The big news stories last week featured clinical research, with some positive results and a disappointment. First up, Regeneron presented strong new data on Eylea that could open up a wider ophthalmic market for it and partner Bayer. Late-stage data on Heron Therapeutics' pain drug HTX-011 suggests it has a faster regulatory path. On the negative side, AbbVie’s lung cancer drug Rova-T (rovalpituzumab tesirine) failed to achieve objectives, while Novo Nordisk added to the promise of semaglutide in the treatment of obesity.
Panorama opens a new vista for Eylea
Regeneron announced that the results for the PANORAMA trial of Eylea in patients with moderate to non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) met the 24-week primary endpoint. “This result came sooner than we anticipated and was more positive than we anticipated, at least from the company’s first press released top-line results,” noted Leerink analyst Geoffrey Porges
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