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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

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The firm will now focus on its miniLab, which CEO Elizabeth Holmes touted as a follow-on version of its Edison test system at a scientific conference in August. —The 2016 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine went to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. She refused to discuss Edison at the time. —The U.S.

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Biotech Roundup: Kadmon Debt, Hemo Data, Loose Lips & More

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Data from a hematology conference stoked dreams of approval, though still on a far horizon, for a couple drug makers. Despite technical differences and the early nature of the data that made comparison difficult, Wall Street declared Spark this week’s winner. You think a Game 7 in the NBA Finals is going to be epic? .

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Biotech Roundup: Hellos, Goodbyes, “Cures” Delays And Trial News

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All eyes are on Holmes, who is scheduled to present data from the company’s technology at a medical conference on August 1. million Series A to develop a drug, licensed from Columbia University, for the brain cancer glioblastoma… Lyndra , a Cambridge startup working on oral drug delivery technology, has received $5.4

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