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Novartis to acquire The Medicines Company for $9.7 billion

Sunday 24 November 2019
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Novartis has moved aggressively to expand its cardiovascular portfolio with an agreed bid for The Medicines Company, valued at $9.7 billion. The US company’s lead product, inclisiran, is a small interfering RNA drug for the treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and familial hypercholesterolemia. The Medicines Company expects to make regulatory submissions in the US before the end of 2019 and in Europe in the first quarter of 2020.

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ImCheck raises $53 million for antibody development

Thursday 5 December 2019
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France

A French company that is working on antibody therapeutics for cancer indications has raised $53 million (€48 million) in a Series B round in order to take its lead product into the clinic. ImCheck Therapeutics SAS is developing a compound that targets a member of the butyrophilin family of checkpoint molecules and engages gamma delta T cells to fight cancer.

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Launch of new gene therapy company

Tuesday 3 December 2019
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Germany

ViGeneron GmbH, a spin-out of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany, has closed a Series A funding round enabling it to advance two viral vector-based gene therapy platforms and develop two programmes for ophthalmic indications. The size of the funding was not disclosed. It was led by WuXi AppTec Group and Sequoia Capital of China.

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Kiadis changes course

Wednesday 27 November 2019
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Netherlands

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Tecentriq with Avastin improves survival in liver cancer

Sunday 24 November 2019
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Switzerland

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GHO Capital raises €975 million

Saturday 23 November 2019
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United Kingdom

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Roche to acquire Promedior

Sunday 17 November 2019
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Switzerland

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Affimed closes US share offering

Thursday 14 November 2019
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Germany

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WHO clears Ebola vaccine

Wednesday 13 November 2019
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United States

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Evotec sees double-digit growth

Wednesday 13 November 2019
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Germany

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Lundbeck sees dilution from Alder acquisition

Saturday 9 November 2019
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Denmark

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New drug for blood disorder

Friday 8 November 2019
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United States

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Affimed prices US share offering

Friday 8 November 2019
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Germany

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