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ASCO: Grail’s cancer blood test ‘promising’ in UK trial

Researchers in the UK say Grail’s blood test for more than 50 different types of cancer has shown promise in a trial involving thousands of people with suspected cancer sy

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Flurry of deals in biotech as M&A activity picks up

After a slow couple of years, there are signs that biotech M&A activity is coming back into vogue, and a series of small transactions announced in the last few days pr

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Lonza builds its ADC capacity with Synaffix takeover

Lonza has boosted its ability to cater for customers in the fast-emerging antibody-drug conjugate category with a deal to buy Dutch company Synaffix and its platform techn

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Novartis buys Pharming priority review voucher for a song

Pharming has agreed a deal to sell a recently awarded priority review voucher (PRV) to Novartis for around $21 million - well below the market rate.

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AZ drops IL-23 drug for inflammatory bowel disease

AstraZeneca has taken a look at the competition emerging in the market for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) therapies, and decided to shelve a project that had advanced in

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