Gilead snaps ups German virology biotech MYR, nabbing a European-approved hepatitis D therapy Boehringer inks $1.5B NBE buyout, joining Merck in new cancer race Moderna doses adolescents in COVID-19 vaccine study, setting it up to target 2021-22 school year Sponsored: From Conquering COVID-19 to Curing Cancer, New York City Charts the Future of Life Sciences With $81M Faze Medicines launch, the condensates field gathers steam Sponsored: Biotech IPOs: Navigating the New Landscape NASA-partnered Pluristem crashes to Earth as it axes leading therapy Google launches virtual medical research app, starting with studies in the flu and COVID-19 Hackers breach Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data in cyberattack targeting EMA Featured Story | By Ben Adams COVID-19 saw its infectious disease credentials reinstated this year, and, now, it’s doubling down with a deal to buy out MYR. read more |
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Top Stories By Nick Paul Taylor Boehringer Ingelheim has struck a deal to buy NBE-Therapeutics for €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) to add a ROR1-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) to its pipeline. The deal comes one month after Merck agreed to pay $2.8 billion to acquire VelosBio for its anti-ROR1 ADC. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Moderna has dosed the first adolescents in a phase 2/3 clinical trial designed to position its COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 years old before the start of the 2021-22 school year. read more Sponsored By: NYCEDC The life sciences sector in New York City is on pace to raise $1B in venture funding in 2020, up from just $40 million ten years ago. In addition to NYC’s outstanding talent and funding, the city is rich with life science real estate offerings across the five boroughs. read more By Amirah Al Idrus The condensates space is where it’s at: With an $81 million financing, Faze Medicines is the third company in as many months to score venture dollars in pursuit of these targets. The capital will bankroll preclinical work in a pair of neurodegenerative diseases as well as support research in other areas like cancer, virology and immunology. read more Sponsored By: RBC Capital Markets Biotech IPO markets are booming. But even in a boom, identifying the right time to go public and telling your post-IPO story for how capital deployment translates to value for investors is critical. read more By Ben Adams Israeli biotech Pluristem is canning its experimental phase 3 critical limb ischemia therapy after an outside review said it was no good. read more By Conor Hale Google has launched its own virtual clinical research app for Android phones—and it's starting with studies into respiratory diseases such as COVID-19. read more By Angus Liu Of all the cyberattacks that have targeted COVID-19 research, one is now known to have successfully snatched some data—from Pfizer and BioNTech's BNT162b2, the Western world’s first authorized coronavirus vaccine. read more Resources Sponsored by: ZS Learn how Aerie fueled their product launches with advanced analytics. 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