AstraZeneca Turns to CSPC Pharma Again, Putting Up $110M to Start Multi-Drug R&D Pact

AstraZeneca’s R&D collaboration with CSPC Pharmaceutical Group includes an oral small molecule for immunological diseases, which would offer a dosing edge over currently available injectable medications. The agreement follows a 2024 licensing agreement that granted AstraZeneca rights to an oral CSPC drug candidate in development for a metabolic disorder. The post AstraZeneca Turns to CSPC…

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Bristol Myers Squibb Is Paying $350M to Expand Its Reach in Radiopharmaceuticals to Prostate Cancer

Bristol Myers Squibb is licensing global rights to a Philochem program in development for both diagnostic imaging and targeted treatment of prostate cancer. It follows the pharma giant’s entry into radiopharmaceuticals via the $4.1 billion acquisition of RayzeBio last year. The post Bristol Myers Squibb Is Paying $350M to Expand Its Reach in Radiopharmaceuticals to…

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‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’

The letter is an extraordinary rebuke of the Trump administration’s actions against the NIH, which include: terminating hundreds of grants funding scientific and biomedical research; firing more than 1,000 employees this year; and moving to end billions in funds to partner institutions overseas. The post ‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the…

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