Michigan will offer dairy operations with bird flu up to $28,000 to work with federal and state government agencies to investigate how the virus got onto their operations, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Tim Boring said on Tuesday.

The FDA placed a partial clinical hold on three of Zentalis Pharmaceuticals’ cancer treatment studies following two patient deaths.

stethoscope art

The biopharma industry has long recognized the important role of clinical specialists in guiding drug development and informing medical strategies to ensure ‘safe and appropriate’ use. These key opinion leaders (aka thought leaders) are predominantly drawn from academic centers of excellence and are respected figures in a field of medicine relevant to the disease or treatment being developed.

Swiss drugmaker Roche will team up with privately held biotech Ascidian Therapeutics to develop gene therapies targeting difficult to treat neurological diseases, the Boston-based startup said on Tuesday.

Cannes Lions

The world’s largest independent health agency kicks off creativity festival with a Gold Pharma Lion, Bronze Health & Wellness Lion, plus #2 Health Agency and #2 Health Network of the Year titles for the second year running.

AstraZeneca on Tuesday announced that its AKT inhibitor Truqap, when used in combination with paclitaxel, failed to meet its primary efficacy endpoint in the Phase III CAPItello-290 study in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.