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More than a month after failing its Friedrich’s ataxia trial, PTC Therapeutics’ vatiquinone has again missed its primary endpoint, this time in a mitochondrial disease-associated seizures study.
In its third acquisition this month, Eli Lilly is buying antibody-drug conjugates startup Emergence Therapeutics to bolster its cancer business.
After an initial rejection, BioMarin has finally secured the FDA’s approval for Roctavian, the first gene therapy in the U.S. for the most common form of the bleeding disorder.
The biopharma company instead chose to re-elect its existing board members.
The company Thursday reported positive topline results for a Phase III trial of its Alzheimer’s-related agitation treatment, while also disclosing improprieties by a principal investigator.
The initiatives coincide with an increase in the volume of data submitted to CDER and CBER—particularly in cell and gene therapy.
Eli Lilly announced Thursday it will acquire former collaborative partner Sigilon Therapeutics to deepen its diabetic foothold with a potentially functional cure for Type 1.
Of the 30 patients given CellTrans’ Lantidra in two studies, 21 were insulin-free for at least a year and 10 were insulin-free for more than five years.
Phase I/II data on AbbVie and Genmab’s recently approved bi-specific antibody in a second cancer indication positions them to talk to regulators about filings to challenge Roche’s Lunsumio.
The company halted studies of the treatment for a rare, advanced form of eye cancer after clinical results showed just one response in 47 patients.
The funds will support a trial of a tuberculosis vaccine developed by GSK that could potentially be the first new TB shot in a century.
Providing extra benefits and perks to parents in the workplace can be polarizing, but it doesn’t have to be.
PRESS RELEASES
Expanded sweetener molecule development program aims to broaden access to plant-based sweetening solutions tailored to diverse customer food and beverage categories.
• $5.5 million financing that closed on April 2, 2026 together with $5.7 million in capital raised in Q1-2026, expected to provide Company with cash runway into 2027 • $4.5 million of accrued VAT refunds and R&D refundable tax credits from UK subsidiary begin maturing, including $1.9 million VAT cash refund expected in June 2026 • Successful EMA and Australia TGA (ATGA) meetings aligned around use of existing biomarker and pending release of 3-year overall survival data to support Conditional Marketing Authorisations (CMAs) for OST-HER2 in prevention or delay of recurrence in fully-resected, pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma (“Metastatic Osteosarcoma”) • 2.5-year overall survival data expected to be released during ASCO 2026 • EMA and ATGA have aligned on key design aspects of confirmatory Phase 3 Metastatic Osteosarcoma protocol required to have commenced prior to grant of CMAs or FDA BLA, including alignment on 3-year overall survival as a primary clinical efficacy endpoint • Upcoming U.S. FDA Type C meeting and U.K. MHRA SAM meeting to align with EMA & ATGA prior to Australia Clinical Trial Notification submission for Phase 3, including alignment on 3-year overall survival as a primary clinical efficacy endpoint. U.S. FDA (“FDA”) Pre-BLA meeting to confirm alignment on surrogate and primary clinical efficacy endpoints with EMA/ATGA, including alignment on 3-year overall survival as a primary clinical efficacy endpoint, and seek decisions on rolling review acceptance and RMAT designation following the EMA and U.K. MHRA granting ATMP designation (EMA/MHRA RMAT equivalent) for OST-HER2 in Metastatic Osteosarcoma • OS Animal Health S-1 filing for proposed ‘Go-Public’ transaction and receipt of SEC comments