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Denmark-based Genmab A/S released topline data from its Phase III MAIA trial of a drug it licensed to Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Biotech, Darzalex (daratumumab).
Roche announced positive data from its Phase II STAIRWAY clinical trial. The trial evaluated the extended durability of faricimab (RG7716) in the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ Eylea (aflibercept) showed strongly positive data in a Phase III trial in patients with moderately severe and severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR). The trial met its 52-week primary endpoint and key secondary endpoints.
Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) was approved for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated influenza, or flu, in people 12 years of age and older. The new medication has a novel mechanism of action that, Roche said, inhibits polymerase acidic endonuclease, an enzyme that is essential for the flu virus to replicate.
The European Society of Medical Oncology was in full swing this weekend as multiple companies showed off mid- and late-stage assets that could change the way some patients are treated for their cancer. This morning, BioSpace takes a look at some of the announcements.
Execs at Novo Nordisk, AbbVie, and more made moves this week. Here’s a roundup of those changes.
The company, with sites in Seattle and South San Francisco, focuses on next-generation oncology therapeutics. It recently completed a portfolio review and decided to focus its energies and existing capital on G100 and abandoned its CMB305 program.
Overall, the Swiss-based Roche announced a group sales increase of 7 percent, with the Pharmaceuticals Division up 7 percent, largely driven by sales of Ocrevus, Perjeta, Alecensa and Tecentriq.
Roche and privately-held cell therapy company SQZ will jointly develop oncology products based on antigen presenting cells (APCs) that are created by the SQZ platform.
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