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May 28, 2019___

Today's Rundown

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Biotech IPO bonanza, again, as 5 go for collective $600M-plus in offerings

Just before Memorial Day weekend, five biotech companies dropped their initial public offering plans, adding up to $611 million in anticipated cash.

Top Stories

Newron delays pivotal schizophrenia trials amid safety fears

Newron Pharmaceuticals has delayed the start of phase 2/3 schizophrenia studies at the request of the FDA. The agency requested the delay after seeing data from studies of evenamide in mice and dogs.

AstraZeneca pivots to early-stage cancer in search of a niche

AstraZeneca is set to prioritize the treatment of early-stage cancers under the leadership of oncology research chief José Baselga, M.D., Ph.D. Talking to The Wall Street Journal, Baselga sketched out why he thinks splitting off from the congested pursuit of late-stage cancers will benefit AstraZeneca and patients.

Viela Bio, China's Hansoh pen development pact potentially worth $220M-plus

AstraZeneca spinout Viela Bio and China’s Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group have struck a deal to develop and market the former’s autoimmune drug inebilizumab in China. Hansoh will develop it for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and may expand into other inflammatory and autoimmune diseases as well as blood cancers.

Icon buys up majority of MeDiNova to boost research site footprint

Acquisitive Icon is at it again as it snaps up a majority stake in British site network company MeDiNova Research with an option to buy out the remaining shares penned into the deal.

Fred Hutchinson team uses gold nanoparticles to improve CRISPR gene editing

The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has been hailed as a promising solution to a range of genetic diseases, but the technology has proven difficult to deliver into cells. Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center developed gold nanoparticles that can deliver CRISPR to mouse models of HIV and inherited blood disorders.

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