Phase II

Addex Therapeutics announced it is canceling its Phase IIb/III study evaluating its drug dipraglurant due to patient recruiting, staffing and pandemic-related issues.
Genmab and AbbVie announce positive data in large b-cell lymphoma, Intra-Cellular’s bipolar depression candidate hits the endpoint in Phase III and more.
The FDA approved Rhythm Pharmaceutical’s Imcivree (setmelanotide) for patients with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
Shares of Akero Therapeutics are surging after the company announced pharma giant Pfizer made a $25 million equity investment to support the development of the company’s experimental liver drug.
Dr. Soon-Shiong and ImmunityBio are on the final leg of what they hope will be the FDA approval of their drug N-803 (anktiva) for the treatment of bladder cancer.
Immunic released favorable updated results for the Phase II EMPhASIS clinical trial investigating the safety and efficacy of vidofludimus calcium to treat relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
Biopharma has been stepping up research and drug development against COVID-19 -though results haven’t always been encouraging. Here are the latest stories from this space:
MorphoSys U.S. Inc., Pfizer and Incyte are teaming up to test Pfizer’s TTI-622 in conjunction with Monjuvi plus lenalidomide in patients with lymphoma.
Day One Biopharmaceuticals announced positive early data assessing tovorafenib as a once-a-week treatment in people aged six months to 25 years with relapsed or progressive pediatric low-grade glioma.
The FDA has approved Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ Amvuttra (vutrisiran) for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR) with polyneuropathy in adults.
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