Clinical research
Topline results for its Daiichi Sankyo-partnered antibody-drug conjugate showed statistically significant improvement. However, AstraZeneca shares dropped around 6% in early Monday trading.
The companies Friday reported positive late-stage results for elafibranor as a second-line treatment for primary biliary cholangitis, a rare liver disease.
More than a month after failing its Friedrich’s ataxia trial, PTC Therapeutics’ vatiquinone has again missed its primary endpoint, this time in a mitochondrial disease-associated seizures study.
The company Thursday reported positive topline results for a Phase III trial of its Alzheimer’s-related agitation treatment, while also disclosing improprieties by a principal investigator.
Phase I/II data on AbbVie and Genmab’s recently approved bi-specific antibody in a second cancer indication positions them to talk to regulators about filings to challenge Roche’s Lunsumio.
The company halted studies of the treatment for a rare, advanced form of eye cancer after clinical results showed just one response in 47 patients.
The funds will support a trial of a tuberculosis vaccine developed by GSK that could potentially be the first new TB shot in a century.
While early, the Phase I study results for 12 patients represent a promising return on Bayer’s investment in BlueRock, which it launched with Versant Ventures in 2016 and fully acquired three years later.
The biopharma’s monoclonal antibody is the first to win approval for the two most common forms of generalized myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune and neuromuscular disorder.
Phase II results of MoonLake’s sonelokimab suggest superiority to the competition. Funds raised in the stock offering will support Phase III trials with an anticipated launch in 2027.
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