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Cardior Pharmaceuticals GmbH is funding a Phase II trial with lead candidate CDR132L against mi-R132-induced heart failure.

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GSK-partnered Merck is throwing in the towel for a Phase II trial of its immunotherapy contender bintrafusp alfa after disappointing results.

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UK-based start-up Beckley Psytech has completed an upsized Series B financing, raising €68m (US$80m). Proceeds will go towards the company’s pipeline of psychedelic compounds dedicated to addressing neurological and psychiatric disorders.

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ERS Genomics and Cellular Engineering Technologies have entered into a CRISPR-Cas9 license agreement.

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Setback for CureVac: Boehringer Ingelheim halts a 7-year-old €500m lung cancer collaboration with the Tübingen-based biopharmaceutical company.

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Vaccine maker Valneva SE announced the initiation of a further Phase III trial for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate VLA2001.

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Visus Therapeutics has baged a €20m stock financing to advance development of Brimochol for presbyopia 

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The protein eIF4A3 may hold the key for future cancer treatments, Karolinska researchers find.

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British drug developer Mission Therapeutics plc has bagged a $20m milestone payment from Abbvie within the companies’ neurodegenerative disease collaboration.

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The big pharma company is shelling out US$1.5bn in the acquisition of US screening specialist Vividion Therapeutics.