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Jun 14, 2024

Radiopharma biotech Telix drops $200M Nasdaq IPO plans at last minute


Cabaletta's 2-patient CAR-T data hint at autoimmune remission, but investors want more


Chutes & Ladders—Longtime J&J exec retiring after 17 years


Innovent braves bruising cytokine space, linking fusion protein to tumor responses in small study


J.P. Morgan's private financing arm closes inaugural $500M-plus biotech fund 


enGene drops preclinical cystic fibrosis program to strengthen bladder cancer strategy 


Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '24: Santa Ana snags $168M; InduPro unveils $85M series A

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Radiopharma biotech Telix drops $200M Nasdaq IPO plans at last minute

Investors celebrating the summer resurgence of biotech IPOs might want to put the champagne back on ice, after Telix Pharmaceuticals made the last-minute decision to pull its own Nasdaq listing plans.
 

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Cabaletta's 2-patient CAR-T data hint at autoimmune remission, but investors want more

Cabaletta Bio’s shares tumbled 13% Friday morning as the biotech shared just a crumb of data from two patients in an autoimmune CAR T trial that hinted at remission.

Chutes & Ladders—Longtime J&J exec retiring after 17 years

Longtime J&J exec Willaim Hait, M.D., Ph.D., is set to retire this fall after a 17-year run with the Big Pharma. 

Innovation, Partnerships & Progress: How Life Sciences Is Booming in Maryland’s Montgomery County

Drive or take the metro in any direction within Montgomery County, Maryland, and you'll come across a life science company responsible for a major innovation.

Innovent braves bruising cytokine space, linking fusion protein to tumor responses in small study

Innovent Biologics' bispecific immuno-oncology candidate IBI363 has been linked to a 100% response rate in a small cohort of Chinese lung cancer patients.

J.P. Morgan's private financing arm closes inaugural $500M-plus biotech fund

J.P. Morgan Private Capital has closed an inaugural life sciences fund of more than $500 million, cash that will go toward a wide range of private biotechs and build value for existing portfolio companies.

enGene drops preclinical cystic fibrosis program to strengthen bladder cancer strategy

enGene is halting work on a cystic fibrosis program to focus resources on moving its lead candidate further into bladder cancer.

Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '24: Santa Ana snags $168M; InduPro unveils $85M series A

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Inside this year’s ASCO: Biggest data drops, trends and the best exhibit booth

In this week's episode of "The Top Line," journalists from Fierce Biotech and Fierce Pharma discuss the most talked-about data drops at ASCO and share on-the-ground details, including their experience with Gilead’s virtual reality Trodelvy ride. 

Pfizer expects 8 blockbuster cancer drugs to come from each of 4 focus areas: exec

Pfizer's oncology commercial chief Suneet Varma told Fierce Pharma that the division's plan to have eight blockbusters by 2030 will have contribution from each of its four focused therapeutic areas: breast, genitourinary, hematology and thoracic cancers.

Invizius completes first-in-human dialysis trial to quell ‘angry blood’

Invizius' H-Guard priming solution coats the inside of a dialysis machine to cloak the hardware from the blood's heightened immune system response.

Telehealth startup Done's CEO and clinical president arrested, charged with fraud

According to the DOJ, Done's CEO and clinical president allegedly arranged the prescription of 40 million Adderall pills as well as other stimulants, generating more than $100 million in revenue.

Bristol Myers bags FDA tumor-agnostic nod for Augtyro to challenge Bayer, Roche

A Bristol Myers Squibb drug has got an FDA approval to treat tumors with a specific biomarker regardless of their locations in the body, and it's facing two competitors.

Fierce Pharma Asia—AbbVie's TL1A deal; Ex-Takeda staffer's guilty plea; Kyowa Kirin's $530M plant investment

Through a deal with a Chinese biotech, AbbVie is the latest Big Pharma to bet on TL1A in immunology. A former Takeda employee has pleaded guilty to scamming the Japanese drugmaker. Kyowa Kirin will invest up to $530 million in a biologics plant in North Carolina. And more.
 
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Inside this year’s ASCO: Biggest data drops, trends and the best exhibit booth

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