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Latest From Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Finance Watch: Venture Floodgates Open With New Funds, Dozens Of Rounds
Private Company Edition: While the tough state of financing for publicly traded drug developers continues, venture capital firms and private biopharma companies revealed billions of dollars in new VC funds and start-up financings, including $100m-plus mega-rounds for Tessa, Alladapt and ImCheck.
Potential For Functional Cure Opens Up With GSK’s Hepatitis B Candidate
Bepirovirsen made the hepatitis B virus undetectable in nearly 30% of patients in a Phase II study – but it remains to be seen whether this response be sustained once treatment with the novel antisense product ends.
Encouraging Biomarker Data Lift UniQure’s Huntington’s Disease Hopes
Hopes rise as first four evaluable patients experienced no serious adverse events, and a sustained decline in level of key Huntington’s disease protein with the novel gene therapy product.
Pharma Spreads Its Bets On Multiple Modalities In Advanced Products
Companies such as Novartis, Roche or Takeda are heavily invested in the advanced therapeutics field, usually spreading their bets across multiple modalities. The remaining challenges offer opportunities for the next wave of innovation to transform the field once again and make a dent in the larger market of common diseases and solid tumors.
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