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BioSpace rounded up companies with products for Alzheimer’s, ALS, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s in the final stages of clinical testing.
The company also terminated a Phase III trial of its TGFB inhibitor as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, though that drug will continue to be tested as a treatment for colorectal cancer.
Less than two years after launch, the startup posts positive Phase II results and heads into Phase III trials for major depressive disorder with a new CEO.
The Netherlands-based immunology company said Wednesday it brought in $1.1 billion by selling more than two million shares in the U.S. and Europe.
Full data for Eli Lilly’s Phase III TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 study, presented Monday at the 2023 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, confirm positive results announced in May.
The FDA recently approved the first cellular therapy for Type 1 diabetes and others may not be far behind. But experts say challenges still exist to the widespread application of these treatments.
Severe respiratory problems killed seven patients and affected five others, though the company said that most of these were likely unrelated to the drug.
After paying $300 million upfront to BeiGene for option rights to ociperlimab in December 2021, Novartis has dropped the agreement and given the rights back to the Chinese biotech.
Early-stage data shows that Viridian’s thyroid eye disease candidate induces clinically meaningful improvements in eye protrusion after six weeks of treatment.
Johnson & Johnson has licensed Nanobiotix’s lead radioenhancer candidate, designed to increase the efficacy of radiation treatment in cancers, capitalizing on the latter’s rocky financial situation.
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