BioSpace News Archive

Faeth Therapeutics proudly announces the induction of its co-founder, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Assistant Professor at Columbia, Pulitzer Prize Winner, and one of Time 100’s Most Influential People, into the esteemed National Academy of Medicine.

Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on October 12 adopted a positive opinion relating to the use of VEOZA™ (fezolinetant) 45 mg once daily for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) associated with menopause.

Spinal Elements®, a spine technology company, announced that the Karma, a novel solution for treating degenerative spondylolisthesis with stenosis in the aging spine, will be featured at the upcoming 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 18th through October 21st, 2023.

Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSC) (“Ensysce” or “Company”) today announced it has posted to the Company’s Corporate and Investor Relations website a video highlighting its PAINWeek Symposium entitled, “Severe Pain, Next Generation Solutions: PF614 / PF614-MPAR” held in Las Vegas on Sept 7, 2023.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved VELSIPITY™ (etrasimod), an oral, once-daily, selective sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator for adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).

Repare Therapeutics Inc. (“Repare” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RPTX), a leading clinical-stage precision oncology company, today reported positive initial data from Modules 1 and 2 of its ongoing Phase 1 MYTHIC clinical trial evaluating lunresertib alone and in combination with camonsertib, an ATR inhibitor.

Vera Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERA) today announced that three abstracts on the Company’s product candidate atacicept in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) have been selected for poster presentations at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2023, which is taking place November 2–5, 2023, in Philadelphia, PA.

Incyte (Nasdaq:INCY) today announced expanded results from the pivotal Phase 3 TRuE-AD3 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of ruxolitinib cream (Opzelura®) in children (age ≥2 to <12 years) with atopic dermatitis (AD), the most common type of eczema.

Evofem Biosciences, Inc., announced that Saundra Pelletier, Chief Executive Officer and Amy Raskopf, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations of Evofem will participate in the Virtual Investor Ask the CEO Conference on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM ET.

BeiGene (Nasdaq: BGNE; HKEX: 06160; SSE: 688235), a global biotechnology company, today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a positive opinion recommending approval of BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib).