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On Jun 17, 2020
@MassBio shared
In recent years the #biopharma industry has become one of the most critical to the MA economy. As the industry works to continue operations & ensure safety for lab & non-lab workers, many co's are implementing their own #COVID19 testing procedures https://t.co/0kX6t08sUs
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For some biotech employees in the age of COVID-19, the workday starts at the bathroom sink

For some biotech employees in the age of COVID-19, the workday starts at the bathroom sink

Tango Therapeutics in Cambridge tests workers' gargled samples, then e-mails the results later that day.

On Jun 22, 2020
@BioTech_Times shared
Syngene Biotechnology Job – Associate Scientist-Protein Purification Post https://t.co/NTAN9tCY5I via @BioTech_Times
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Syngene Biotechnology Job – Associate Scientist-Protein Purification Post

Syngene Biotechnology Job – Associate Scientist-Protein Purification Post

Syngene International Ltd. is currently hiring for Associate Scientist-Protein Purification Post.  Syngene Biotechnology Job 2020.

On Jun 17, 2020
@biospace shared
The Implications of Workplace COVID-19 Testing for Biotech, Pharma and Others #biospace #lifesciences #biotechnology #pharmaceuticals #CoronaVirus #COVID19 #CoronaOutbreak #CoronaPandemic https://t.co/Rea1B1RbIW
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The Implications of Workplace COVID-19 Testing for Biotech, Pharma and Others

The Implications of Workplace COVID-19 Testing for Biotech, Pharma and Others

Numerous biopharma companies are testing or working to develop drugs and vaccines. But what is a bit unusual is the number of staffers at biotech and pharma companies and health care ...

On Jun 19, 2020
@pharminews shared
RedHill Biopharma Expands Opaganib COVID-19 Phase 2/3 Study with Clinical Trial Applications in Italy and UK https://t.co/PTuG8HLXjM #news #pharma #pharmiweb
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RedHill Biopharma Expands Opaganib COVID-19 Phase 2/3 Study with Clinical Trial Applications in Italy and UK

RedHill Biopharma Expands Opaganib COVID-19 Phase 2/3 Study with Clinical Trial Applications in Italy and UK

The multi-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel-arm, placebo-controlled Phase 2/3 clinical study with opaganib in 270 severe COVID-19 patients is planned to be conducted in up to 40 ...

On Jun 22, 2020
@FierceBiotech shared
The new fund is Epidarex’s third since it set up shop in 2010. Its ethos has always been to find innovation outside of biotech hot spots, but this is the first fund the firm has closed since creating its discovery engine, Epidarex Exeed. https://t.co/iAVayycHIv
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Transatlantic Epidarex banks $126M to back U.K. biotech startups

Transatlantic Epidarex banks $126M to back U.K. biotech startups

Epidarex Capital raised £102.1 million ($126 million) in its third fund. It will bankroll life sciences companies from “emerging hubs” across the U.K., investing £2 million to £5 million at ...

On Jun 16, 2020
@JohnCendpts shared
Billions on the table, GSK’s Hal Barron antes $120M cash to partner with a specialist in synthetic lethality $IDYA +63% https://t.co/JCfmJ8LAna
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Billions on the table, GSK’s Hal Barron antes $120M cash to partner with a specialist in synthetic lethality

Billions on the table, GSK’s Hal Barron antes $120M cash to partner with a specialist in synthetic lethality

GSK R&D chief Hal Barron has turned to another Bay Area biotech for his latest oncology drug development pact, which could total billions for a preclinical deal that starts with $120 ...

On Jun 19, 2020
@SynBioBeta shared
Strengthening the development of European BioApplications will be key for a sustainable Biofuture https://t.co/Dgl4RKYqiw @bio_futures #synbio #bioeconomy
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Strengthening the development of European BioApplications will be key for a sustainable Biofuture

Strengthening the development of European BioApplications will be key for a sustainable Biofuture

“We need more great entrepreneurial projects, especially in biotechnology.”

On Jun 17, 2020
@JohnCendpts shared
#COVID19 roundup: Novavax recruits AstraZeneca vet as its new CMO — right after David Mott jumps on the board $NVAX https://t.co/w9Ikzt9T30
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Covid-19 roundup: Novavax recruits AstraZeneca vet as its new CMO — right after David Mott jumps on the board; Operation Warp Speed will cut to 7 candidates

Covid-19 roundup: Novavax recruits AstraZeneca vet as its new CMO — right after David Mott jumps on the board; Operation Warp Speed will cut to 7 candidates

One of the dark-horse contenders in a race to the finish line with a new vaccine for Covid-19 has just wooed a senior AstraZeneca researcher to the fold as its new chief medical officer. ...