Celgene, bluebird bio Partner in CAR-T Therapies
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Celgene Corporation and bluebird bio, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based clinical-stage gene-therapy company, have agreed to co-develop and co-promote bb2121, an investigational anti-B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell…

Allied Patients Launches as Start-up Generics Company
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Allied Patients, a US-based development and manufacturing network, has launched as a new company to develop affordable generic medications. Eduardo Matto, MD, a military physician, is chief executive officer and…

KBI Biopharma, ReForm Biologics Partner for Biopharm Formulations
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KBI Biopharma, a Durham, North Carolina-headquartered biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization, has partnered with ReForm Biologics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered formulation innovator for protein therapeutics, to make biopharmaceutical formulations. Through…

Emergent Announces Executive Management Changes
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Emergent BioSolutions, a Gaithersburg, Maryland-headquartered specialty pharmaceutical company and contract manufacturer, has announced executive management changes. The company’s Board of Directors has promoted Robert G. Kramer Sr. to the newly-created…

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Announces Senior Leadership Changes
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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, a Hyderabad, India-headquartered pharmaceutical company, has announced a change in the makeup of its senior leadership team. Following a 15-year career with the company, Abhijit Mukherjee, Chief…

Porton Biopharma Receives Grant from UK Gov’t for Clostridia-Based Drug Manufacturing
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Porton Biopharma, a Salisbury, UK-headquartered biopharmaceutical company, has obtained grant funding from Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, to investigate the manufacture of a new class of medicines that…

FDA, EMA Accept Pfizer’s Filings for Lung Cancer Drug Dacomitinib
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Pfizer’s new drug application and granted priority review for dacomitinib, a pan-human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI),…

Daiichi Sankyo in Cancer Target Pact
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Daiichi Sankyo Company and DarwinHealth, a New York-headquartered technology-focused cancer medicine company, have formed a research agreement providing Daiichi Sankyo with exclusive access to DarwinHealth’s proprietary cancer target database in…

AstraZeneca, Ionis in License Pact for Liver Disease Drug
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AstraZeneca has licensed a drug (IONIS-AZ6-2.5-LRx) from Ionis Pharmaceuticals, a Carlsbad, California-based pharmaceutical company, for treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a liver disease, following advancement of the drug into development. IONIS-AZ6-2.5-LRx…

Roche Completes $1.9-Billion Acquisition of Flatiron Health
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Roche has completed its acquisition of Flatiron Health, a New York-headquartered healthcare technology and services company focused on oncology, for $1.9 billion. The companies announced the acquisition in February 2018.…