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Antios Therapeutics received a clinical hold on its Hepatitis B virus (HBV) combinatorial therapy from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.
Private investors, governmental institutions and longtime life sciences investors provided funding to develop therapies for cancers, dermatological problems and acute ischemic strokes.
Janssen shared positive updates from ongoing trials on candidate therapies for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis at Digestive Disease Week in San Diego, California.
Caladrius Biosciences announced it was suspending enrollment in its Phase IIb FREEDOM study assessing xowna for coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) due to supply chain issues.
Several biopharma companies are opening the week with positive clinical trial news. Read on for updates from Cytokinetics, Concert Pharmaceuticals, Idorsia and Seagen.
Burlingame, CA-based Innoviva is buying all of Waltham, MA-based Entasis Therapeutics’ available shares at $2.20 per share. Currently, Innoviva owns about 60% of Entasis’ outstanding shares.
Lifting the clinical hold will allow Ocugen to continue to assess the vaccine in its ongoing study and potentially support its efforts to achieve EUA or full approval.
Based on topline data, Pfizer stated that three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine met all immunobridging criteria required for EUA. The FDA’s advisory committee will meet June 15 to discuss the matter.
Elicio Therapeutics published data on the preprint server bioRxiv, describing preclinical research into its cancer vaccine that shows a lot of promise.
Two experimental drugs from Seres Therapeutics and Vera Therapeutics celebrate clinical trial wins in hard-to-treat disease areas.
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