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April 5, 2022
Pharma Two B Presents Late-Breaker Abstract on Positive Efficacy and Safety Data of P2B001 from Phase 3 Trial at American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting
Pharma Two B Ltd., a privately held company developing innovative therapeutics based on reformulation and combinations of previously approved drugs for neurological indications, today announced that the efficacy and safety data from its recently completed Phase 3, randomized controlled trial of P2B001 in the management of early Parkinson’s disease...
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February 8, 2021
Arcellx Announces Closing Of Initial Public Offering And Exercise In Full Of The Underwriters’ Option To Purchase Additional Shares
Arcellx, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACLX), a biotechnology company reimagining cell therapy through the development of innovative immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 9,487,500 shares of its common stock...
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December 20, 2021
Pi-Cardia ShortCut™ Device Successfully Treats First Patients in Europe
First Dedicated Device to Enable Coronary Access and Prevent Coronary Obstruction During TAVR.
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December 15, 2021
Pharma Two B Announces Positive Topline Results from its Pivotal Phase III Study of P2B001 in Early Parkinson’s Disease
Study successfully met its primary and key secondary endpoints, demonstrating superior efficacy of P2B001 compared to its individual components, P2B001 showed comparable efficacy to a marketed extended release (ER) pramipexole with significantly less daytime sleepiness and a superior safety profile. Topline results support P2B001's potential as a first line treatment for people with early Parkinson's disease, with easy administration (once daily with no titration. Company plans to file an NDA in 2022.
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April 3, 2021
Arcellx Closes $115 Million Series C Financing to Advance its Pipeline of Adaptive and Controllable Cell Therapies
Arcellx, a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it raised $115 million in a Series C financing to advance its pipeline of adaptive and controllable cell therapies. The proceeds will support the company’s development of CART-ddBCMA, a BCMA-specific CAR-modified T-cell therapy currently in Phase 1 and anticipated to begin a pivotal trial in 2022.
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January 14, 2021
NewAmsterdam Pharma Completes $196M (€160M) Series A Funding for Comprehensive Phase 3 Development Program
Naarden, the Netherlands, January 14, 2021 – NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAP), a clinical stage company focused on the research and development of transformative therapies for cardio-metabolic diseases, today announced completion of a $196M (€160M) Series A funding round.
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August 18, 2020
ImmPACT Bio USA Inc. Raises $18 Million In Series A Financing
ImmPACT Bio USA, Inc., a company founded in the FutuRx incubator located in Ness Ziona, Israel, developing novel cell therapies for treating cancer, today announced the closing of a US$ 18 million equity financing round. The financing included OrbiMed, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., Takeda Ventures, Inc., RM Global Partners (RMGP) BioPharma Investment Fund, Novartis Venture Fund, Bukwang Pharmaceutical, Hayan Health Networks, Inc., and JVC Investment Partners.
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May 18, 2020
UChicago Medicine gets $10 Million for Cancer Research
The gift from longtime health care executive David Jonas aims to improve emerging treatments that use the body's own immune system to fight the disease.
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April 20, 2020
Pi-Cardia Closes a $27 Million Financing led by Sofinnova Partners
Pi-Cardia Ltd., a global leader in the development of non-implant catheter-based solutions for treating heart valve calcification, announced today it has closed a $27 million round of financing, led by Sofinnova Partners, a leading European life sciences venture capital firm, and joined by Professor Jacques Séguin, Chairman of the company, with further participation from existing investors.
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October 3, 2019
Arcellx Raises $85 Million in a Series B Financing to Advance its Intelligent Cell Therapy Program
Arcellx, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has raised $85 million in an oversubscribed Series B financing. Proceeds will be used to advance the Company’s ARC-T + sparX programs, including clinical development of a bivalent BCMA-targeted cell therapy in multiple myeloma, and a CD123-targeted therapy in acute myeloid leukemia.
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July 29, 2019
Magenta Medical Closes Funding Round Led by NEA In Its First-Ever Life Sciences Investment in Israel
Magenta Medical, the developer of heart failure solutions based on proprietary miniaturized blood pump technology, today announced a financing round led by global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from existing investors, including Pitango Venture Capital, JVC Investment Partners and a group of private investors led by Prof. Jacques Seguin (CoreValve, ReCor).
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April 13, 2018
Novartis-AveXis Deal Could Be Game-Changer for Chicago
Chicago scored a major win April 9, but it barely registered with most local business leaders. The triumph was Novartis' eye-popping $8.7 billion buyout of a largely unknown startup called AveXis. It was far and away the biggest acquisition yet of a Chicago-area biotech company, more than three times the size of the next largest deal—the 2015 sale of Lake Forest-based PharMEDium to AmerisourceBergen for $2.58 billion.
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April 5, 2018
Ferring Acquires Innovative Biotechnology Company and Microbiome Pioneer Rebiotix Inc.
Chicago scored a major win April 9, but it barely registered with most local business leaders. The triumph was Novartis' eye-popping $8.7 billion buyout of a largely unknown startup called AveXis. It was far and away the biggest acquisition yet of a Chicago-area biotech company, more than three times the size of the next largest deal—the 2015 sale of Lake Forest-based PharMEDium to AmerisourceBergen for $2.58 billion.
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November 21, 2015
AmerisourceBergen to Buy PharMEDium for $2.58 Billion
David Jonas doesn't like to sit idle. He plays tennis, not golf. He's an early riser, often starting his day with a run of 4 to 5 miles on an empty stomach. When he retired from Baxter International after 25 years, he started a new company. It just sold for $2.58 billion.
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PharMEDium - LEK Consulting
L.E.K.’s CEO Stuart Jackson, discusses PharMEDium's extraordinary growth trajectory.
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