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Startup Gossamer Bio poaches Bristol-Myers Squibb executive as CSO
fiercebiotech
September 06, 2018
Lisa Salter-Cid exits BMS to join the small biotech with big ideas. (Leeroy Agency)
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Ligand to buy UK biotech Vernaliss for $43 million
pharmatimes
August 10, 2018
San Diego-based Ligand is looking to snap up UK biotech Vernalis for approximately $43 million.
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Congressman charged in biotech insider trading case
fiercebiotech
August 10, 2018
Republican Congressman Chris Collins has been charged with securities fraud. The case relates to a failed multiple sclerosis trial that precipitated a 92% drop in the stock price of Australian biotech Innate Immunotherapeutics.
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Aptamer Group: UK Biotech Business Raises $2.2M Investment
b3cnewswire
July 04, 2018
Rapidly growing biotech business, Aptamer Group Ltd, has closed its Series A investment round after attracting international interest, securing $2.2m of funding from overseas investors to support its pioneering aptamer development programme.
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Universal flu vaccine biotech seeks Big Pharma partnership for phase 3 testing: CEO
fiercevaccines
June 26, 2018
Problems with seasonal flu shots have been well documented, and now U.K. biotech Imutex believes it has the next big advance for flu vaccine technology.
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Veteran analyst Eric Schmidt moves over to biotech as Allogene's new CFO
fiercebiotech
June 25, 2018
Longtime Cowen analyst Eric Schmidt is joining Arie Belldegrun's latest CAR-T startup, Allogene, as its chief financial officer.
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Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Siemens Sign Long-Term Cooperation Agreement in the Area of Automation
b3cnewswire
June 20, 2018
The Siemens technology group and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry
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Gates Foundation’s $100M-a-year nonprofit biotech takes flight
fiercebiotech
June 11, 2018
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has held a coming-out party for its nonprofit biotech startup. Equipped with plans to build a 120-person team and spend $100 million a year, the Gates Medical Research Institute (MRI) will turn drug industry expertise a
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Pivotal bioVenture Partners debuts $150M China-focused biotech fund
fiercebiotech
May 28, 2018
The Nan Fung Group’s venture capital firm Pivotal bioVenture Partners has raised a $150 million venture fund to help early-stage life science companies located within China.
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Galecto Biotech Appoints CMO
contractpharma
May 22, 2018
Galecto Biotech AB announced the appointment of Richard Marshall, MD, PhD, as chief medical officer.