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November 27, 2018

Today's Rundown

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Abeona ejects CEO Carsten Thiel for ‘personal misconduct’

Abeona Therapeutics CEO Carsten Thiel has been sacked after an investigation into “allegations of misconduct towards colleagues” and will be replaced immediately by head of R&D João Siffert.

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Ramaswamy's latest 'vant' to focus on gene therapies for blood disorders

Roivant and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are launching Aruvant Sciences, which will focus on developing gene therapies for blood diseases, starting with sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia.

Halozyme drops PFS co-primary endpoint from PEGPH20 phase 3

Halozyme has dropped the progression-free survival (PFS) co-primary endpoint from its phase 3 trial of PEGPH20 in metastatic pancreatic cancer. The change ties the fate of the trial to an overall survival endpoint that is expected to read out in the second half of 2019.

[Sponsored] Minimal Residual Disease: Application in Blood Cancers

A diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) can mean a long road with many twists and turns as patients try to achieve long-term remission from this chronic, complex and progressive form of blood cancer.

Rheostat raises $23M to target the cell's garbage disposal

Rheostat Therapeutics reeled in a $23 million series A round to develop treatments for neurodegenerative and rare diseases by targeting autophagy, the cell’s garbage disposal. The new capital will push its programs toward clinical trials and support biomarker studies.

BeiGene bags Asian rights to Zymeworks’ HER2 bispecifics

BeiGene has paid Zymeworks $40 million for the Asian rights to HER2-targeted bispecific antibodies ZW25 and ZW49. The agreement gives Zymeworks upfront cash, a potential ongoing income stream and a global development partner.

Janssen discovery head joins Incyte as its CSO jumps to Third Rock

Janssen Research & Development’s global head of discovery, Dashyant Dhanak, Ph.D., is joining Incyte to serve as its chief scientific officer, effective Dec. 10. He will take over for Reid Huber, Ph.D., who has moved on to become a partner at Third Rock Ventures.

Denali and Sanofi to press forward with RIPK1 drug in Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases

Just two weeks after Sanofi laid out $125 million to take a stake in two RIPK1 inhibitors being developed by Denali, the two companies are advancing one of those drugs into clinical trials in three of the toughest-to-treat neurological disorders.

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Resources

[Webinar] Becton Dickinson’s Digital P2P Solution Simplifies Spend Management

Learn how Becton Dickinson implemented Coupa to create an easy-to-use purchase to pay process that increased efficiency across the organization.

[Whitepaper] Evaluation of the claraT Total mRNA report in an RNA- Sequencing dataset from malignant melanoma cancer patients treated with Ipilimumab

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[Whitepaper] Putting the Researcher in the Driver’s Seat

Learn how to fast-track your research workflows!

[Report] Clinical Operations Report: Learn the Top Industrywide Priorities

Industry Research: Read the 2018 Unified Clinical Operations Report to find out how pharmas and CROs are evolving clinical trial processes.

[Webinar] QSP Approaches to Determine Best in Class Properties for Targeted Anabolic Growth Factor to Arthritic Joints

This on-demand webinar introduces a quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) model of targeted anabolic growth factors for intra-articular injection for the treatment of diseased joints.

[Research Report] Challenges And Opportunities In Clinical Data Management

New research reveals more than 50% of clinical data management professionals surveyed, are not confident in the quality and completeness of their clinical trial data.

[Whitepaper] Migraine Treatment and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Inhibitors: Real-World EHR Case Study

New Case Study – Leveraging Real-World Evidence From EHR to Assess Migraine Management

[Whitepaper] The Future of Cell & Gene Therapy

What does data tell us about the future of cell & gene therapy?

[Whitepaper] Choosing the Best Sterile Dosage Form for Your Clinical Supply Needs

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[Whitepaper] Why Life Sciences Companies Leverage Managed Regulated Infrastructures

Outer Edge Technology specializes in designing and managing regulated cloud-based infrastructures for the Life Sciences Industry – typically leveraging the AWS and Microsoft Azure platforms.

[Infographic] Accelerate Your Early Drug Delivery Journey

In the United States, it takes an average of 12 years for an experimental drug to travel from the laboratory to a patient’s medicine cabinet. The average cost to research and develop a successful drug is approximately $2.6 billion.

[Workshop] Smart Drug Development & Design from Candidate to Phase I

Today’s scientists are under significant time pressure to accelerate their compound from discovery to the clinic. Such pressure can often lead research organizations to adopt short-term thinking and overlook the downstream realities of drug development.

[Executive Summary] From Candidate to Clinic

What is the fastest way to success? It is critical that drug developers execute several elements related to planning, investment, and understanding of the risks, risk tolerance, and pitfalls inherent in the drug development program.

[eBook] 2018 Weekly Compendium

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