Irish biotech focused on Endobody vaccine candidates partners with Boston U. in CTE and U. of Texas in Alzheimer’s. Lupus Research Alliance affiliate will help Bristol conduct a Phase II trial of Tyk2 inhibitor in lupus.

An alliance of Deerfield and the Broad Institute to accelerate research into high-mortality diseases identifies its first two research projects, while Janssen and UPenn look into gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease.

Through a series of research agreements, J&J arm is seeking to create new business models teaming a single internal expert with a host of external researchers in six priority therapeutic areas.

Medtech Insight recently spoke with Brian Jacobson, MD, associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, and the chair of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’s Health and Public Policy Committee, about trends in colorectal cancer screening and the potential impact that health care reform will have on the colonoscopy market.