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Today's Rundown Daiichi's leukemia drug falls amid FDA adcomm's trial concerns Special Report—Biotech's top 10 money raisers of 2018 EUSA Pharma nabs new executives, including the recently ousted Abeona CEO FDA tells ImmunoGen to run a second phase 3, sinking stock Vertex pays Kymera $70M upfront to discover protein degradation drugs Featured Story | | | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Daiichi Sankyo went one for two in an FDA cancer advisory committee doubleheader Tuesday, with its prospective leukemia treatment getting struck out. |
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Top Stories Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Private biotechs raised a record-breaking $16.8 billion in 2018, blowing past the record $12.1 billion set the previous year. Here are the top 10 fundraising rounds—which broke some records themselves—and together illustrate what's hot out there in the field. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Cancer and rare disease life science company EUSA Pharma has added two biopharma veterans to its roster, with one coming after being fired from his old job and the other a top Pfizer scientist. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 The FDA has quashed ImmunoGen’s hopes of filing for approval of mirvetuximab soravtansine on the strength of a failed phase 3. FDA officials advised ImmunoGen a run a new phase 3 in patients with high folate receptor alpha-positive, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer before seeking approval. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Vertex is paying $70 million upfront to work with Kymera Therapeutics on the discovery of drugs that drive the elimination of disease-causing proteins. The early-stage deal features more than $1 billion in milestones tied to the success of six programs. | This week's sponsor is ExL Events. | | | |
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