AACR 2020 – Verastem reveals the logic behind its Kras deal
A combination of Verastem’s small molecules shows promise in Kras-driven ovarian cancer, but shares fall on toxicity concerns.
Covid-19 hits Europe drug stocks hardest
US drug stocks were shielded from bigger falls in the first quarter by leading coronavirus researchers, leaving groups listed in Japan and Europe to tumble harder.
Covid-19 infects global drug stocks
The coronavirus pandemic wiped billions from global drug stock valuations in the first quarter, with the few gainers failing to offset huge losses elsewhere.
Tiziana takes a deep breath and targets Covid-19
Using drugs that can cause or exacerbate lung infections to treat the novel coronavirus – what could go wrong?
Verastem plays the Kras card
For $3m Verastem adds to its pipeline another asset that a bigger company had given up on.
The big cap empire strikes back
If the first three quarters of 2019 were dominated by pricing fears, the last saw a remarkable comeback for biopharma.
Novo goes early to leapfrog haemophilia gene therapies
Novo Nordisk took an early step towards genome editing with yesterday’s Bluebird tie-up, and isn’t ruling out a move into conventional gene therapies.
Europe and Asia provide a safe haven as US stocks falter
Non-US big biopharma stocks led the way in the third quarter, suggesting that those looking for investment gains would do best to search further afield.
