Drug Development

Following the hard-won success of early anti-amyloid drugs, a new generation of Alzheimer’s modalities—from tau-targeting gene silencers to blood-brain barrier delivery platforms—is entering the pipeline to anchor future combination therapies.
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Facing the loss of exclusivity on key products, Pfizer has pulled forward its lead obesity asset into Phase III and targeted a 2028 launch. CEO Albert Bourla explained the pharma’s strategy at J.P. Morgan on Monday.
The prevalence of serious inflammatory safety issues such as cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome limits the reach of these transformative cancer therapies.
After years stuck in the “doldrums,” the biopharma sector is in a “very good place” heading into the new year, analysts told BioSpace, with both rare and chronic diseases headlining investor and R&D interest as JPM26 kicks off.
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GSKs Blenrep misses the mark in the Phase III DREAMM-3 trial for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM), possibly putting the drug’s continued approval at risk.
The only patient in an FDA-sanctioned clinical trial assessing a CRISPR-based therapy for a rare form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy has died, according to study sponsor Cure Rare Disease.
Eli Lilly’s and Boehringer’s Jardiance met its primary outcome in the Phase III EMPA-KIDNEY study, the largest and broadest SGLT2 inhibitor trial in chronic kidney disease.
In spite of positive Phase IIb results from a thrombosis prevention trial, Ionis is back on the market for a new partner after Bayer returned the rights to the drug to Ionis.
Sanofi and AstraZeneca won European approval for the first preventative RSV treatment for a broad population of newborns and infants.
Arcus Biosciences and its collaboration partner Gilead Sciences announced during Arcus’ third-quarter report that the company had modified its ARC-10 Phase III trial.
Apellis is submitting additional 24-month efficacy data to supplement the NDA for its intravitreal candidate pegcetacoplan for GA secondary to AMD.
Genentech made approximately 35 presentations at ECTRIMS involving blockbuster MS drug Ocrevus drug, with a focus on relapsing-remitting MS and continuing safety studies.
Regeneron called it quits on an experimental osteoarthritis pain treatment that has raised safety flags and an experimental antibody for cat-allergic asthma.
Abeona Therapeutics will head to the FDA next year for the potential approval of its experimental recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) therapy following positive Phase III data.