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Thrive Adds $257M, Plans Pivotal Trial of Early Cancer Detection Test

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Thrive Earlier Detection, one of the companies vying to be the first to commercialize a blood test that can uncover cases of cancer before symptoms arise, has raised $257 million and announced plans to evaluate its CancerSEEK test in a registrational study.

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Bio Roundup: MedCo’s Pricing Plan, Vertex’s Gamble, uBiome Undone

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In presenting clinical data from a Phase 3 study. If MedCo’s cholesterol-lowering drug inclisiran wins FDA approval, it will become the third entry in a new class of medicines that block a cholesterol-boosting protein called PCSK9. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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As U.S. Looks to Launch Precision Health Study, Google’s Role Emerges

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government has ambitious plans for a long-term health study with one million Americans, and one of the world’s most powerful tech companies has a big part to play, including the storage of all the data on its “cloud” servers. It even has a price guide.). Those concerns are shared by the public.

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Bio IPO Madness: Six Biotech Startups Raise $568M in 24 Hours

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The San Francisco company priced its IPO late Tuesday, selling 6.25 Eidos will use the cash to fund studies of AG10 , a drug in mid-stage testing for transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis, a progressive and fatal condition caused by the. million shares at $17 each, which was on the high end of its projected $15 to $17 range.

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Bio Roundup: Ex-Kiters Say Allo, NASH Cash & Data, Alkermes No & More

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The FDA didn’t smile upon a big submission of depression studies from Alkermes, while those fighting liver disease got a mixed slate of data as a big medical conference looms. There were plenty of policy and drug-price headlines, Read more » Reprints | Share: After the deals, we’ll move on to data.

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Bio Roundup: Zolgensma Watch, Brain Cancer Blues, Peloton Payout & More

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Patients, doctors, family members, and drug-price watchdogs continued to wait for the expected approval of Zolgensma , a Novartis (NYSE: NVS ) gene therapy for the rare inherited disease spinal muscular atrophy. Originally developed at a children’s hospital in Ohio , Zolgensma will be a litmus test for the nascent field.

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Bio Roundup: Trump’s Triumph, Election Fallout, CRISPR Arguments & More

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Drug company stocks got a boost with the defeat of Hillary Clinton, a vocal critic of drug prices. Will he take a softer stance on drug prices? But her near doubling of Trump (62 to 33 percent) didn’t translate into support for drug price controls. The Nitto drug is in a Phase 1b study. Now, the U.S.

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