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CARLSBAD, Calif. – Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IONS) today announced that the company has launched a new grant program that provides funding to U.S.-based researchers whose work advances the understanding of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), facilitates early diagnosis and enhances disease management of patients living with ATTR amyloidosis. The Janice Wiesman Young...
GARCHING, Germany – ITM AG announced today the successful close of a convertible loan financing totaling EUR 90 million (USD 109 million) led by Petrichor Healthcare Capital Management with participation of additional undisclosed investors. The proceeds will support the expansion of ITM’s precision oncology pipeline as well as fund late-stage development and market access...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Jasper Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on hematopoietic cell transplant therapies, announced the completion of its business combination with Amplitude Healthcare Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq:AMHC), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by affiliates of Avego Management, LLC and Metalmark Capital. The business combination closed on September...
A federal appeals court in the U.S. has issued a mandate that effectively vacates the 2019 regulatory approval of Jacobus Pharmaceutical’s Ruzurgi for the treatment of children with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). The ruling, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, directs a lower district court to...
JERUSALEM and HOUSTON – KAHR, a clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company developing novel bi-functional fusion proteins, and Cancer Focus Fund, LP, a unique venture capital fund established in collaboration with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) to provide funding and clinical expertise to advance promising cancer therapies, today announced that Cancer...
NEWTON, Mass. – Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:KPTI), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies,  announced the expansion of its royalty agreement with entities managed by HealthCare Royalty Management, LLC (HCR) for up to $100 million in new financing to support the ongoing development and commercialization of XPOVIO® (selinexor), the...
SYDNEY – Kazia Therapeutics Limited (NASDAQ: KZIA; ASX: KZA), an oncology-focused drug development company, is pleased to announce that it has entered a collaboration with the Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University in the United States, to launch a phase II clinical study investigating the use of Kazia’s investigational...