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Reportedly, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is considering a sale. After receiving interest from other big drug companies, the nine-employee company is evaluating its options.
The prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is increasing across the globe and is expected to be the leading indication for liver transplants by 2020. Despite that, awareness of the disease is somewhat low.
Yet another drug for Alzheimer’s has been tossed in the trash. AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly announced they have abandoned two late-stage clinical trials of lanabecestat for Alzheimer’s disease.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical received $20 million in milestone payments from Pfizer after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved its applications for talazoparib.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals announced positive topline data from its Phase II clinical trial of MGL-3196 in patients with biopsy-proven non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
AstraZeneca’s add-on asthma treatment Fasenra has failed a second Phase III trial this month.
AstraZeneca and its research-and-development unit MedImmune, announced positive overall survival (OS) data for its Phase III PACIFIC trial of Imfinzi (durvalumab) in patients with unresectable Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
There are dollar signs in the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The market is pegged to hit $25 billion by 2026 and companies are flooding the developmental pipeline with potential treatments for a disease that has no approved therapies in the United States.
Brii Biosciences is launching to accelerate the development and delivery of breakthrough drugs in China with $260 million in financial backing.
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