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Gilead to Acquire Forty Seven for $4.9 Billion

FOSTER CITY, Calif. & MENLO PARK, Calif., March 2, 2020 - Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Forty Seven, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTSV) announced today th…

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Kymera Therapeutics Announces $102 Million Series C Financing

Cambridge, Mass (March 12, 2020) – Kymera Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering targeted protein degradation to invent breakthrough pr…

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Ryvu Therapeutics receives Orphan Drug Designation from FDA

Krakow, Poland – 28 March 2020 – Ryvu Therapeutics (WSE: RVU), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel small molecule therapies th…

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Affimed Announces FDA Granted Orphan Drug Designation

Heidelberg, Germany, April 1, 2020 – Affimed N.V. (Nasdaq: AFMD), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company committed to giving patients back their inn…

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Stemline Therapeutics to be Acquired by Menarini Group

FLORENCE, Italy and NEW YORK, May 04, 2020 - Menarini Group, a privately held Italian pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, and Stemline Therapeutic…

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