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Top Stories By Amirah Al Idrus James Chung, a longtime Amgen executive who led global clinical development for autoimmune drug Enbrel, has a new gig. He joins Kyverna Therapeutics as chief medical officer as the company sets its sights on the clinic. Chung was most recently head of inflammation and neuroscience in Amgen’s global medical organization and global development leader for Enbrel. read more By Eric Sagonowsky After drug regulators on both sides of the Atlantic revealed safety probes into Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. officials have called for an immediate pause to the rollout. read more Sponsored By: MyData-TRUST 34.4% of worldwide data breaches come from the healthcare sector. Data Protection is no longer just a compliance issue, but a strategic topic. MyData-TRUST was created to support the sector. read more By Annalee Armstrong Theseus Pharmaceuticals, led by a team of ex-Ariad executives, will target treatment-resistant cancers after emerging from stealth mode with $100 million in Series B funding. read more By Ben Adams Recursion Pharmaceuticals has set terms for a major $306 million IPO as the artificial intelligence biotech eyes a $3 billion valuation. read more By Andrea Park Microsoft has its head in the clouds—the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, that is, which will soon get a major boost from the tech giant’s acquisition of Nuance Communications. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Repertoire Immune Medicines has raised $189 million to advance anti-cancer T-cell therapies through the clinic while expanding its immune response drug discovery platform. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Tillman Gerngross’ Adagio Therapeutics has begun recruitment in a clinical trial of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody ADG20. The study is assessing the effect of a single dose of ADG20 on patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 and a high risk of disease progression. read more | | Clinical trials are more complex than ever, and you need a central laboratory who can keep pace with your evolving needs. LabConnect is the industry leader when it comes to innovative support services for today’s analytically and logistically complex advanced therapy trials. Contact us today. |
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