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Pharma marries VCs to give birth to Biotechs
Authored by Karl Simpson
Posted in M&A Finance and Funding, Pharmaceutical business
Tagged Amgen, Atlas Ventures, Avalon Ventures, biotech, Bruce Booth, celgene, collaborative business models, Francesco De Rubertis, Fund IX, GSK, Index Ventures, J&J, Johnson & Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Large Pharma, LSD, Nimbus Discovery, Novartis, Pangenetics, Paul Stoffels, pharma, Quanticel, R&D, Sanofi, Shire HGT, SR One, Third Rock Ventures, Tibotec, venture capital, Versant Ventures, Warp Drive Bio
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GenSight investment profits from gene therapy buzz
Authored by James Sheppard
Posted in M&A Finance and Funding, Orphan Drugs and Rare Diseases
Tagged Abingworth LLP, Bernard Gilly, Bluebird bio, Boehringer Ingelheim, celgene, Gene therapy, GenSight Biologics, Glybera, Index Ventures, Jen Bennet, Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, Novartis Venture Funds, Paris, Professor Jose-Alain Sahel, Transgene, uniQure, University of Pennsylvania, Vision Institute
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Merck Serono staff navigate new horizons
The proposal and counter proposals have been submitted and reviewed. The employee protests roll on, although partly muted by legal disputes and management negotiations. Now though, it is decided. The shutters will come down at Merck Serono in Geneva. An estimated workforce of 1250 people will be affected, their lives driven in new directions.