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October 11, 2019___

Today's Rundown

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Five Prime's new CEO wields ax, laying off 70 staffers

Five Prime Therapeutics’ interim CEO William Ringo has moved to lay off 70 employees within weeks of taking up the position. The cuts will leave Five Prime with a “small research group” focused on taking clinical candidates forward with the help of service providers and contractors.

Top Stories

Gilead, Galapagos share 52-week update on filgotinib

Gilead and Galapagos have said that 52-week phase 3 data for JAK1 inhibitor filgotinib in rheumatoid arthritis are consistent with earlier readouts. The update comes as Gilead prepares to make the case that filgotinib is safe and effective to the FDA.  

Aridis nabs pharma veteran as ex-CMO leaves for 'personal reasons' after drug flop

Micro cap anti-infective biotech Aridis Pharmaceuticals has gained a new chief medical officer in the form of former Takeda Vaccines exec Paul Mendelman, M.D.

[Sponsored] Thwarting Subjectivity in Clinical Trials

A clinical trial is a measurement system, but too often, we fail to calibrate the most significant of measurement instruments: trial participants.

Shionogi, Hsiri Therapeutics build out lung disease R&D pact

Shionogi and Hsiri Therapeutics joined forces last year in a licensing and R&D deal focused on tuberculosis and non-tuberculous lung infections. Now, they are expanding that deal, with the Japanese biotech licensing a new technology from Hsiri that will be “complementary to Shionogi's current research” in the collaboration.

How Viagra could boost a widely used blood cancer treatment

Stem cells can save lives for patients with blood cancer, but hurdles remain to effectively harvest them for transplantation. Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz found Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction drug Viagra facilitates the release of stem cells from the bone marrow into the bloodstream, which could ease collection.

EuroBiotech Report—UCB inks $2.5B deal; Oxford spinout; Bayer, Merck and Gilead

In this week's EuroBiotech Report, UCB inks $2.5 billion Ra takeout, MiroBio raises £27 million and Bayer forms Riken drug discovery pact. 

FiercePharmaAsia—Aurobindo, Glenmark FDA dings; Takeda-Prometheus IBD pact; Ascletis’ new CSO

Indian drugmakers Aurobindo and Glenmark are cited by the FDA again. Takeda inks IBD drug target discovery pact with Prometheus. Chinese biotech Ascletis lures Novartis veteran as CSO after losing short-termed CMO to his old employer MSD China. And more.

Chutes & Ladders—Gilead Sciences nabs ex-Genentech exec Parsey as next CMO

Gilead nabs ex-Genentech exec Parsey as CMO; Shire CEO Ornskov to take over at Galderma; longtime BIO CEO Greenwood will step down after 2020 election.

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