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> San Diego-based AnaptysBio wrapped an oversubscribed $40M Series D financing round. Participants include BVF Partners L.P., BioMed Ventures, Cormorant Asset Management, Frazier Healthcare, HBM Healthcare Investments, Longwood Capital Partners, Novo A/S and additional undisclosed investors. The cash will fuel work on AnaptysBio's anti-IL-33 and anti-IL-36 receptor antibody programs through Phase II. "The proceeds of this financing provide AnaptysBio with the financial strength to potentially demonstrate efficacy of our anti-IL-33 program in severe adult asthma and peanut allergy patients, while also advancing our anti-IL-36 receptor program to proof-of-concept in generalized pustular psoriasis," said CEO Hamza Suria. Release
> Switzerland's Piqur Therapeutics just raised $19 million for its cancer drug R&D specializing in PI3K and mTOR inhibition. The biotech has raised a total of $60 million and is pushing its lead therapy, PQR309, through mid-stage tests. Versant Ventures joined a syndicate behind the A2 round. Release
> Ewing, NJ-based Celator Pharmaceuticals has begun enrolling patients in a Phase II clinical study evaluating CPX-351 (cyatarabine:daunorubicin) Liposome Injection as a treatment for patients with newly diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Release
Medical Device News
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> Alere keeps diagnostics ball rolling with new deals and quick strep test win. News
> Survey: Docs expect HeartWare's blood pump to get expanded indication from FDA despite worrying trial data. More
Pharma News
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>Endo whistleblower nabs $33.6M from feds for 'extraordinary' work in FCA suit. More
> Sanofi says sweeping management revamp won't come with job cuts. Story
Vaccines News
> GSK, bioCSL to increase flu vaccine deliveries to U.S. More
> Reuters: WHO, EMA likely to approve GlaxoSmithKline's malaria vaccine despite challenges. News
> GSK and J&J/Bavarian Nordic take Ebola candidates to Senegal, Europe. More
> Expect vaccines market to swell to $40B by 2020: Tufts CSDD. Article
> EMA to again place HPV vaccines under its safety lens. Story
CRO News
> Icon and Covance bet on diagnostics with a pair of cancer deals. More
> Aptuit scales up its production prowess for Phase III trials. News
> Frontage buys into biometrics with BDM deal. Report
> Under new ownership, Synexus expands across Europe. Story
> WuXi bets $50M on a new venture fund and eyes $200M more. Article
Pharma Manufacturing News
> GSK ramps up flu vax production after problems last year. News
> American Health Packaging pulls thousands of Wockhardt-made products from the market. Story
> Mylan issues third reminder that 'lifesaving' syringes are being recalled. More
> J&J expects Fort Washington, PA, consumer plant to be back on line soon. Story
> Pfizer announces it will shutter India plant, echoing same news from Sandoz. Article
Pharma Asia News
> India's biopharma woes grow with FDA Emcure plant ban. More
> Japan's Takeda files ixazomib NDA for relapsed multiple myeloma. Report
> WuXi Healthcare Ventures plucks $50M from WuXi PharmaTech as anchor for second fund. Article
> Price controls fail to improve poor people's access to medicines in India, IMS report says. Story
> CFDA eyes new Shanghai evaluation center to speed drug approvals. More