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December 18, 2019___

Today's Rundown

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Boehringer's $250M NASH drug hits the skids as development path gets rockier

We may be nearing the first-ever approval for a NASH drug next year, but the road to approval is not getting easier.

Top Stories

Amid FDA partial hold, Meek jumps ship from Ipsen to lead new gene therapy startup

A new gene therapy spinout has nabbed Ipsen chief executive David Meek to help sell its new drug.

Aduro stung as Novartis drops work on STING drug

Aduro started the year badly with cuts and a refocus: It’s now ending the year on an equally bad note after a quiet SEC posting says Big Pharma partner Novartis is dropping work on a STING agonist from the biotech.

Xencor nabs new CMO from Jazz Pharma

As a senior vice president at Jazz, Allen Yang, M.D., Ph.D., headed clinical development and served as acting CMO. He will now oversee clinical development and operations as Xencor pushes a suite of bispecific antibodies through the clinic.

Takeda taps brain-focused Cerevance in quest for new GI targets

Takeda and Cerevance are inking a research deal focused on identifying new protein targets in the central nervous system to develop new treatments for gastrointestinal disorders. They kept details close to the vest but said Cerevance could net more than $170 million in milestones per target.

After SABCS stunner, Seattle Genetics nabs FDA breakthrough tag for tucatinib

Just a week after posting strong data at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Seattle Genetics has nabbed the coveted FDA breakthrough label for its oncology hopeful.

C-suite change-ups at Science 37 continue with new CCO

Virtual clinical trial company Science 37 is continuing its executive shuffle with the appointment of Steven Geffon as its chief commercial officer.

AZ, Merck's Lynparza narrowly snags FDA panel backing in pancreatic cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza is looking to become the first in its class of PARP inhibitors to break into the pancreatic cancer market. And a majority of FDA advisers thinks it should be—if only a small one. Tuesday, the agency’s panel of experts voted 7-5 to approve Lynparza in the tough-to-treat disease.

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