British Abzena plc has announced that True North Therapeutics (TNT) will be taken over by Bioverativ Inc. Bioverativ will further develop TNT’s complement factor C1-blocking antibody TNT009, developed using technology, which was licenced from Abzenawhich was licenced from Abzena.
AMO Pharma receives FDA Fast Track Status
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Biocorp partners with Virbac
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GenSight Biologics: Progressing the ophthalmic pipeline
AppointmentsParis-based biopharma GenSight Biologics SA named Mohamed Genead as Chief Medical Officer in early May. Most recently, Genead was Vice President & Global Therapeutic Area Head for Ophthalmology/Retina Gene Therapy at Biogen.
Janssen speeds up guselkumab approval process
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Abzena’s partner True North Therapeutics subject of US$825m take-over
Latest NewsBritish Abzena plc has announced that True North Therapeutics (TNT) will be taken over by Bioverativ Inc. Bioverativ will further develop TNT’s complement factor C1-blocking antibody TNT009, developed using technology, which was licenced from Abzenawhich was licenced from Abzena.
RA: Sanofi/Regeneron IL-6R blocker FDA-approved
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Safety event delays US market approval of romosozumab
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Vesalius Biocapital fund raises €65m
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Merck presents new CRISPR genome editing method
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Kymab: Track record in clinical development
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