Phase II

It was an extraordinarily busy week for clinical trial news and updates due to several prominent international conferences. Here’s a look at some of the highlights.
Following a marathon session of the FDA’s Cell, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee, bluebird bio passed its first critical hurdle in approval for the lentiviral vector gene therapy, eli-cel.
Cemdisiran, an RNAi mono-therapeutic intended to treat IgAN is poised to enter Phase III clinical studies after positive Phase II topline results were shared Thursday morning.
The annual meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS) is being held in Denver, Colorado from June 9-12. Here’s a look at just some of the wide-ranging research being presented.
Precision BioSciences’ clinical program exploring allogeneic CAR T therapy may well produce a market pioneer after initial data showed its ability to deliver a 100% overall response rate.
Mineralys Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a best-in-class, novel therapy for high blood pressure, closed a $118 million Series B investment round.
At ENDO 2022, Ascendis will share Phase II and III data showing clinical efficacy for its investigational product candidate for hypoparathyroidism. For this and more, see inside.
Ensysce Biosciences is developing solutions that make opioids safer, and virtually impossible to abuse. BioSpace spoke with CEO Lynn Kirkpatrick about the company’s novel technology.
More oncology firms presented positive developments in their respective cancer research programs at the 2022 ASCO annual meeting this week.
The FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Verttex’s candidate inaxaplin (VX-147). for the treatment of APOL1-mediated focal segment glomerulosclerosis.
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