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1. Reverse merger run extends as Marea, North Immunology line up deals with $405M in backing
2. Roche eyes label expansion for Lunsumio after confirmatory lymphoma trial win
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A Parkinson's biotech debut, fundraising campaign and licensing deal
4. Lilly-backed Orbis does up to $1.4B macrocycle deal with Novo
5. Bavarian Nordic names Tarja Stenvall as new CEO
6. Roche turns to Dualitas to find new bispecific approaches for immunology
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Karen Weintraub
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Reverse mergers are all the rage these days with 20 drug developers pursuing the route so far this calendar year. The latest: a cardio and endocrine startup with two drugs in Phase 2 and a biotech working on a long-acting immunology and inflammation drug. Kyle LaHucik has the details.

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Karen Weintraub
Deputy Editor, Endpoints News
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by Kyle LaHucik

The re­verse merg­er par­ty is still buzzing. This time, it's a car­dio and en­docrine start­up with two drugs in Phase 2 and a biotech work­ing...

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by Ayisha Sharma

Roche’s T cell en­gager Lun­sumio has passed a Phase 3 tri­al in a slow-grow­ing type of blood can­cer, clear­ing the path for full ap­proval and...

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News Briefing: Quick hits from the biopharma web
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by ENDPOINTS

Plus news about Al­tis Labs, Ma­tisse Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, As­traZeneca, No­vo, Longeveron, Con­nexus Ther­a­peu­tics and Avac­ta.

A new Parkin­son’s biotech: The Michael J. Fox Foun­da­tion is sup­port­ing...

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by Kyle LaHucik

Or­bis Med­i­cines will help No­vo cre­ate macro­cy­cles — those ring-shaped mol­e­cules that mar­ry the best of an­ti­bod­ies and small mol­e­cules — for car­diometa­bol­ic dis­eases as...

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by Elizabeth Cairns

Bavar­i­an Nordic has ap­point­ed a vet­er­an of Sanofi, As­traZeneca and Pfiz­er to re­place Paul Chap­lin as pres­i­dent and CEO.

Tar­ja Sten­vall will take the helm...

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