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1 min read 2020-10-15 22:46:16

Vertex Stops Test of Rare Disease Drug, Dimming Pipeline Prospects

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is halting work on an experimental drug for a rare protein deficiency after safety problems were reported in Phase 2

1 min read 2020-10-14 21:59:33

Codiak BioSciences now has $82.5 million to fund clinical tests of a new class of medicines based on exosomes, tiny bubbles formed by cells that the

6 min read 2020-10-14 21:59:33

Codiak BioSciences now has $82.5 million to fund clinical tests of a new class of medicines based on exosomes, tiny bubbles formed by cells that the

1 min read 2020-10-14 17:00:31

Roche made a splash with its acquisition of Spark Therapeutics, whose Luxturna, a gene therapy for an inherited form of vision loss, was the first

1 min read 2020-10-13 04:39:21

SQZ Biotechnologies, which already has an alliance with Roche focused on developing new cancer cell therapies, is now looking to sell shares to the

5 min read 2020-10-13 04:39:21

SQZ Biotechnologies, which already has an alliance with Roche focused on developing new cancer cell therapies, is now looking to sell shares to the

6 min read 2020-10-13 04:39:21

SQZ Biotechnologies, which already has an alliance with Roche focused on developing new cancer cell therapies, is now looking to sell shares to the

1 min read 2020-10-10 08:03:11

An Alkermes antipsychotic treatment designed to offer the benefits of a commonly prescribed medicine, but without the weight gain side effect, won

6 min read 2020-10-09 22:08:22

It’s October: a time of days growing shorter, leaves changing color, and phone calls in the wee hours that rouse scientists from slumber notifying

6 min read 2020-10-09 22:08:22

It’s October: a time of days growing shorter, leaves changing color, and phone calls in the wee hours that rouse scientists from slumber notifying

6 min read 2020-10-09 22:08:22

It’s October: a time of days growing shorter, leaves changing color, and phone calls in the wee hours that rouse scientists from slumber notifying

2 min read 2020-10-09 22:08:22

It’s October: a time of days growing shorter, leaves changing color, and phone calls in the wee hours that rouse scientists from slumber notifying

1 min read 2020-10-09 02:16:37

A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting on Biogen, Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab will offer some insight into the

5 min read 2020-10-09 00:11:47

Arrowhead Pharmaceutical’s gene silencing treatment for a rare liver disease will move through the regulatory process and potential

2 min read 2020-10-09 00:11:47

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals’ gene silencing treatment for a rare liver disease will move through the regulatory process and potential