On January 3, 2019 Amunix Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Amunix"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel immuno-oncology therapeutics, reported that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, for rights to develop therapeutics against an undisclosed target using Amunix’s proprietary protease-triggered immune activator (ProTIA) technology platform (Press release, Amunix, JAN 3, 2019, View Source [SID1234532423]).

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"We are very pleased to enter into the collaboration with Merck, an acknowledged leader in the field of novel cancer therapeutics," said Volker Schellenberger, Ph.D., President and CTO of Amunix. "The agreement with Merck is a testament to Amunix’s protein engineering expertise reflected in our ProTIA platform. This powerful new platform technology enables the rapid generation of tumor activatable cytokines, signaling peptides/proteins or immune cell engagers. We look forward to a productive and successful relationship."

"Amunix’s ProTIA technology offers the potential to create novel tumor-targeted molecules for evaluation in our immuno-oncology clinical development programs," said Rob Kastelein, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, Immune-Oncology Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories. "We look forward to working with the Amunix team."

Under terms of the agreement, Amunix will receive an upfront payment from Merck and is eligible to receive payments associated with the achievement of certain developmental milestones as well as royalties on sales of any products derived from the collaboration. Further financial details were not disclosed.

On January 2, 2019 Forbius, a clinical-stage company developing biologics for the treatment of fibrosis and cancer, reported that Ilia Tikhomirov, CEO of Forbius will be presenting at the 37thAnnual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (Press release, Forbius, JAN 2, 2019, View Source [SID1234532332]).

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Mr. Tikhomirov’s presentation will take place Wednesday, January 9th at 11:30 a.m. PST in Elizabethan D at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.

On January 2, 2019 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX) reported that it will present at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference at 2:30 p.m. PT (5:30 p.m. ET) on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in San Francisco. Kevin Gorman, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the conference (Press release, Neurocrine Biosciences, JAN 2, 2019, View Source;p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=2381876 [SID1234532354]).

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The live presentation will be webcast and may be accessed on the Company’s website under Investors at www.neurocrine.com. A replay of the presentation will be available on the website approximately one hour after the conclusion of the event and will be archived for approximately one month

On January 2, 2019 Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) reported that Joseph C. Papa, chairman and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. PST (5:00 p.m. EST) (Press release, Valeant, JAN 2, 2019, View Source [SID1234532370]).

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On January 2, 2019 Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHRS), reported the addition of Darlene Horton, M.D. as Chief Medical and Regulatory Affairs Officer (Press release, Coherus Biosciences, JAN 2, 2019, View Source [SID1234532391]). She assumed her role on January 1, 2019.

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"We are very pleased that Dr. Horton has joined the executive team at Coherus," said Denny Lanfear, Chairman, President and CEO of Coherus. "She is a foremost biotechnology leader and clinician with an exceptional track record of delivering value to patients and shareholders."

"I believe there is a significant opportunity to accelerate the development and commercialization of biosimilar products. Coherus is leading the way in expanding access to life-changing biologic medicines while also significantly reducing costs to our healthcare system," said Darlene Horton, M.D. "I am honored to be joining Denny and the team at this exciting time for the company."

Dr. Horton recently was Chief Executive Officer of TulangCo, Inc., and Chief Medical Officer at SMC Biotechnology. Previously, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nile Therapeutics, Inc., and Vice President and Co-Chair, Joint Steering Committee between Itero and Allergan, and Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Itero Biopharmaceuticals. Prior to that, she was Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Research and Medical Affairs, Senior Vice President, Clinical Research and Member of Corporate Executive Team at Scios, Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson company), where she also was Head, CV Therapeutic Area Center of Excellence.

Darlene earned her B.S. with Honors in Microbiology, and Doctor of Medicine from University of Florida. She did her internship and residency in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF, and her Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at the CV Research Institute of UCSF. She worked as a UCSF Clinical Faculty member in Pediatric Cardiology for 20 years, as a Staff Pediatrician at St. Luke’s Hospital and in the Intensive Care Nursery at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco, California.