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Celgene Corporation presented data at the 34th Congress of the European Committee for the Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) held in Berlin, Germany with results from two Phase III trials.
Genentech, a Roche company, released data from a long-term clinical trial of Ocrevus in multiple sclerosis. Meanwhile, Novartis isn’t standing still on MS. Earlier this week the company announced that both the FDA and EMA had accepted its NDA and MAA, respectively, for siponimod.
Affimed, based in Heidelberg, Germany, placed a clinical hold on its two AFM11 Phase I clinical trials. AFM11 is being evaluated in the trials for relapsed or refractory CD19 positive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Genentech snagged a new regulatory approval for its hemophilia treatment, Hemlibra. On Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the medication for hemophilia A patients who do not have factor VIII inhibitors.
New late-stage data released by South San Francisco-based Genentech shows treatment with baloxavir marboxil significantly reduced the time to improvement of influenza symptoms versus placebo in patients who are at high risk of serious complications from the flu.
PTC Therapeutics announced interim data from Part 1 of its open-label clinical trials, FIREFISH and SUNFISH, of risdiplam for Type 1, 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy in collaboration with Genentech.
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This morning, Genentech released results of its Phase III IMpower 133 trial that showed treatment with Tecentriq plus chemotherapy helped people with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer live significantly longer than with chemotherapy alone.
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