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Today's Rundown Featured Story | | | Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Proclara Biosciences (once NeuroPhage Pharmaceuticals) has poached Merck Research Labs veteran David Michelson, M.D., as its new chief medical officer. |
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| This week's sponsor is Veeva. | |  | [Webinar] Tufts eClinical Landscape Study: Q&A with Industry Experts
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Top Stories Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Just over a year ago Syntimmune announced Boehringer and Pfizer veteran David de Graaf, Ph.D., as its new CEO. Thirteen months later, he’s out the door, with a new leader at the helm. Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Boehringer Ingelheim is deepening its venture fund pockets from €100 million to a meatier €250 million ($300 million) as it looks to change up its investment strategy. Wednesday, January 3, 2018 After more than a decade in the role, Acceleron’s chief medical officer Matthew Sherman, M.D., has announced he will be leaving the company—but will hang on for pivotal results on its lead candidate luspatercept. Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Scholar Rock has raised $47 million to take its treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) into the clinic. The series C tees up Scholar Rock to find out whether its myostatin blocker can best the underwhelming performance of one-time rivals from companies including Novartis. Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Elstar Therapeutics has raised $39 million. The series A positions a management team with résumés dotted with senior posts at Serono, Eli Lilly and Novartis to advance multifunctional anticancer drugs toward human testing. Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Biopharma companies, medical research institutions and healthcare facilities have growing interest in getting more genomics data, and that has translated into new investments. A $58 million financing round DNAnexus completed is just one recent example. Wednesday, January 3, 2018 AstraZeneca and Myriad Genetics are partnering to identify women with advanced ovarian cancer who might benefit from treatments using Lynparza and Avastin as part of a phase 3 trial. Enrollment Showcase | | | Sponsored by: Drexel University Online Drexel University’s online graduate programs in biomedicine, clinical research, drug discovery, and molecular medicine were developed with working professionals in mind, providing you with the education, practical skills, and competitive edge you need to be successful in your career. Learn more. |
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