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Leerink Partners reborn after Jeff Leerink acquires SVB Securities
Leerink Partners reborn after Jeff Leerink acquires SVB Securities.

Healthcare-focused investment firm Vertex Ventures HC launches $200m Fund III
Vertex Ventures HC (VVHC) has launched a $200 million Fund III to support life sciences and medical technology companies.

Biotheus Announces Strategic Research Collaboration and Worldwide License Agreement with BioNTech
Biotheus Inc. ("Biotheus"), a clinical-stage biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of biologics for oncology and inflammatory diseases, announced today that it has entered into a strategic research collaboration, option and worldwide license agreement with BioNTech SE ("BioNTech"), a next generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases.

BIORCHESTRA Wins Grand Prize in 2023 Merck Advance Biotech Grant Program
BIORCHESTRA, a biotherapeutics company focused on the treatment of rare and degenerative diseases within the Central Nervous System (CNS), today announced receipt of the grand prize award in the 2023 Merck Advance Biotech Grant Program.

Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio Partner to Bolster Access to Patient-friendly, Blood-based Alzheimer’s Disease Test
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a clinical diagnostics leader, and Fujirebio, a leader in neurological markers and In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) manufacturing, today announced a new partnership combining their respective immunoassay strengths to support therapeutic development, clinical trials, reimbursement, and routine clinical adoption in the field of neurodegenerative diseases.

LianBio Announces Phase 3 EXPLORER-CN Data Accepted for Late-Breaking Presentation at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023
LianBio (Nasdaq: LIAN), a biotechnology company dedicated to bringing innovative medicines to patients in China and other major Asian markets, today announced data from the Phase 3 EXPLORER-CN trial of mavacamten in Chinese symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) patients were accepted for a late-breaking presentation at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023 taking place August 25-28, 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

HighField Biopharmaceuticals Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1b/2 Trial of HF1K16 for Recurrent and Refractory Glioma
HighField Biopharmaceuticals (HighField Bio), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company using immunoliposomes to treat cancer, announced today the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1b/2 trial of HF1K16 for recurrent and refractory glioma.

Antengene Announces First Patient Dosed in the Nivolumab Combination Portion of the Clinical Study Evaluating the ERK1/2 Inhibitor ATG-017 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors in the United States
Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene" SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading commercial-stage innovative, global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class medicines for hematology and oncology, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the United States in the combination portion of the Phase I ERASER trial to evaluate ATG-017 plus nivolumab.

Santen Agrees to Licensing Agreements and Asset Transfer for its Pharmaceutical Products in North America
Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (hereafter Santen) announced today that it has signed licensing agreements and an asset transfer agreement with two U.S. companies.

Mabwell Announces the NMPA Approval of Novel Trop-2 ADC (9MW2921) for IND
Mabwell (688062.SH), an innovative biopharmaceutical company with entire industry chain, announced that its clinical trial application of 9MW2921 for advanced solid tumor was approved by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).






