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Bio Roundup: A Telehealth Combo, FDA’s BCMA OK, Biogen’s Bet & More

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The novel coronavirus has driven the pharmaceutical industry to upend its research priorities. Big Pharma companies are focusing on vaccine development and a slew of biotechs are testing compounds, previously intended for a wide range of indications, as potential COVID-19 treatments. billion merger in the digital health sector.

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In Maine, Making Cancer DNA Tests Free—And Asking Tough Questions

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Has the era of genetic oncology arrived? Last week, the biomedical world took a notable step in that direction when the FDA said Merck’s drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda), already one of the world’s most successful cancer immunotherapies, could now treat any tumor with a particular genetic fingerprint.

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