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Well-known for its neurological drug development programs, Alkermes has firmly planted its flag as an oncology company at ASCO. Alkermes Head of Oncology Jessicca Rege spoke with BioSpace.
It was a busy, busy week for clinical trial news and updates, largely driven by the annual ASCO meeting taking place June 3-7 in Chicago.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shared news that the FDA has extended the review period for AMX0035, a combination drug treatment with the potential to treat patients with ALS.
Acelyrin, Affibody AB and Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals presented positive Phase II data for izokibep in psoriatic arthritis, while Aurinia’s Lupkynis hit post-hoc treatment targets in lupus nephritis.
Four life sciences companies posted previews of their respective programs ahead of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting on June 5, 2022.
Sanofi will study its SAR444245 in combination with Immunocore’s KIMMTRAK in HLA-A*02:01 positive patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic skin cancers.
Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals have announced results from the Phase III VALOR trial and an open-label extension (OLE) trial of tofersen.
With June just getting started, BMS and Sorrento are making new connections. Read on for announcements of these collaborations.
Children under the age of five could be eligible to receive Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine against COVID-19 as soon as late June.
Repare Therapeutics announced a global cancer collaboration valued at up to $1.2 billion with Swiss pharma giant Roche for the development and commercialization of camonsertib.
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