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Update: Reversal after 20 deaths allows new Japan patients to take Amgen’s rare disease drug Tavneos
Kissei Pharmaceutical is reversing a recommendation related to Amgen-shared Tavneos that it made just a few days ago, now saying the rare disease drug can be given to new patients.
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Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals released its report for Q3, in which the company stated it will no longer initiate a Phase III trial for vutrisiran in Stargardt disease.
Two Phase III trials of Genentech (Roche)'s Vabysmo hit the primary endpoint in macular edema caused by branch and central retinal vein occlusion, showing non-inferiority to Regeneron’s Eylea.
Minneapolis-based DiaMedica Therapeutics plans to conduct additional studies in order to resolve a clinical hold on its DM199 program for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS).
Candel revealed a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania to assess the combination of Candel’s viral immunotherapy and UPenn’s CAR-T cell treatments in solid tumor models.
With diagnostics for Alzheimer’s already approved and therapeutics in late-stage clinical trials, the next hurdle is to translate these advances into clinical practice. The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative is working on it.
The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted unanimously against approving l-omburtamab for children with a rare form of neuroblastoma, citing complex review issues.
Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, Biogen and others presented their latest data from MS programs at the 38th ECTRIMS conference.
An FDA adcomm that met Wednesday to vote on GlaxoSmithKline’s daprodustat for adult patients with anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) produced mixed results.