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March 6, 2015

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FDA grants rituximab orphan drug status for pemphigus vulgaris

Pluristem and Hadassah Medical Center report data from preclinical PLX-R18 study

New grant to support biomarker-led development of irofulven for mCRPC

Phase II results presented for a urothelial carcinoma combination therapy

Novel AR and CYP17A1 dual inhibitor shows significant antitumor activity

Vanda reports topline phase II results for tradipitant

EC-1169 drug conjugate is safe in mCRPC patients

[68Ga]PSMA PET/CT shows promise for detecting prostate cancer recurrence

Sirona Biochem reports preclinical toxicology results for SBM-TFC-039

Enrollment begins in phase I/IIa trial of AST-OPC1 in complete cervical spinal cord injury

Arrowhead Research acquires Novartis' RNAi R&D portfolio

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals in-licenses poziotinib from Hanmi Pharmaceuticals

Galapagos patents new ephrin inhibitors

Novartis discloses new MEK inhibitors

arGEN-X exercises option to license antibody candidate for cancer immunotherapy

Sanofi presents new anti-PAI-1 MAbs

Janssen describes Ca(v) 2.2 channel blockers

Bristol-Myers Squibb reports novel GR and AP-1 modulators

Blueprint Medicines and Alexion partner to develop kinase-targeting drugs for rare genetic disease

Grifols agrees to make major equity investment in Alkahest

Oraya IRay Radiotherapy system receives CE Mark extension for choroidal metastases

Medtronic invests in Flex Pharma IPO

Calithera gains worldwide license to TransTech's hexokinase-2 inhibitors

Quantum Genomics initiates phase IIa trial of QGC-001 for hypertension

Novel DNA-based therapy shows efficacy for advanced ovarian cancer treatment

AstraZeneca and University of Cambridge collaborate on start-up venture program

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