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UCB pays up to $2.2bn for Candid Therapeutics, doubling down on T-cell engagers in autoimmune disease

The Belgian pharma is buying a two-year-old San Diego biotech for $2bn upfront, the second TCE bet it has placed in months. The thesis: B-cell killers built for cancer can rewire how autoimmune diseases are treated. Candid Therapeutics is two years old. It does not have an approved drug. Its lead programme has been tested […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

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What’s going on with Donut Lab?

In January, a Finnish-Estonian startup proclaimed it had developed a truly solid state battery, a holy grail for the technology industry. Donut Labs’ cell wasn’t just solid state, however. It clai [...]

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UCB is snapping up U.S. autoimmune biotech Candid Therapeutics for $2.2 billion

The Belgian pharma company is paying $2 billion upfront for Candid's pipeline of T-cell engagers targeting autoimmune diseases [...]

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Another big car company gives up on hydrogen

Stellantis, the automotive giant behind Chrysler, Citroen, Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot, is pulling out of hydrogen. The company said it’s killing its fuel cell development program in the face of “limi [...]

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A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease

Researchers are testing CAR T cell therapy as a way to reset the immune system. [...]

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Netflix's Splinter Cell: Deathwatch animated series arrives on October 14

Ubisoft still isn’t giving us a new Splinter Cell game, but Sam Fisher fans are at least getting an animated TV adaptation very soon. At this week’s Anime NYC convention, Netflix revealed a new te [...]

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Cambridge biotech STORM Therapeutics raises $56M

STC-15 is the world’s first RNA-modifying enzyme inhibitor to reach human trials. Phase 1 showed durable tumour regression across multiple sarcoma subtypes. The $56M Series C is backed entirely by e [...]

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Lenovo taps $2bn convertible market to refinance and buy back stock

Lenovo has raised $2bn through seven-year convertible bonds, and the most notable thing about the debt is that it pays nothing. The Beijing-based maker of computers and AI servers sold zero-coupon not [...]

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The FDA clears the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease

There's a new way to screen for early detection of Alzheimer's disease. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first blood test for the disorder. Fujirebio Diagnostics [...]

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Peter Thiel is utterly wrong about Alzheimer's

The New York Times ran a lengthy interview this morning between columnist Ross Douthat and venture capitalist and PayPal founder Peter Thiel. There's a reason it was published in the opinion sect [...]

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