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Wed, 22 Mar 2023 BioPharma Dive

At EpiBiologics, a pair of Genentech alumni wants to make next-gen protein degraders

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 FierceBiotech

Novo Nordisk pens $745M biobucks pact with Dewpoint to tackle insulin resistance, diabetes complications

Thu, 9 Mar 2023 QurAlis

QurAlis Closes $88 Million Series B Financing to Advance Precision Medicines for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Wed, 8 Mar 2023 Tessa Therapeutics – Cancer Immunotherapy Treatments

Tessa Therapeutics Enters into Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. National Cancer Institute

Tue, 7 Mar 2023 pharmatimes.com

Noema Pharma raises crucial financing for treatments

Mon, 6 Mar 2023 FierceBiotech

Armed with $60M series A and Lilly's backing, Volastra enters clinic via Amgen cancer med

Thu, 2 Mar 2023 fastcompany.com

Folx Health Named one of Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies 2023

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 FierceBiotech

What can bats, naked mole rats and Jaws tell us about human biology? Paratus is on a $100M mission to find out

Wed, 8 Feb 2023 HIT Consultant

Faro Health Secures $20M to Streamline Smart Clinical Trials

Tue, 7 Feb 2023 businesswire.com

Ankyra Therapeutics Announces Collaboration to Evaluate ANK-101 in Early Clinical Trials Focused on Lung Cancer

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 Business Wire

KSQ Therapeutics Announces Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is Acquiring Multiple Research-Stage Oncology Programs Identified with KSQ’s CRISPRo

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 BioSpace

Polaris Portfolio Companies Named Among Top Life Sciences Startups to Watch in 2023 | BioSpace

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 Ellensburg Daily Record

LCvista to Merge with Prolaera, Creating Market Leader in Accounting Learning and Compliance Management Solutions

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 blog.agbiome.com

AgBiome Signs a Commercial Distribution and Supply Agreement With Summit Agro Mexico (SAM) for Howler Fungicide

Mon, 9 Jan 2023 Business Wire

TRexBio Announces Collaboration and License Agreement with Lilly to Develop and Commercialize Novel Therapies for Immune-Mediated Diseases

Mon, 9 Jan 2023 GlobeNewswire News Room

Kronos Bio Announces Discovery Collaboration with Genentech to Advance Novel Therapies Against Transcriptional Targets in Oncology

Fri, 6 Jan 2023 India - PRNewswire

Jnana Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application for JNT-517 for the Treatment of Phenylketonuria

Thu, 5 Jan 2023 citybiz

ByHeart to Acquire Cascadia Nutrition

Wed, 4 Jan 2023 FierceBiotech

Hummingbird Bio buzzes Synaffix for $150M ADC licensing deal

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 Tessa Therapeutics – Cancer Immunotherapy Treatments

Tessa Therapeutics Announces Updated Safety, Efficacy and Biomarker Data from Phase 2 Trial of Autologous CD30.CAR-T Therapy (TT11) in Relap

Thu, 8 Dec 2022 PR Newswire

QurAlis Receives Health Canada Clinical Trial Application Authorization for QRL-201, a First-in-Class STATHMIN-2 Precision Therapy for ALS

Thu, 1 Dec 2022 businesswire.com

August Bioservices Closes $65M Series B

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 Medical Marketing & Media

AstraZeneca expands oncology portfolio with $320M deal for Neogene Therapeutics

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 BioSpace

Roche Doubles Down on Jnana's RAPID Platform in $2B Deal

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 businesswire.com

Ankyra Therapeutics Presents Positive Preclinical Data Supporting Advancement of ANK-101 into Clinical Studies for Treatment of Solid Tumors

Mon, 7 Nov 2022 TMCnet.com

Tessa Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine Execute Agreement For Global Commercial Rights to 'Off-the-Shelf' CAR-T Platform

Fri, 4 Nov 2022 Drug Discovery and Development

PathAI presents data on using AI to aid liver research and NASH drug development

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 PR Newswire

Cohere Health and Humana Expand Partnership to Further Improve Physician and Member Experiences

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 blog.agbiome.com

AgBiome receives EPA approval for new Esendo™ fungicide

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 GlobeNewswire

Noema Pharma Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for basimglurant (NOE-101) in Trigeminal Neuralgia

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