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Argos passes on IPO and raises $25m Series D to fund personalized cancer immunotherapy

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Rather than pursue an initial public offering this year, personalized cancer immunotherapy developer Argos Therapeutics raised $25 million in a Series D financing round to fund its Phase III ADAPT clinical trial for AGS-003 in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) through mid-2013 when it will have interim data to support additional venture capital investment, an IPO or a partnership.

Rather than pursue an initial public offering this year, personalized cancer immunotherapy developer Argos Therapeutics raised $25 million in a Series D financing round to fund its Phase III ADAPT clinical trial for AGS-003 in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) through mid-2013 when it will have interim data to support additional venture capital investment, an IPO or a partnership.

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Vertex Ends One Type 1 Diabetes Cell Therapy, Shifts Focus To Another

 
• By Joseph Haas

Seeking cell therapy approaches to cure type 1 diabetes, Vertex abandons a candidate encapsulated to avoid immune system detection but hopes to file another candidate for approval in 2026.

Novo Scores Cardio Wins But Lilly Still Tipped To Take GLP-1 Crown

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

Novo’s semaglutide has shown its benefits as an injectable in patients with peripheral arterial disease and as an oral agent in cardiovascular outcomes, but stronger results are expected soon from Lilly’s tirzepatide.

Novo Adds Lexicon’s Novel Obesity Drug To Deal Flurry

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

The obesity market leader has unveiled its second deal in days, paying $75m upfront for a potential first-in-class ACSL5 inhibitor, while the deal also provides some respite for Lexicon.

Unicycive Approaches Its First Approval, But In A Competitive Space

 
• By Jessica Merrill

The company is planning to launch oxylanthanum carbonate for chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis with hyperphosphatemia.

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Boehringer Still Sees Plenty Of Juice In Jardiance

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Strong sales growth for the German group’s SGLT2 inhibitor in 2024

Axsome Plans Excessive Sleepiness Study In Depression After Phase III Failure

 
• By Alaric DeArment

The study’s failure in the overall MDD population was not a surprise, but solriamfetol’s efficacy in MDD with EDS provided a rationale for testing it in that subpopulation.

Cerevance To Focus On Parkinson’s Adjunctive Therapy After Phase II Miss

 
• By Joseph Haas

After failing a Phase II monotherapy study in early Parkinson’s, Cerevance will focus on adjunctive therapy without abandoning the monotherapy concept.