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Biogen touted an “unprecedented” drop in tau in a Phase 2 trial, backing the company’s decision to take diranersen to Phase 3 despite a missed primary endpoint and seemingly supporting the anti-tau approach.
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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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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.
Phase IIa data showed AI Therapeutics’ ALS candidate increased expression of a target engagement biomarker and led to a 73% reduction in a toxic protein aggregate.
Phase III data for Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate showed high levels of protection for older adults and infants.
AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi and Lynparza met primary endpoint markers in the Phase III DUO-O trial in advanced high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer, according to data released Wednesday.
The FDA has granted emergency use authorization to InflaRx’s vilobelimab, now to be marketed as Gohibic, for hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19, the German biotech announced Tuesday.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released details about the patient registry it will require physicians to use to prescribe Leqembi, should it be approved by the FDA.
The money saved on canceling the existing studies is intended to fund the advancement of two other oncology pipeline assets.
With an inaugural $350 million fund, Cure Ventures launched Tuesday to support early-stage companies with cutting-edge curative technologies and help them de-risk their science
Gossamer Bio announced Monday that it is discontinuing the development of its lymphoma candidate, GB5121, following two patient deaths in the Phase Ib/II STAR-CNS study.
The FDA has approved the combination regimen of Merck’s Keytruda and Seagen and Astellas’ Padcev for the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.