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Seattle Children's Hospital picks up USD 2.1m NIH grant for AI nanobody engineering platform

An AI-driven approach to nanobody engineering is drawing federal support, with Seattle Children's Hospital receiving a USD 2.1 million NIH R01 grant to...

May 15
Development

Allterum's anti-CD127 mAb 4A10 enters Phase I for relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Allterum Therapeutics is advancing 4A10, a fully human anti-CD127 IgG1 monoclonal antibody licensed from the National Cancer Institute, into a...

May 15
Development

Relay Therapeutics' NRAS-selective inhibitor RLY-8161 enters Phase I for NRAS-mutant cancers

Relay Therapeutics launches first-in-human RLY-8161 clinical trial in NRAS-mutant cancers

May 15
Development

Chipscreen puts PRMT5 inhibitor into Phase I for MTAP-deleted solid tumors and lymphoma

Chengdu Chipscreen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Shenzhen-based Chipscreen Biosciences (SSE: 688321), has registered a first-in-human clinical trial for...

May 15
Development

Vertex Pharma expands neurology pipeline with first-in-human trial for small-molecule narcolepsy drug

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is advancing VX-433, an oral investigational compound, into a first-in-human Phase I clinical trial targeting narcolepsy type 1, a...

May 15
News

FDA approves expanded dosing regimen for Kyowa Kirin’s Crysvita in adult XLH

Japan’s Kyowa Kirin, Inc. (JPX: 4151.T) has received US FDA approval for an updated dosing regimen for Crysvita (burosumab-twza) in adults with…

May 15
Business

Mirum Pharma issues USD 600m convertible notes to refinance 2029 debt, fund rare disease acquisitions

Foster City, California-based Mirum Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MIRM) has announced the pricing of USD 600 million in aggregate principal of 0.00% convertible...

May 15
Business

Gilead fills acquisitions war chest with USD 3b senior note offering

Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) has announced the pricing of USD 3 billion in senior unsecured notes across four tranches in an underwritten registered...

May 15
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Akeso's ligufalimab shows 80% response rate in Phase II treatment-naïve AML trial

Akeso (HKEX: 9926.HK) reported Phase II data from its ligufalimab AML trial showing an objective response rate of 80.0% versus 66.7% for placebo in...

May 15
Regulatory & Policy

Chengdu Origen and Vanotech receive FDA clearance for KHN921 gene therapy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Chengdu Origen Biotechnology and Vanotech have received US FDA clearance to proceed with a Phase I/II clinical trial of KHN921, an AAV9-based gene therapy...

May 15
Discovery

HCW Biologics' fusion immunotherapeutic prevents bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preclinical models

HCW Biologics reports HCW11-040 prevents bronchopulmonary dysplasia in IND-enabling animal studies

May 14
Business

CapeHaven completes first close toward USD 10 million seed funding for Yale biotech spinouts

CapeHaven launches Yale biotech spinout vehicle with USD 10 million target

May 14
Business

Biogen completes USD 3.2b acquisition of Apellis Pharma for complement inhibitor assets

Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) has completed its acquisition of Apellis Pharmaceuticals, adding two commercially approved complement inhibitors and an established...

May 14
Business

Taiwan's Bora Pharma adds MacroGenics' GMP manufacturing for USD 127.5m

Taiwan-based Bora Pharmaceuticals (TWSE: 6472; OTCQX: BORAY) has agreed to acquire the GMP manufacturing operations of MacroGenics (Nasdaq: MGNX) for USD...

May 14
Business

In vivo CAR-T funding continues to flow as Create Medicines raises USD 122m in Series B

CREATE Medicines raises USD 122 million Series B to advance in vivo CAR pipeline

May 14