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Stalicla signs licence deal for Evgen Pharma’s lead asset SFX-01

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Swiss biotech company Stalicla has signed a licensing deal with Evgen Pharma for the latter’s lead asset, SFX-01, in neurodevelopmental disorders and schizophrenia. It is claimed to be the only grade of sulforaphane which is suitable for clinical research and will eventually be approved as a medicine. Evgen will receive $160.5m

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10 Key Learnings from Successful Cellular and Gene Therapy Trials for Rare Diseases

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“Rare disease clinical trials are complex due to the additional scientific, medical, operational and regulatory requirements of newly emerging advanced therapies, such as gene therapy,” says Dr. Terence Eagleton, MB BS, Senior Medical Director at the global clinical research organization (CRO) Medpace.

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TG Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Upsized Public Offering of Common Stock – Dec 15, 2020

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The Company anticipates using net proceeds from the offering to fund the continued development of ublituximab and umbralisib, the potential in-license, acquisition, development and commercialization of other pharmaceutical products, and for general corporate purposes. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co.

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PharmaDrug Enters Definitive Agreement for Acquisition of Sairiyo Therapeutics Inc. Who Recently Received Orphan Drug Designation from FDA for Esophageal Cancer

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Sairiyo is a biotechnology company focused on repurposing and developing improved formulations of naturally derived compounds for serious, rare, and life-threatening diseases with the aim to obtain European Medicines Evaluation Agency and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval. PharmaDrug Inc.

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AbbVie begins trials of COVID-19 antibody therapy

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AbbVie is to begin clinical development of an antibody designed to neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after licensing the therapy in from Harbour BioMed and Utrecht University. AbbVie has begun a phase 1 clinical trial of the antibody, with clinical development beginning in the US and expanding into Europe.

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BioSpace Movers & Shakers, Nov. 6

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Taveras will lead all research and non-clinical development functions supporting the company’s pipeline of investigational therapies. VectivBio AG – Based in Switzerland, VectivBio named Sarah Holland as chief business officer and Aditya Venugopal as head of business development.

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Phase 2 FIGHT Trial Results Presented at ASCO GI Validate Importance of FGFR2b Overexpression and Reinforce Potential of Bemarituzumab Plus Chemotherapy as a Frontline Targeted Treatment for FGFR2b+ Gastric and GEJ Cancers

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Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA, Co-director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program and Director of Early Phase Clinical Research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Bemarituzumab is being developed in gastric and GEJ cancer as a targeted therapy for tumors that overexpress FGFR2b. Wainberg, M.D.,

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