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Bayer taps veteran Sebastian Guth to lead American pharma as Carsten Brunn flees to biotech
fiercepharma
September 28, 2018
Bayer’s pharma leader in the Americas is heading off to biotech, but the German drugmaker has a seasoned veteran ready to step up.
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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.