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AcelRx (ACRX) Inks Agreement With Aguettant for Dzuveo in Europe

AcelRx (ACRX) enters a licensing agreement for Dzuveo in Europe and an in-licensing agreement for two products in the United States.

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Galapagos (GLPG) Falls on Inflammatory Study Data Readout

Galapagos (GLPG) announces data from multiple studies evaluating its two inflammatory candidates - GLPG3970 and GLPG3667. Stock down.

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Axsome (AXSM) Falls 10% After Losing Breakthrough Therapy Tag

The FDA rescinds Breakthrough Therapy designation for Axsome's (AXSM) pipeline candidate, AXS-12. The company is developing AXS-12 for the potential treatment of cataplexy in narcolepsy patients.

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TFF Pharmaceuticals (TFFP) Completes Enrollment in Phase I Study

TFF Pharmaceuticals (TFFP) completes enrollment in the phase I study on tacrolimus inhalation powder and announces positive preliminary data.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: BIIB & PRTA Provide Updates, CLDX Up on Positive Data & More

The biotech sector was in focus last week on key updates form Biogen (BIIB) and Prothena (PRTA).

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Celldex (CLDX) Up Almost 40% Since Skin Disorder Study Data

Celldex (CLDX) announces 95% response rate in urticaria patients in an early-stage study evaluating a single dose of its antibody candidate, CDX-0159. Shares are up almost 40% since last Friday.

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Can the Rally in HUTCHMED (HCM) Shares Continue?

As of late, it has definitely been a great time to be an investor of HUTCHMED (China) Limited (HCM).

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Moderna (MRNA) Set to Supply Argentina With COVID-19 Vaccine

Moderna (MRNA) signs an agreement with the government of Argentina for supplying 20 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, or an updated booster vaccine shot, if approved.

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Aridis' (ARDS) COVID Antibody Combo Neutralizes Delta Variant

Aridis Pharmaceuticals' (ARDS) inhaled COVID-19 dual antibody cocktail treatment, AR-712, binds and neutralizes the Delta variant of the virus. Stock rises in after-hours trading.

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Prothena (PRTA) to Sell ATTR Amyloidosis Program to Novo Nordisk

Prothena (PRTA) announces an agreement to sell its clinical-stage antibody, PRX004, and the broader ATTR amyloidosis program for $1.2 billion to Novo Nordisk.

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Biogen (BIIB) In-Licenses Rights to Multiple Sclerosis Drug

Biogen partners with InnoCare Pharma for orelabrutinib, a BTK inhibitor with the potential of treating multiple sclerosis. The drug is currently undergoing phase II study.

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Sigilon (SGTX) Down as FDA Places Hold on Hemophilia Study

Sigilon (SGTX) stock declines as the FDA puts a clinical hold on its early/mid-stage hemophilia A study that was evaluating its lead candidate SIG-001.

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Seagen (SGEN) Gets Regular Approval, Label Expansion for Padcev

Seagen and Astellas' two sBLAs for Padcev get FDA approval for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer. The approval comes one month before the PDUFA date of Aug 17, 2021.

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Do Options Traders Know Something About IVERIC bio (ISEE) Stock We Don't?

Investors need to pay close attention to IVERIC bio (ISEE) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Genomic ETFs

Genomic ETFs are expected to benefit from the favorable trends in the genomic editing space.

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Bristol-Myers (BMY) Gains 7.6% YTD: What to Expect in 2H

Bristol-Myers (BMY) maintains momentum on new drug approvals despite some key established drugs facing challenges.

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F-star (FSTX), AstraZeneca Team Up for Novel STING Inhibitors

F-star partners with AstraZeneca for its novel STING inhibitor compounds. Resultantly, F-star's shares rise 9.1%.

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BioNTech (BNTX)/ Pfizer to Seek FDA Nod for COVID-19 Booster

BioNTech (BNTX) and partner Pfizer plan to get authorization for COVID-19 booster vaccine shot in the United States owing the emerging Delta variant of the virus.

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Biogen (BIIB) Gets FDA Nod for Narrow Label of Aduhelm

The FDA approves label update for Biogen's (BIIB) new Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm. The updated label narrows the patient population, which is eligible for the drug.

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Moderna (MRNA) Begins Dosing in Study on mRNA Flu Vaccine

Moderna (MRNA) doses the first participant in a phase I/II study on its quadrivalent mRNA-based vaccine candidate, mRNA-1010, against seasonal influenza.

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Amgen (AMGN)/AstraZeneca's Asthma Drug Gets FDA Priority Tag

The FDA accepts and grants priority review to Amgen (AMGN)/AstraZeneca's BLA for tezepelumab for the treatment of asthma.

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Biohaven (BHVN) Q2 Nurtec Preliminary Sales Top Expectations

Biohaven Pharmaceutical's (BHVN) sole approved drug, Nurtec ODT's preliminary sales outperform expectations. Resultantly, share increase 13.6%.

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Vaxart (VXRT) Enters an Agreement With Altesa for Antiviral

Vaxart (VXRT) enters a licensing agreement with Altesa Biosciences, Inc., whereby the latter gets rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize vapendavir.

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WHO Guidelines Put Spotlight on Arthritis Drugs Actemra & Kevzara

The latest guideline update by the WHO includes the use of arthritis drugs like Roche's (RHHBY) Actemra and Sanofi's (SNY) Kevzara for the treatment of severe COVID-19.

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Company News for Jul 8, 2021

Companies in The News Are: BHVN, MSM, SGH, NKLA

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