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UCSF explores molecular drivers of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
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UCSF explores molecular drivers of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

University of California, San Francisco has received a USD 1.63 million NIH R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to investigate the...

Jun 16
Mayo Clinic expands multi-ethnic blood biomarker effort for Alzheimer's disease
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Mayo Clinic expands multi-ethnic blood biomarker effort for Alzheimer's disease

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville has received a USD 8.16 million National Institute on Aging U19 renewal grant to advance blood-based biomarker discovery for...

Jun 16
Columbia investigates HPF1's role in PARP inhibitor bone marrow toxicity
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Columbia investigates HPF1's role in PARP inhibitor bone marrow toxicity

Columbia University Health Sciences has received a USD 1.83 million NIH R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate how Histone PARylation...

Jun 16
Fred Hutch investigates how Par-4 eliminates dormant breast cancer cells
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Fred Hutch investigates how Par-4 eliminates dormant breast cancer cells

Fred Hutch Cancer Center has received a USD 1.8 million NCI R01 renewal to investigate how the tumor suppressor Par-4 regulates actomyosin contractility as...

Jun 16
University of Illinois advances multivalent ETEC vaccine designed to target both toxins and adhesins
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University of Illinois advances multivalent ETEC vaccine designed to target both toxins and adhesins

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has received a USD 1.12 million NIAID R01 grant to advance MecVax, a multivalent subunit vaccine candidate targeting...

Jun 16
NIH funds Michigan State Uni study for antibody-switching mechanism linked to B cell lymphoma
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NIH funds Michigan State Uni study for antibody-switching mechanism linked to B cell lymphoma

Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences has received a USD 2.86 million NIH R01 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and...

Jun 16
Elicio's pancreatic cancer vaccine misses primary goal but hints at benefit in resected patients
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Elicio's pancreatic cancer vaccine misses primary goal but hints at benefit in resected patients

A Phase II trial failure that may still open a door — but only if Elicio can secure financing before its cash runs out in Q4 2026.

Jun 16
Cellares raises USD 327m to scale automated cell therapy manufacturing globally
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Cellares raises USD 327m to scale automated cell therapy manufacturing globally

South San Francisco-based Cellares has extended its Series D financing to USD 327 million following a USD 50 million growth equity investment from Prime...

Jun 16
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Alvotech raises USD 152m to advance biosimilar pipeline and shore up balance sheet
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Alvotech raises USD 152m to advance biosimilar pipeline and shore up balance sheet

Iceland-based Alvotech (Nasdaq: ALVO) announced the pricing of a combined underwritten public offering and concurrent private placement totaling...

Jun 16
Aplagon expands APAC into kidney disease complication with EUR 4.8m financing round
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Aplagon expands APAC into kidney disease complication with EUR 4.8m financing round

Finland-based Aplagon Oy has closed a EUR 4.8 million (approximately USD 5.6 million) financing round to fund a new Phase II clinical programme in...

Jun 16
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Bayer’s Ambelvist approved as lowest-dose gadolinium contrast agent in US

Bayer announced receipt of US FDA approval for Ambelvist (gadoquatrane), a macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent (mGBCA) for contrast-enhanced MRI in adults and…

Jun 16
Spyre's SPY002 sets anti-TL1A bar with largest histopathology win in ulcerative colitis
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Spyre's SPY002 sets anti-TL1A bar with largest histopathology win in ulcerative colitis

SPY002, Waltham, Massachusetts-based Spyre Therapeutics' (Nasdaq: SYRE) extended half-life anti-TL1A antibody, produced a statistically significant...

Jun 16
Mirum's zilurgisertib becomes first oral therapy to suppress FOP bone formation in Phase II
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Mirum's zilurgisertib becomes first oral therapy to suppress FOP bone formation in Phase II

Pivotal Phase II data from the PROGRESS study of zilurgisertib in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) indicate that the oral ALK2 inhibitor...

Jun 16
Lonza's dual-payload ADC platform advances to clinic with Antharis gastrointestinal cancer deal
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Lonza's dual-payload ADC platform advances to clinic with Antharis gastrointestinal cancer deal

Lonza (SIX: LONN) has granted San Diego-based Antharis Therapeutics, Inc. an exclusive, target-specific license to its proprietary dual-payload ADC platform...

Jun 15
Navacaprant's double Phase III failure in depression forces Neumora into strategic reset
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Navacaprant's double Phase III failure in depression forces Neumora into strategic reset

Navacaprant's failure to separate from placebo in two consecutive Phase III trials closes the door on kappa opioid receptor antagonism as a near-term...

Jun 15