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

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—The FDA approved a cholera vaccine , Vaxchora, giving Redwood City, CA-based PaxVax its second commercial product. . —Shares of Boston-based Paratek Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PRTK ), meanwhile, surged more than 20 percent after its antibiotic, omadacycline, succeeded in the first of two Phase 3 trials. Reprints | Share:

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

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Our San Diego editor Bruce Bigelow penned a personal goodbye to entrepreneur Larry Bock, who died last week of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. million in funding, according to a regulatory filing. The week started on a reflective note. A UCSF cancer expert called XBiotech’s data release “bogus.”

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Biotech Roundup: Moonshots, Pink Slips, Gilead, Brexit & More

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At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. The technology was funded by the Department of Defense and comes from MIT’s Lincoln Lab. It also got a pat on the back from Bill Gates.