
Janssen Pharmaceutical Inc.
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Last week there were quite a few clinical trials whose data were presented. Many were at the American Diabetes Association 79th Scientific Sessions, while others were presented at separate meetings or independently. Here’s a look.
Tremfya hit the mark in two late-stage psoriatic arthritis trials, setting the stage for another potential approval.
“HealthCaring Conversations is a blueprint for having an efficient but empathic conversation with a patient,” said Suzann Johnson, Janssen’s associate director of clinical insights and experience. “We’re taking good conversations and making them great by putting the patient at the center of every conversation.”
During the full presentation of the abstract on Friday, Janssen will show that treatment with Erleada significantly improved rPFS with a reduction in the risk of death by 52%. Additionally, in overall survival, the TITAN data showed Erleada and ADT significantly improved OS with a 33% reduction in risk of death.
AstraZeneca announced a long-term collaboration deal with BenevolentAI, a UK-based company focused on combining computational medicine and advanced artificial intelligence.This deal only marks one of the most recent AI team-ups announced in the biopharma industry.
The survey showed that not surprisingly, patients by and large have negative views of the pharma industry when it comes to corporate responsibility and pricing -- mostly pricing.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals presented data that showed its RNAi therapeutic candidate exhibited robust effects on the liver disease that takes the lives of more than 900,000 people annually.
Janssen’s Invokana could become the first diabetes medication to demonstrate reduction in progression to end-stage renal failure in Type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease.
The FDA’s approval marks the first personalized treatment targeting susceptible FGFR genetic alterations for patients with metastatic bladder cancer.
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