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Cellular immunotherapy specialist Fate Therapeutics soared as much as 73%, and closed up 12.45 at $2.27 yesterday, after it released early-stage data on its FT819 in lupus. 19 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
US clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Boston Pharmaceuticals has announced positive results from a Phase II study evaluating the safety and efficacy of once-monthly efimosfermin alfa (formerly known as BOS-580), a long-acting FGF21 analogue, in participants with stage F2/F3 fibrosis due to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). 18 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
French drugmaker Ipsen today announced the long-term efficacy and safety of patients treated with Bylvay (odevixibat) from two Phase III open-label extension studies. 18 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
US antiviral giant Gilead Sciences on Friday unveiled two-and-a-half-year interim analysis from the ongoing Phase III ASSURE study of its Livdelzi (seladelpar). 16 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
French drugmaker Ipsen announced late-breaking data for Iqirvo (elafibranor 80mg tablets) from an interim analysis of the ongoing open-label extension of the Phase III ELATIVE study at the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) congress. 16 November 2024
Biotechnology
Belgian drugmaker UCB and US biotech Biogen’s Phase III PHOENYCS GO trial results signal a pivotal development for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treatment, as dapirolizumab pegol met its primary endpoint and demonstrated enhanced disease control and safety at Week 48. 13 November 2024
Biotechnology
Syndax Pharmaceuticals has announced that its Phase II AUGMENT-101 trial of experimental drug revumenib achieved its primary endpoint. 13 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Research results featured heavily in the news last week, first with Viking Therapeutics releasing promising early-stage data for its investigational medicine VK2738 at the ObesityWeek meeting. US biotech Beam Therapeutics released early-stage data on its sickle cell disease candidate BEAM-101. Also of note, Arcus Biosciences and Gilead Sciences announced promising Phase III results for their TIGIT inhibitor domvanalimab in combination with zimberelimab. Denmark’s Novo Nordisk released financial results that attracted interest. 10 November 2024
Biotechnology
Shanghai-based BioCity Biopharma has announced promising late-stage results from the Phase II 2-SUCCEED clinical trial of SC0062. 7 November 2024
Biotechnology
Results from the ARC-10 Phase III study of Arcus Biosciences and Gilead Sciences’ domvanalimab and zimberelimab combination therapy indicate a significant reduction in mortality risk for patients with certain advanced lung cancers. 7 November 2024
Biotechnology
Beam Therapeutics will detail new clinical and preclinical data on its sickle cell disease (SCD) therapies at the upcoming American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting. 6 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
AstraZeneca has presented early results on three experimental weight-loss drugs at the ObesityWeek conference in San Antonio, showing encouraging signs for its obesity pipeline. 5 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
US neuroscience-focused biopharma Neurocrine Biosciences presented new data from more than 300 patients diagnosed with tardive dyskinesia and treated with Ingrezza (valbenazine) capsules at the 2024 Psych Congress in Boston. 5 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Viking Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VKTX) reported promising early results for its experimental obesity pill, VK2735, with increased weight loss at higher doses. 4 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
The US subsidiary of Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has announced new, positive data on social functioning and quality of life from the Phase III subcutaneous olanzapine extended-release injection study (SOLARIS) trial evaluating TEV-'749 in adult patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. 2 November 2024
Biotechnology
UCB has reported Phase IIa data from the TOGETHER (AH0003) study, investigating the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of bepranemab - an investigational anti-tau antibody targeting the mid-region of the tau protein - in people living with prodromal to mild Alzheimer’s disease. 1 November 2024
Biosimilars
The US unit of South Korea-based biosimilar drug developer Celltrion
has announced a late-breaking post hoc analysis of the pivotal LIBERTY studies (LIBERTY-CD and LIBERTY-UC) of Zymfentra (infliximab-dyyb), during the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting. 30 October 2024
Biotechnology
US pharma major Eli Lilly has released results from two, multi-year, Phase III studies that showed patients treated with mirikizumab sustained stable, long-term remission across two types of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease. 28 October 2024
Biotechnology
California’s Vera Therapeutics has released 96-week follow-up results from its ORIGIN Phase IIb trial of atacicept, targeting IgA nephropathy (IgAN). 28 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
US clinical stage biotech RenovoRx saw its shares leap 30% to $2.90 in pre-market activity, after it released positive interim Phase III data showing an 8-month improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) for patients on RenovoGem (intra-arterial administration of gemcitabine) in locally advanced pancreatic cancer. 29 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
Traders have taken a downbeat view of Cognition Therapeutics’ prospects, with top-line results from a Phase II trial shaking confidence in the firm’s Alzheimer’s research. 29 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
The race to provide obesity treatments on Monday seems have raised the bar, as an experimental weight-loss compound from US pharma major Eli Lilly yielded the strongest results of any treatment seen so far. 27 June 2023
Biotechnology
Japanese pharma major Takeda has presented positive interim results from a global Phase III trial of TAK-755. 26 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
German family-owned pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim seems to be challenging front runners in the obesity treatment therapy sector with its candidate survodutide, but tolerability issues could be a problem. 26 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
Danish diabetes care giant Novo Nordisk on Sunday released new data from the Phase IIIa ONWARDS 1 and 3 trials evaluating investigative once-weekly basal insulin icodec at the 83rd Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). 26 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
In the USA, people with the most severe form of hepatitis have reason to cheer as Gilead Sciences announces new positive data at the annual congress of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). 23 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
AstraZeneca’s real-world evidence (RWE) ZORA study shows the negative consequences of reducing or discontinuing life-saving renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) medication in patients experiencing hyperkalemia (HK). 19 June 2023
Biotechnology
Adding to the bank of positive clinical evidence for its already-marketed drug, Danish CNS specialist Lundbeck today released new data confirming long-term benefit of treatment with Vyepti (eptinezumab) in migraine prevention. 16 June 2023
Biotechnology
Privately-held Californian firm Alladapt Immunotherapeutics has announced top-line results from the Phase I/II Harmony study of its multi-targeted allergy treatment ADP101. 14 June 2023
Biotechnology
As usual, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting held last week attracted a great deal of attention, among which were presentations related to AstraZeneca’ Tagrisso in lung cancer and Blueprint Medicines new VELA trial of BLU-222 in breast and lung cancer. Outside of ASCO, Mereo BioPharma and partner Ultragenyx released new data showing their setrusumab induced rapid bone production in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta. US biotech FibroGen released disappointing Phase III result for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) candidate pamrevlumab. Also of note last week, US pharma giant Merck & Co filed a lawsuit challenging the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act. 11 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
As the final sessions of the 2023 congress of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) draw to a close, attendees will reflect on a number of significant presentations, from both smaller biotechs and large drugmakers. 6 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
Day One Biopharmaceuticals shares leapt 33.8% to $18.19 in pre-market trading on Monday, after the company announced overall response rate of 67% and clinical benefit rate of 93% in 69 heavily pre-treated RANO-HGG evaluable patients in pediatric low-grade glioma trial. 6 June 2023
Biotechnology
US biotech major Gilead Sciences’ recent investments into oncology - including its $11.9 billion acquisition of Kite Pharma in 2017 - have made the company one of the major players in the oncology space. 6 June 2023
Biotechnology
Along with the big pharma players showing off the potential of their cancer drugs at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), biotech companies have been making their presence felt, too. 5 June 2023
Biotechnology
Gilead Sciences subsidiary Kite prides itself on being a leader in the development of cell therapies, a claim backed by its pioneering work with Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel). 5 June 2023
Biotechnology
Data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) reinforce enthusiasm for a new approach being developed by companies including Elevation Oncology. 5 June 2023
Biotechnology
Both AstraZeneca and Merck & Co have presented data at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) that reflects the ability of their drugs to boost survival in lung cancer. 5 June 2023
Pharmaceutical
French privately held pharma major Servier has presented results from the pivotal Phase III INDIGO clinical trial investigating vorasidenib, showing efficacy in the treatment of low-grade glioma, a difficult to treat form of brain cancer. 5 June 2023
Biotechnology
A targeted drug combination for patients with a type of ovarian cancer could be nearly twice as effective as the next best treatment, according to interim results from a Phase II study presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. 5 June 2023
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