PureTech's Akili raises $30.5M for ADHD-treating video game; Amgen wins expanded Kyprolis nod;

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> PureTech Health's Akili Interactive, developing a video game to treat ADHD, raised $30.5 million to push its lead product toward a 2017 launch. More

> More and more Chinese entrepreneurs are embracing the country's nascent biotech scene, hoping to develop blockbuster therapies and compete with the world's top drugmakers. News

> Amgen's ($AMGN) blood cancer therapy Kyprolis won an expanded FDA approval. Item

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> Amgen's Kyprolis wins 'backbone therapy' FDA nod after trumping Velcade in trial. Story