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Solid Biosciences appears to be prepping for an IPO with $50M round for Duchenne gene therapy – Endpoints News

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2017-03-30 NEWS

Endpoints News

Solid Biosciences appears to be prepping for an IPO with $50M round for Duchenne gene therapy
Endpoints News
Solid Biosciences has come up with a $50 million crossover round that would appear to be positioning the company for an IPO as it advances a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy into the clinic. Founded by Duchenne dad — and former JP …
Biogen-backed Duchenne firm Solid Biosciences raises $50MBoston Business Journal
Solid Biosciences Raises up to $50 Million in Series C Financing …Business Wire (press release)

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Novartis says US regulator grants speedy review of CART cell therapy
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ZURICH – Novartis AG on Wednesday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to accelerate its review of the Swiss drugmaker’s CTL019 therapy for young patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The move would keep …
Novartis gets speedy review for CART cell therapyPharmaTimes
Novartis Makes Plans For Its Cancer-Killing T CellsForbes
Novartis announces first CART cell therapy BLA for pediatric and young adult patients with r/r B-cell ALL granted Yahoo Finance
STAT –pharmaphorum –MedCity News
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Medical Xpress

Method identified to boost detection of highly cancerous stem cells
Medical Xpress
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) escape from 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-based photodynamic detection (PDD) (upper panel). An iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO) enhances accumulation in CSCs of PpIX from 5-ALA, which will facilitate the elimination …more.

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2017-03-30 NEWS

Xconomy

Tango Launched with $55M to Exploit Sequencing and CRISPR Target Discovery
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Third Rock Ventures has launched a new cancer drug discovery and development company, Tango Therapeutics, with a $55 million Series A investment. The new firm is exploiting a platform that combines sequencing and CRISPR-based screening to identify …
Third Rock Ventures Launches Tango Therapeutics with $55 Million Series A InvestmentBusiness Wire (press release)
New Cambridge biotech Tango aims to make cancer its own worst enemyBoston Business Journal

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