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Bio / Pharma / Healthcare

Gates Foundation backs ‘instrument-free’ molecular diagnostic tests through Sherlock, Mologic tie-up

By Conor Hale | FierceBiotech | October 30, 2019

Sherlock Biosciences, maker of CRISPR-based field tests, is partnering up with Mologic to develop a suite of rapid and “instrument-free” molecular diagnostics that work without the need for electricity or temperature controls.

The …

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Amgen zeroes in on cancer, neuroscience pipeline under the ax

By Ben Adams | FierceBiotech | October 30, 2019

As Amgen rides the wave of hype and hope for its early-stage KRAS effort as well as other cancer assets in its pipeline, this is pushing out its work on neuroscience.

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Disc Medicine nabs cash, big backers and biopharma drug deal

By Ben Adams | FierceBiotech | October 29, 2019

Not a bad day’s work for Atlas-seeded startup Disc Medicine: It’s managed a healthy $50 million series A, led by Novo Nordisk’s VC arm, gained a new executive chair from Nimbus and nabbed …

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