Top news of the week: 13.10.2020.

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On Oct 8, 2020
@daphnezohar shared
This will resonate w/ any team that’s been through this unique, cliffhanger, company-defining moment.The surreal camaraderie when you get the results: champagne popping or sinking feeling. Been through it a few times! ⁦@AMahadevia⁩ ⁦@LifeSciVC⁩ https://t.co/VZNzaGcZGR
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Playing To Win: Scenario Planning For Binary Readouts In Biotech

Playing To Win: Scenario Planning For Binary Readouts In Biotech

By Ankit Mahadevia, CEO of Spero Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Earlier this fall, we prepared to report Phase III data for tebipenem HBr, our oral ...

On Oct 8, 2020
@big4bio shared
"There's a scarcity of assets in cardiology." https://t.co/Qf9S52xPnz
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Pharmacquired: Splashy deals belie a shallow pool of heart drugs left to acquire

Pharmacquired: Splashy deals belie a shallow pool of heart drugs left to acquire

Recent deals for MyoKardia and The Medicines Co. may be hard to follow, since venture investors and big pharma acquirers have largely ignored cardiovascular drugs.

On Oct 12, 2020
@businessinsider shared
The 6 life science real estate markets to watch as the red-hot biotech and pharmaceutical sector draws in billions of dollars in funding https://t.co/TqGHRPYYUH
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The 6 life science real estate markets to watch as the red-hot biotech and pharmaceutical sector draws in billions of dollars in funding

The 6 life science real estate markets to watch as the red-hot biotech and pharmaceutical sector draws in billions of dollars in funding

With venture funding and NIH funding up in 2020, a CBRE report looked at some of the fastest-growing life science clusters in the country.

On Oct 9, 2020
@BiotechWorld shared
Chutes & Ladders—Sanofi CSO Nabel steps down in favor of insider Nestle https://t.co/o9Yk9FgLce https://t.co/lNRgadHCtv
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Chutes & Ladders—Sanofi CSO Nabel steps down in favor of insider Nestle

Chutes & Ladders—Sanofi CSO Nabel steps down in favor of insider Nestle

Sanofi's CSO Nabel steps down from role; BioMarin adds Eggan to head early research; Shams joins ProQR as CSO.

On Oct 9, 2020
@businessinsider shared
Here's how 4 top law firms have been taking VC-style stakes in their own clients including Peloton and Snowflake — and why many of these lucrative bets fly under the radar https://t.co/VeXdO5rVI0
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Here's how 4 top law firms have been taking VC-style stakes in their own clients including Peloton and Snowflake — and why many of these lucrative bets fly under the radar

Here's how 4 top law firms have been taking VC-style stakes in their own clients including Peloton and Snowflake — and why many of these lucrative bets fly under the radar

Lawyers at Cooley, Fenwick, Gunderson and Wilson Sonsini are all known to take stakes in some tech- and life sciences-industry clients.

On Oct 12, 2020
@Xconomy shared
RT @frankvinluan: In this week of Nobel Prize announcements, here's @xconomy's recap of the top #biotech & #pharma news headlines... https://t.co/eLKEmeDmmx
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Bio Roundup: CRISPR Kudos, Bristol Myers’s Buy, RNAi Alliance & More

Bio Roundup: CRISPR Kudos, Bristol Myers’s Buy, RNAi Alliance & More

It’s October: a time of days growing shorter, leaves changing color, and phone calls in the wee hours that rouse scientists from slumber notifying them

On Oct 9, 2020
@BentheFidler shared
US backs AstraZeneca #COVID19 antibody drug with $486M in funding https://t.co/qBff8JDZ2a by @NedPagliarulo $AZN $REGN $LLY
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US backs AstraZeneca COVID-19 antibody drug with $486M in funding

US backs AstraZeneca COVID-19 antibody drug with $486M in funding

Days after President Donald Trump was treated with a similar antibody therapy from Regeneron, his administration is backing another candidate being tested by British drugmaker AstraZeneca. 

On Oct 9, 2020
@big4bio shared
"The biotech sector may be the single most attractive subsector within commercial real estate today." https://t.co/nXRDdsXcjL
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Covid drives historic demand for life sciences real estate and these REITs, report says

Covid drives historic demand for life sciences real estate and these REITs, report says

Rents are rising for lab space, vacancies are plunging and research and development, and employment and new development are expanding further, thanks to strong venture capital investment.