Syneron Bio is emerging as one of the most heavily backed new entrants in the macrocyclic peptide space, raising more than $250 million in venture funding and securing a multibillion-dollar deal with Astrazeneca plc as it builds a platform spanning several of the most competitive frontiers in drug development.
Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co. Ltd. has received the approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to initiate a clinical trial of FXB-0871 (TEV-56278) for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
On top of prison sentences, loss of assets and a $2.6 million restitution order issued several years ago, Li Chen and Yu Zhou had their naturalized U.S. citizenship revoked March 30 as a consequence of stealing exosome-related trade secrets from Nationwide Children's Hospital's Research Institute in Ohio – the hospital that had sponsored them when they first came to the U.S. from China on H-1B Specialty Occupation visas.