read More

Appointments and advancements for March 21, 2024

New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: 2seventy, Chromocell, Cytomx, Endeavor, Gyre, Northwest, Tolremo. Read More

Financings for March 21, 2024

Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Boundless, Eisbach, Galderma, NLS, Nouscom, TFF. Read More

In the clinic for March 21, 2024

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: 23andme, Acelyrin, Antennova, Antengene, BMS, Cannabis, Gensight, Inhalon, Italfarmaco, Nicox, Senhwa, Taysha. Read More

Regulatory actions for March 21, 2024

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Aeon, Biogen Cabaletta, Celularity, Depymed, Design, Everest, Idorsia, Kechow, Puma, Takeda. Read More

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