Today's Rundown Gilead poaches Bristol-Myers oncology executive to lead research biology Ex-PixarBio CEO sentenced to 7 years for defrauding investors Israeli biotech NeoTX lands $45M series C for combo I-O cancer trials [Sponsored] Executive Interviews at J.P. Morgan 2020 Incyte hits endpoint in 2nd pivotal atopic dermatitis trial Five Prime Therapeutics' pancreatic cancer combo with Opdivo a bust Grail kicks off its first study to provide doctors with real-world results from its multi-cancer blood test Audentes investing $109M in gene therapy manufacturing facility with 200 jobs Featured Story | | | Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Gilead has a new head of research biology: Michael Quigley, Ph.D., an alum of MedImmune, Johnson & Johnson and Dana Farber, who joins from Bristol-Myers Squibb. Most recently, he was a vice president and head of the Big Pharma’s Tumor Microenvironment Modulation Thematic Research Center. |
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Top Stories Wednesday, February 19, 2020 A judge has sentenced former PixarBio CEO Frank Reynolds to seven years in prison for defrauding investors. The judge also ordered Reynolds to pay $280,000 in forfeiture and around $7.5 million in restitution as punishment for his crimes. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 NeoTX Therapeutics has nabbed a healthy $45 million third funding round as it looks to continue work on its early-stage cancer combo test and in-license new tech. Thursday, February 13, 2020 FierceBiotech sits down with some of the most informative industry leaders at JPM 2020. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 A second phase 3 trial of Incyte’s ruxolitinib cream in atopic dermatitis has met its primary endpoint. The back-to-back pivotal successes tee Incyte up to talk to regulators about bringing the JAK inhibitor to market. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Wedding Five Prime Therapeutics’ experimental CSF-1 receptor inhibitor cabiralizumab to Bristol-Myers Squibb’s checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo has proved a bust in pancreatic cancer. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 After gathering tens of thousands of people to participate in its clinical research studies, Grail says it’s got at least one more to do—an interventional trial of its multi-cancer blood test, where it will be used for the first time by oncologists to help guide a patient’s care. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 With a gene therapy nearing the finish line and $3 billion in hand from its buyout by Astellas, biotech Audentes is ready to start work on its $109 million gene therapy manufacturing facility that will employ 200. Resources Sponsored by: H1 Biopharma companies don't want to go to market with a product no one knows about. 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Sponsored by: Catalent Regardless of the assigned FDA expedited approval designation and approach, the key action items should be: the assurance of a detail-oriented plan and the adaption of a “forward-thinking” approach that will assist in any future challenges and opportunities for growth of each project. Sponsored by: Catalent Learn how recent innovations in demand-led supply and direct-to-patient distribution are converging to create a next-generation clinical supply chain that is flexible, lean and most importantly patient-centric. Sponsored by: Altran This whitepaper highlights the challenges of implementing the right digital twin strategy while providing key use cases in the manufacturing domain for which a digital twin is extremely useful and several examples of technology trends that will shape the future. 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