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Character raises $93m for eye drugs, plus other financings

Recent financings in the biotech space include rounds for Character Bio, Tempero, Epicrispr, Hillstar Bio, and Ampersand Biomedicines.

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CARGO offloads staff after abandoning lead CAR-T

Less than 18 months after its IPO, CAR-T developer CARGO has abandoned its development efforts and slashed around 90% of its staff.

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Roche taps Oxford BioTherapeutics for cancer drug discovery

Oxford BioTherapeutics has lined up another big pharma partner for its drug discovery platform, signing a $1bn deal with oncology giant Roche.

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Sofinnova closes new fund and backs a trio of new biotechs

Sofinnova Partners has raised €165m for its new biotech fund and backed three startups working on Alzheimer's, fibrotic diseases, and cell therapies.

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AstraZeneca buys cell therapy biotech for up to $1bn

AstraZeneca plans to acquire Belgian in vivo cell therapy biotech EsoBiotec and has signed a pair of licensing deals with drug delivery firm Alteogen.

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Taiho snaps up ADC partner Araris for up to $1.14bn

Taiho has reached a deal to buy Swiss biotech Araris, around 18 months after they started collaborating on antibody-drug conjugates for cancer.

Character raises $93m for eye drugs, plus other financings

CARGO offloads staff after abandoning lead CAR-T

Roche taps Oxford BioTherapeutics for cancer drug discovery

Sofinnova closes new fund and backs a trio of new biotechs

AstraZeneca buys cell therapy biotech for up to $1bn

Taiho snaps up ADC partner Araris for up to $1.14bn

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