News Kardigan raises $300m for cardio work, and other financings Kardigan makes its debut with a teal of ex-MyoKardia execs and a $300m war chest, with a string of other biotechs also raising funds this week.
News AZ's Calquence gets first-line OK in mantle cell lymphoma AstraZeneca's BTK inhibitor Calquence is the first drug in the class to be approved in the US for first-line treatment of mantle cell lymphoma.
News J&J files intravesical bladder cancer drug TAR-200 in US Johnson & Johnson has started a marketing application in the US for TAR-200 as a treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).
News Lilly nets Scorpion cancer drug in $2.5bn licensing deal Eli Lilly has unveiled a $2.5 billion deal to acquire rights to a breast cancer therapy being developed by Scorpion Therapeutics.
News GSK confirms plan to buy cancer firm IDRx for $1bn GSK confirms that it has agreed to buy US biotech IDRx and its KIT inhibitor for rare gastrointestinal tumours for $1bn upfront.
News World's largest proteomics trial launched by UK Biobank A major population proteomics study using UK Biobank patient samples backed by 14 pharma companies has launched today.
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