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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace examines how the FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo has ignited a key race with Novo Nordisk.
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FibroGen takes another hit as its antibody hopeful fails in a second indication. The biopharma says that it is cutting costs to extend its cash runway.
A year after treatment, Vertex’s VX-880 has eliminated the need for insulin injections in two Type 1 diabetes patients in a Phase I/II clinical trial of its investigational stem cell-based therapy.
New Phase II data, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed Lilly’s oral GLP-1 receptor agonist orforglipron induced nearly 15% weight loss in obese and overweight adults.
Results of a Phase IIb trial of the company’s anti-TL1A antibody showed more than a third of ulcerative colitis patients entered remission while receiving the experimental treatment.
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Pieris Pharmaceuticals announced partner AstraZeneca’s decision to discontinue clinical studies of elarekibep, an inhaled IL-4 receptor alpha inhibitor, based on a non-clinical toxicology study.
The majority of ALS patients are excluded from clinical trials. Experts say using biomarkers and stratifying trial populations can expand eligibility and provide additional scientific insights.
The Huntington’s disease space saw a flurry of activity Wednesday as PTC and uniQure released data from their respective mid-phase trials.
The study participant who died was apparently ineligible for the treatment according to the trial protocol, Arcellx announced Monday. The company has since retrained the study’s clinical sites.
Eli Lilly stands to gain access to DICE Therapeutics’ DELSCAPE platform, which enables the design of orally available molecules for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.