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A year after treatment, Vertex’s VX-880 has eliminated the need for insulin injections in two Type 1 diabetes patients in a Phase I/II clinical trial of its investigational stem cell-based therapy.
New Phase II data, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed Lilly’s oral GLP-1 receptor agonist orforglipron induced nearly 15% weight loss in obese and overweight adults.
Results of a Phase IIb trial of the company’s anti-TL1A antibody showed more than a third of ulcerative colitis patients entered remission while receiving the experimental treatment.
Pieris Pharmaceuticals announced partner AstraZeneca’s decision to discontinue clinical studies of elarekibep, an inhaled IL-4 receptor alpha inhibitor, based on a non-clinical toxicology study.
The Huntington’s disease space saw a flurry of activity Wednesday as PTC and uniQure released data from their respective mid-phase trials.
The study participant who died was apparently ineligible for the treatment according to the trial protocol, Arcellx announced Monday. The company has since retrained the study’s clinical sites.
Following disappointing Phase IIb results, BioSenic is pausing the development of its tibial fracture cell therapy ALLOB derived from mesenchymal stem cells.
Following cases of serious bleeding in patients, five of which were fatal, the regulator has put Mersana’s investigational antibody-drug conjugate UpRi on partial clinical hold in two ovarian cancer trials.
Jubilant Therapeutics’ differentiated, orally bioavailable molecules address both validated and novel therapeutic targets in oncology and immunology.
The biotech company is collaborating with Israel’s NeuroSense to study how the latter’s amyotrophic lateral sclerosis candidate affects plasma neurofilament levels in patients.
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