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Vertex builds up pipeline of type 1 diabetes cell therapies with $320M buyout
Vertex Pharmaceuticals already has a cell therapy candidate for type 1 diabetes but the company says acquiring rival ViaCyte will provide it with complementary assets and technologies. The two companies already share a partner in common: both have therapeutic candidates that use the gene-editing capabilities of CRISPR Therapeutics.
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CRISPR Therapeutics, ViaCyte partner on diabetes therapies
In a deal worth up to $25 million for ViaCyte, the companies will work together to create allogeneic stem cell therapies to treat the disease.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Devices & Diagnostics, BioPharma
Gore joins ViaCyte’s quest for a functional type 1 diabetes cure
Through a new partnership with the maker of GORE-TEX, San Diego’s ViaCyte is looking to finetune its PEC-Encap combination device that could one day offer a functional cure for type 1 diabetes.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Pharma, Startups
Artificial pancreas-maker ViaCyte has new trials, funding, and Janssen partnership
San Diego’s ViaCyte is clearly up to plenty – the regenerative medicine company just announced […]