Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is paying $5 million up front for 2seventy bio’s cancer drug pipeline. 2seventy will now focus on a cell therapy commercialized with partner Bristol Myers Squibb while Regeneron adds assets for its newly formed cell therapy division.
Kansas City metro adds more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases and over a dozen deaths Katie Moore, The Kansas City Star
Jan. 6 The Kansas City metropolitan area added more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths on Wednesday.
The area encompassing Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas gained 1,027 coronavirus cases for a total of 115,394 to date.
The seven-day average for daily new cases was 836. One week ago, it was 742 and two weeks ago, it was 875, according to data maintained by The Star.
Kansas City reported two deaths, Jackson County added two, Clay County reported four and Johnson County added nine. A total of 1,432 deaths have been reported in the metro since the pandemic began.