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The agency’s finalized recommendations for clinical testing of psychedelic compounds for mental health could pave the way for companies like Compass Pathways, whose psilocybin-based therapy for treatment-resistant depression could win approval as early as this year.
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Psychedelics are gaining momentum in depression, with one treating physician predicting that the drug class could “wipe out the SSRIs” if safety and durability hold up.
Saol Therapeutics is the latest biotech to resubmit for approval of a drug rejected under former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, following REGENXBIO and Replimune.
After debuting on the public markets with $256.3 million and raking in an additional $472 million, Veradermics has emerged as one of biotech’s biggest post-IPO standouts. CEO Reid Waldman credits the weight loss craze for establishing consumer-driven channels.
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Liver toxicities triggered a partial clinical hold on Merck KGaA’s trial studying its BTK inhibitor candidate for multiple sclerosis.
Junshi Biosciences announced Tuesday that its ovarian cancer candidate, senaparib, met the primary endpoint in a Phase III interim analysis.
Following mixed Phase I/II data for its homocystinuria hopeful pegtarviliase, Aeglea lays off all but 10 employees and launches a sweeping strategic review.
An interim analysis of the Phase III P302 study showed Moderna’s investigational flu shot, mRNA-1010, fell short of the statistical threshold for early success.
Data from two mid-stage studies show HI-Bio’s investigational therapy felzartamab lowers pathogenic antibody titers in patients with primary membranous nephropathy (PMN).
Karuna Therapeutics’ KarXT and Acadia Pharmaceuticals’ pimavanserin are sparking hope that a treatment for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia could be on the horizon.
AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson will withdraw the accelerated approvals for Imbruvica in mantle cell lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma, the companies announced Thursday.
Currently, there are no gene editing–based treatments on the market, but the technology continues its march toward potential FDA approval, with several products in mid- and late-stage trials.
Results from two late-stage trials showed the Merck-Eisai combo treatment failed to boost survival in two difficult-to-treat advanced cancers.
At the World Vaccine Congress this week, Novavax presented data suggesting that its protein nanoparticle booster generated immune responses that could protect against severe infection.