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November 13, 2019___

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Merck buys Calporta for preclinical neurodegeneration assets

Merck has struck a deal to buy Calporta Therapeutics for up to $576 million. The takeover centers on TRPML1 agonists designed to treat neurodegenerative disorders by clearing toxic proteins from the brain. 

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Merck to slash more than 100 R&D jobs from French site

While Merck announced it was spending a few hundred million on an early-stage biotech this morning, now it is now shuttering an R&D site in Riom in the heart of France.

Genfit CEO Pascal Prigent on better NASH tests for R&D and the doctor’s office

What the NASH field needs, says Genfit CEO Pascal Prigent, is something like Hb1Ac for diabetes: a test that’s easy to do and that’s “commonly regarded as the right way to monitor the disease that everybody can use.” Genfit is working on a blood test that could become the first diagnostic approved specifically for NASH.

Kiadis dumps phase 3 drug, halves head count in pivot to NK cells

Kiadis has dropped its lead program midway through a phase 3 trial. The action will see Kiadis lay off half of its staff and switch its attention to earlier-stage natural killer cell therapies against solid tumors and hematological cancers.

Weill Family Foundation gifts $106M for public-private 'Neurohub'

The Weill Family Foundation is stumping up $106 million to create a so-called “Neurohub” that aims to unite the University of California, San Francisco, UC Berkeley and the University of Washington in an effort to seek out new treatments for brain diseases.

Exact Sciences nets FDA breakthrough designation for liver cancer blood test

Exact Sciences announced it received a breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its blood-based test for liver cancer alongside new data demonstrating its sensitivity for early-stage disease.

Pfizer's Upjohn and Mylan will become Viatris. Wait, haven't we heard that name before?

Finding the perfect name is no easy task for a new company, particularly in the exotic world of biopharma monikers. Mylan and Pfizer's Upjohn business, working to close their generics megamerger, believe they have one that strikes the right tone—even if that name is very familiar to one of the partners.

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