Top news of the week: 24.03.2020.

#COVID19 #coronavirus #Biotech #patients #LifeSciences

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On Mar 23, 2020
@PearlF shared
London-based venture capital firm @SynconaLtd warns of "serious delays" to clinical trials across its portfolio of at least 3 months. They also said they don't anticipate that the delays will impact reported valuations of their privately held companies. https://t.co/TxNQvhFUL2
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VC shop Syncona warns of company trial delays as COVID-19 pandemic deepens

VC shop Syncona warns of company trial delays as COVID-19 pandemic deepens

Life science venture capital firm Syncona is warning of serious delays to studies across its biotech portfolio.

On Mar 17, 2020
@BentheFidler shared
RT @AndyBiotech: Two bits of good news on therapeutics for #COVID19 Among 1st wave #coronavirus antivirals, China claims good efficacy for Favipiravir https://t.co/7gw6Vv2vkD In 2nd wave antibody approach, Regeneron move fwd its time frame to enter human by early summer https://t.co/5XgHOaWd5y https://t.co/8tPDW8X5Mn
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Regeneron Announces Important Advances in Novel COVID-19 Antibody Program

Regeneron Announces Important Advances in Novel COVID-19 Antibody Program

/PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron has identified hundreds of virus-neutralizing antibodies; plans to initiate large-scale manufacturing by mid-April with antibody...

On Mar 21, 2020
@matthewherper shared
RT @nkjellson: My Covidcrush: ⁦@juliesunderland⁩ // Love in the Time of Coronavirus - https://t.co/SQbjHKClmR https://t.co/f5g4hHeTa1
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Your Edge in Biotech.

Your Edge in Biotech.

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On Mar 20, 2020
@IAmBiotech shared
How San Diego #Biotech Leaders Are Adapting to #Coronavirus Concerns https://t.co/gsNitR0PNo @CABiotech @TakedaPharma https://t.co/VktXJar3oD
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How San Diego Biotech Leaders Are Adapting to Coronavirus Concerns

How San Diego Biotech Leaders Are Adapting to Coronavirus Concerns

Three hundred Takeda employees from the Japanese pharma giant’s California research center have been working from home for 10 days straight. Neurocrine

On Mar 20, 2020
@MassBio shared
MA is the best place in the world for the #LifeSciences & now its leading cluster is coming together to help fight #COVID19 & rapidly develop vaccines, diagnostic tests, & treatments for #patients everywhere https://t.co/eoA4fYo5nM @BostonGlobe
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Massachusetts life-sciences industry at forefront of worldwide fight against coronavirus

Massachusetts life-sciences industry at forefront of worldwide fight against coronavirus

Companies in Massachusetts are scrambling to develop potential vaccines, drugs, and tests while researchers at Harvard, MIT, and other schools are studying everything from genetic ...

On Mar 20, 2020
@IAmBiotech shared
Great piece by @jmaxlevin in @timmermanreport on how the biopharmaceutical industry “immediately stepped forward” to combat #COVID19. https://t.co/ml4Mvs0N7H
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The Biopharmaceutical Counterattack

The Biopharmaceutical Counterattack

The latest contagious and deadly global virus, COVID-19, is invisibly sprinting across the world and across America. As the crisis engulfs our nation, it has exposed failures to heed the ...

On Mar 21, 2020
@matthewherper shared
RT @nkjellson: My Covidcrush: ⁦@juliesunderland⁩ // Love in the Time of Coronavirus - https://t.co/SQbjHKClmR https://t.co/f5g4hHeTa1
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Love in the Time of Coronavirus

The Seattle community is about two weeks ahead of the rest of the US in adapting to our new coronavirus-driven reality. My three kids have been out of school for two weeks now. Although ...

On Mar 19, 2020
@Xconomy shared
RT @BentheFidler: Here's @realJacobBell with a look at how some Seattle biotechs are handling the #coronavirus outbreak. In hard-hit Seattle, coronavirus pushes biotechs to a new normal https://t.co/ngDXRTDxcR #covid19
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In hard-hit Seattle, coronavirus pushes biotechs to a new normal

In hard-hit Seattle, coronavirus pushes biotechs to a new normal

Local drugmakers are on the frontlines of a pandemic that's affecting travel, clinical research and daily operations. It's forcing them to adapt quickly.