Healthcare Roundup – FDA OKs emergency use of PerkinElmer COVID-19 blood test, Athersys up 3% premarket Life Science
Technology Roundup – Avid +11.5% on new Microsoft agreement, Amazon’s French warehouses remain closed Technology
Healthcare Roundup – Vir and Alnylam identify inhalable drug candidate for COVID-19, AmerisourceBergen eyes Walgreens’ drug distribution operation Life Science
Ascentage Pharma’s Core Drug Candidate HQP1351 Granted Orphan Drug Designation by the US FDA for the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Life Science
Technology Roundup – Tencent takes 5% stake in Afterpay, Microsoft eyes Softomotive acquisition Technology
Healthcare Roundup – FDA OKs subcutaneous version of J&J’s Darzalex, European advisory group backs expanded label of Gilead’s Harvoni Life Science
Atreca, BeiGene, and IGM Biosciences Agree to Collaborate on Novel Antibody Treatment for COVID-19 Life Science
Bayer and OrigiMed reached a partnership to develop a next generation sequencing (NGS) based companion diagnostic-in vitro diagnostic (CDx-IVD) product in China for Larotrectinib, for NTRK gene fusion detection Life Science
Apple, Huawei boost market share, as first-quarter China smartphone shipments fall – Canalys Technology
Healthcare Roundup – AstraZeneca teams up with Oxford U. on COVID-19 vaccine, Molina to buy Magellan Life Science
Technology Roundup – Amazon to focus on worker safety in Q2, Apple withholds June quarter guidance – earnings call Technology
