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US biopharma Vertex Pharmaceuticals was trading nearly 2% higher during pre-market trading on Tuesday. This followed Vertex’s presentation of its third-quarter financial results and latest outlook for 2024 as a whole. 5 November 2024
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A clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing potentially curative treatments for patients living with diseases of the eye, salivary gland and central nervous system.
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Belgian drugmaker UCB (Euronext: UCB) has announced the presentation of new four-year data in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis treated with bimekizumab, the company’s IL-17A and IL-17F inhibitor that is marketed as Bimzelx. 25 September 2024
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People affected Niemann-Pick disease, a rare and fatal genetic disorder, have waited a lifetime for an effective medicine. Now, in the space of a week, the US regulator has approved two. 25 September 2024
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Lonza has signed a long-term commercial supply agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals for Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel). 25 September 2024
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Rare disease firm bluebird bio has announced a company-wide restructuring aimed at cutting costs by 20% and achieving quarterly cash flow break-even by the second half of 2025. 25 September 2024
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Wave Life Sciences has announced positive interim data from the ongoing Phase II FORWARD-53 study of WVE-N531, which is an exon skipping oligonucleotide being investigated in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who are amenable to exon 53 skipping. 25 September 2024
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The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Otsuka’s (TYO: 4578) Lupkynis (voclosporin) for the treatment of lupus nephritis (LN), an inflammation of the kidneys caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease 24 September 2024
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Japanese drugmaker Eisai closed down 2.3% at 5,587 yen today, despite news of regulatory approvals for two of its drugs. 24 September 2024
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Aptadir Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on RNA inhibitor-based therapies for cancer and genetic conditions, has launched with $1.6 million in pre-seed funding. 24 September 2024
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bimzelx (bimekizumab-bkzx) for the treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), adults with active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) with objective signs of inflammation, and adults with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). 23 September 2024
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On Friday, the USA’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought action against the three largest prescription drug benefit managers (PBMs) - Caremark Rx, Express Scripts (ESI), and OptumRx 23 September 2024
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Following a re-examination, the European Medicines Agency’s human health committee, CHMP confirmed its initial recommendation to refuse the granting of a conditional marketing authorization for Masitinib AB Science’s masitinib. 18 October 2024
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