This week's sponsor is INC Research. | | | Top Stories Thursday, November 3, 2016 Just a few months after Roche posted what it deemed a “promising safety and efficacy profile” from a long-term test of its experimental hemophilia med, the Swiss major is now said to have suffered a setback after a number of patients had blood clots. Thursday, November 3, 2016 Allergan took an R&D hit this quarter as it emerged from analysts that a Phase II test of dermatology med VTP-38543, acquired as part of a $640 million buyout deal of Vitae in September, has failed. Thursday, November 3, 2016 NBE Therapeutics has raised CHF 20 million from investors including PPF Group and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund. The antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) specialist will use the Series B to move its lead candidate through a Phase I/II trial. Thursday, November 3, 2016 Canadian cancer biotech Oncolytics announced alongside its financials that its long-standing president and CEO, Brad Thompson, will be leaving the company “immediately.” Thursday, November 3, 2016 In its first quarter after the merger of Quintiles and IMS Health, the newly formed single company said it has kick-started a $1.5 billion repurchase of QuintilesIMS' outstanding common stock as it also forms new business units. Thursday, November 3, 2016 When Valeant bought Sprout and its controversial female libido drug Addyi, it agreed to a marketing blitz that would deliver royalties to Sprout's former shareholders. Valeant bungled the job, those former investors say. And they’re taking their gripes to court. This week's sponsor is MedNet. | | Successfully Managing Registries with eClinical Technology Free case study: See how eClinical technology supported a disease-specific Registry, ensuring the quick attainment of enrollment goals and the creation of multiple publications. Download now. | | EnBiotix has completed the asset buyout of AMP Therapeutics, an antimicrobial peptide portfolio company from both Novartis and Boehringer’s venture arms. Release A new report by a former health minister in the U.K. says a ‘hard Brexit’ could delay new meds getting to patients. Story Acadia Pharmaceuticals has started a new Phase III test for its med pimavanserin as an adjunctive therapy for schizophrenia in patients who don’t respond well with current antipsychotics. Statement | |
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