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Kite Gains Access to Refuge's Gene Expression Platform in Licensing Deal

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Kite Pharma entered into a global licensing deal with Refuge Biotechnologies to leverage the latter's propriety gene expression plaform and develop potential blood cancer therapies.

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C4XD and AstraZeneca enter $402m deal to develop respiratory disease therapy

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C4X Discovery (C4XD) and AstraZeneca have entered an exclusive global licensing agreement worth up to $402m to develop oral therapy to treat inflammatory and respiratory ailments. A key natural regulator, NRF2 controls antioxidant genesexpression.

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Ipsen forges $1bn alliance with Exicure on neurodegenerative diseases

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Ipsen’s new chief executive David Loew pledged to ramp up spending on the company’s pipeline when he took the helm last year, and a flurry of licensing deals in the last few weeks shows that push is starting to gather momentum. Last December, Ipsen said it planned to spend $3.6

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Eli Lilly’s Olumiant Wins FDA Approval as First Systemic Treatment for Alopecia Areata

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Olumiant is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor that was first discovered by Incyte and then licensed to Eli Lilly. It blocks the activity of JAK1 and JAK2 to interfere with the JAK-STAT signaling pathway to dampen the production of inflammatory cytokines through the modulation of gene expression.

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Burning Rock Announces an Exclusive in-Licensing of a Risk Stratification Test for Early Stage Lung-Cancer Patients from Oncocyte in China

The Pharma Data

15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Burning Rock Biotech Limited (NASDAQ: BNR, the “Company” or “Burning Rock”) today announced that it entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Oncocyte Corporation (NYSE American: OCX) to bring DetermaRx , a risk stratification test for early stage lung cancer patients, to China.

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Astellas licenses companion drug for Pompe gene therapy

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Astellas has licensed rights to a drug developed by Selecta Biosciences that could make more patients eligible for treatment with its gene therapy for inherited neuromuscular disorder Pompe disease. The post Astellas licenses companion drug for Pompe gene therapy appeared first on.

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Tezepelumab NAVIGATOR Phase 3 Trial Met Primary Endpoint Of A Statistically Significant And Clinically Meaningful Reduction In Exacerbations In A Broad Population Of Patients With Severe Asthma

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Amgen develops product candidates internally and through licensing collaborations, partnerships and joint ventures. Measures of gene expression in sputum cells can identify TH2-high and TH2-low subtypes of asthma. EMJ Allergy Immunol. 2018; 3: 60-9. 14 Peters MC, Mekonnen ZK, Yuan S, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 15 Fahy JV.

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