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Pfizer puts up $1bn to buy into Arvinas breast cancer programme

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The deal focuses on ARV-471, currently in phase 2 testing for advanced breast cancer patients whose tumours expresses oestrogen receptors – so are hormone sensitive – but test negative for HER2 receptors that would make them candidates for treatment with drugs like trastuzumab. billion in backloaded milestone payments.

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Orserdu (elacestrant) Approved for Patients with ESR1 mutations in ER+/HER2- Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancers

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Current treatments include hormonal therapies that focus on blocking the function of the estrogen receptor, curbing its production or degrading the receptor itself. Mutations in the ESR1 , however, have contributed to the rise of endocrine resistance. Orserdu is available in the form of 345 mg tablets to be taken once a day with food.

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A Complex Chromosomal Abberation Called Adrenoleukodystrophy

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The buildup in adrenal glands leads to the insufficient hormonal response, thus leading to several of the symptoms such as deficiency of steroid hormones (mainly cortisol and aldosterone), impaired cortisol secretion, and others that are harbingers of the disease. A novel, brain penetrant, orally bioavailable and selective PPAR?

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Ikena bags $120M; Terns raises $87M for NASH; Ribometrix Genentech Collaboration; Hologic acquires Biotheranostics

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Omega Funds led the series B round with assists from fellow new investor Fidelity Management & Research and existing backers Atlas Venture, OrbiMed, and Bristol Myers Squibb, which became involved through its Celgene acquisition. The progress has set Ikena to raise USD 120 million. Ribometrix announces collaboration with Genentech.

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