Clinical research
This week, researchers published results from studies on treatments in lung disease, Alzheimer’s and various cancers. Here’s a look at that and more.
Eisai and Biogen announced positive data from a Phase III trial in Alzheimer’s of its drug lecanemab. Still, questions remain about the drug’s implications for the future of Alzheimer’s treatment.
The FDA has approved Regeneron and Sanofi’s Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of adult patients with prurigo nodularis, making it the first drug approved for this indication.
New data from Axcella, PepGen, Dystrogen and Galecto are showing promise in challenging diseases, including NASH, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and myelofibrosis.
In honor of World Cancer Research Day, Sept. 24, BioSpace spoke with Elevation Oncology, Janssen, Merck and Teclison to learn more about the latest innovations in immuno-oncology.
A new formulation of NeuroSense’s amyotrophic lateral sclerosis therapeutic PrimeC could pave the way for an expansion of its ongoing Phase IIb PARADIGM study into the United States.
TCR2 Therapeutics announced promising Phase I data for gavo-cel in mesothelin-expression that points toward effects in multiple solid tumors, especially ovarian cancer.
The anti-amyloid approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease is seeing new life after Eisai and Biogen announced that lecanemab slowed progression of disease in a Phase III study.
The FDA ordered Avidity Biosciences to halt clinical trial enrollment after a patient suffered a “serious adverse event” testing the company’s candidate drug for myotonic dystrophy type 1.
The FDA has granted a rolling review to CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex’s exa-cel, a potential one-time treatment for sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
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