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Despite failing to hit the primary endpoint in the Phase III EMBARK study, the company plans to file for a label expansion for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys.
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Through substantial leadership turnover and workforce cuts, the FDA has continued to support the advanced therapy sector, actively working to remove obstacles to innovation.
With immunology and inflammation blockbusters like AbbVie’s Skyrizi and Rinvoq reeling in nearly $7 billion combined in the third quarter, the pipeline-in-a-product strategy has never been more attractive.
The cholesterol-lowering drug is part of a suite of medicines that also includes MariTide and that Amgen Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton hopes will make the company the “undisputed leader in the management of cardiometabolic risk for patients” by 2030.
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Minneapolis-based DiaMedica Therapeutics plans to conduct additional studies in order to resolve a clinical hold on its DM199 program for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS).
With diagnostics for Alzheimer’s already approved and therapeutics in late-stage clinical trials, the next hurdle is to translate these advances into clinical practice. The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative is working on it.
Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, Biogen and others presented their latest data from MS programs at the 38th ECTRIMS conference.
AstraZeneca released data Wednesday morning from two studies in breast cancer: the Phase III CAPItello-291 trial studying capivasertib and the Phase II SERENA-2 trial studying camizestrant.
One month after a contentious FDA advisory meeting, Oncopeptides announced positive data from the Phase III LIGHTHOUSE trial of Pepaxto in RRMM patients.
The FDA has greenlit the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Tecvayli in heavily pretreated adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
GSK terminated its cell therapy pact with Lyell Immunopharma. It’s opting to advance its own programs without use of Lyell’s T-cell modulating technologies that were at the center of the partnership.
AstraZeneca reported Tuesday that its Phase III MESSINA trial hit one primary endpoint but missed the other. The study was evaluating Fasenra in eosinophilic esophagitis.
Novartis’ positive-third quarter growth report was slightly marred by several clinical setbacks that resulted in the termination of studies in liver transplant and non-small cell lung cancer.
Taysha Gene Therapies has entered into a strategic equity investment and licensing deal with Astellas. The latter stands to gain access to Taysha’s gene therapy development programs for Rett syndrome and GAN.