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Shire strikes discovery deal in rare diseases with Bill Gates-backed Nimbus

Shire has nailed down another deal to fuel its growing rare disease unit. The pharma group has tapped the Cambridge, MA-based startup Nimbus Discovery, which will use its computational approach to find small-molecule drugs for rare genetic diseases known as lysosomal storage disorders.

Ex-ImClone boss takes top job at Bill Gates-backed startup

Dan Lynch, the former CEO and financial chief of ImClone Systems (acquired by Eli Lilly), has taken the executive chairman job at the Cambridge, MA-based biotech startup Nimbus Discovery.

Biotechs reinvent from the ground up to build value

As biotechs face monumental funding challenges and a stingy IPO market, young companies are investing in business models that have the potential to maximize the value of their drug candidates.

Nimbus will use $24M round to create a new biotech model

A little biotech start-up in Cambridge, MA with big plans for computational drug discovery work has lined up a $24 million A round with the help of some high-profile investors, including Microsoft's

Bill Gates backs fledgling computational drug discovery upstart

Bill Gates has invested a small part of his personal fortune and professional reputation in a Cambridge, MA-based startup that is promising to use cutting-edge computational technology to identify