Today's Rundown Celgene pays $101M to work with Vividion on hard-to-drug proteins Dermira dumps acne drug after phase 3 flubs Prime Minister Theresa May calls for U.K. to stay in EMA after Brexit Homology seeks $100M from IPO, reveals Novartis deal numbers Patient deaths, FDA hold cloud Unum’s $86M IPO bid Featured Story | Monday, March 5, 2018 Celgene has paid $101 million to collaborate with Vividion on the discovery of small molecules that hit hard-to-drug proteins. The four-year alliance tasks Vividion with discovering drugs that interact with the ubiquitin proteasome system cells used to break proteins apart. |
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