BioHealth News Archive
How Do You Start A Biotech Company?
To launch a company that might attract the investment you need to develop a promising new drug candidate or research tool you need to…
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MedImmune spinout Viela Bio raising another $75M – Washington Business Journal
Viela Bio had raised $282 million when it launched at the end of February 2018. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/03/22/medimmune-spinout-raising-another-75m-to-get-first.amp.html{/iframe}
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Takeda and HemoShear Therapeutics Extend Exclusive Drug Discovery Partnership in Liver Diseases
HemoShear Therapeutics, LLC, a privately held biotechnology company, today announced an extension of its partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to discover and develop…
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Paragon Bioservices Appoints New CTSO, Bolsters Leadership Ranks to Support Late-Stage Clinical and Commercial Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing – Paragon Bioservices, Inc.
Paragon Bioservices, the leading private equity-backed, biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) announced today the appointment of Thomas VanCott, Ph.D., as Chief Technology and…
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Emergent BioSolutions Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Study to Evaluate AV7909 for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis of Anthrax | Vaccines | News Channels
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced the initiation of a Phase 3 trial to evaluate the lot consistency, immunogenicity, and safety of AV7909 (anthrax…
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Flagship Pioneering raises $824M in new fund – MedCity News
A life sciences-focused venture capital firm has raised more than $800 million for its latest fund. {iframe}https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/flagship-pioneering-raises-824m-in-new-fund/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70996491&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_DY41Wi4agZwnXpClpK4cbqQ25NHFajpbuwFHJqWI6FOaZT9ioU5F3vzEtr6h5qtDt6JmATgA9z29Qud3_m-GZjRRogQ&_hsmi=70996491{/iframe}
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Interview: Viela Bio Eyes BLA for Lead Asset Only One Year After Launch | BioSpace
One year after spinning out from AstraZeneca’s MedImmune, Viela Bio is already anticipating filing a Biologics License Application with the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Johns Hopkins spinout Vixiar gets $1.5M for tablet-based cardiac measurement system | MobiHealthNews
Vixiar, a Johns Hopkins spinout marketing a tablet-based point of care system for assessing cardiac filling pressure, has raised $1.5 million in Series A…
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GSK pancreatic cancer drug heads to phase 1 combo with Merck’s Keytruda after positive mouse trial | FierceBiotech
GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental drug GSK095 is designed to work in tandem with checkpoint inhibiting medicines in the hopes of empowering the immune system to launch a…
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Emergent BioSolutions launches Phase 3 trial of anthrax vaccine – Homeland Preparedness News
Emergent BioSolutions said on Tuesday it will begin a Phase 3 trial of a new anthrax vaccine it is developing. The Phase 3 trial…
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins offer new protocol to potentially cure sickle cell disease
There's new hope for patients who have blood diseases. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers say a new protocol offers the possibility of a…
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What’s behind sky-high valuations of biopharma startups? – MedCity News
2018 was undoubtedly one of the most important years ever for biopharma, setting records for valuations and dealmaking. But a paper published in January…
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Altimmune Announces Positive Results from NasoVAX Extension Study
Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage immunotherapeutics company, today announced additional positive data from a Phase 2 extension study of its NasoVAX intranasal influenza…
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Biopharma breathes ‘sigh of relief’ with HHS’ interim FDA appointment: analyst | FiercePharma
It didn’t take long for the Trump administration to tap Ned Sharpless, now director of the National Cancer Institute, to take the reins at…
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Sonavex readies to launch sales of medical tech with new FDA clearance – Baltimore Business Journal
Sonavex is first targeting the reconstructive surgery market with its new medical technology, which just earned its final FDA clearance. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/03/14/sonavex-readies-to-commercially-launch-medical.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true{/iframe}
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