Clinical research
Wednesday, the FDA’s VRBPAC agreed that GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate is safe and effective in older adults.
Aptinyx’s NYX-458 fell short of the primary endpoint in a Phase II trial of patients with cognitive impairment associated with Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.
Theravance Biopharma is discontinuing research activities for its JAK inhibitor program in lung inflammation and reducing its headcount by about 17%.
Researchers at Kyverna Therapeutics and Cabaletta Bio hope to repurpose CAR-T cell therapy for patients with autoimmune diseases.
ALS is the 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzle of the therapeutic world. As the regulatory edges come together, new research pieces are also connecting.
The hits kept coming for the sickle cell disease space last week as the FDA placed a full clinical hold on Fulcrum Therapeutics’ Investigational New Drug application FTX-6058.
Rezpegaldesleukin, Lilly’s and Nektar Therapeutics’ candidate for systemic lupus erythematosus, fell short of its primary efficacy endpoint in the Phase II ISLAND trial.
Novartis recently announced it is returning a Phase II-ready nonalcoholic steatohepatitis asset to Pliant. The program stemmed from a 2019 collaboration.
There are currently no disease-modifying treatments for Friedreich’s ataxia. That could change when the FDA makes a decision about Reata Pharmaceuticals’ omaveloxolone on Feb. 28.
Novartis has abandoned its ex vivo sickle cell disease program developed using Intellia Therapeutics’ CRISPR gene editing platform, Intellia announced Thursday.
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