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Good morning. Here in Chicago, residents are reeling over the removal of the famed rat hole, a rat-shaped indentation on a piece of sidewalk that drew crowds, fans, and even a proposal and a marriage.
The need-to-know this morning
- AstraZeneca reported first-quarter sales and profits that topped analyst estimates, buoyed by its blockbuster cancer drugs.
- It’s a busy day for pharma earnings: Merck, Sanofi, Daiichi Sankyo, Astellas, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Mammoth Biosciences are partnering to develop new CRISPR-based gene therapies.
A hospital takes a gene therapy’s approval into its own hands
What happens if, as an academic, you develop a promising gene therapy, but no company is willing to take it to market? Well, one option is — you do it yourself.
