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Analysts are extremely encouraged by Phase 2 trial results for Relay Therapeutics’ PI3KA inhibitor in treating vascular malformations (VM), prompting the biotech to eye a potential path to accelerated approval.
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Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
Last month, Revolution Medicines’ RAS inhibitor doubled survival in a Phase 3 pancreatic cancer trial. On the biotech’s heels are Immuneering, Actuate Therapeutics, Erasca and more, looking to improve on that result with increased tolerability—and more time for patients.
The recent approval of Regeneron’s Otarmeni underscores the maturation of gene therapies across a range of diseases. Here, BioSpace reviews genetic medicines in development for the central nervous system, retinal, cardiac and neuromuscular diseases.
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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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More than a month after failing its Friedrich’s ataxia trial, PTC Therapeutics’ vatiquinone has again missed its primary endpoint, this time in a mitochondrial disease-associated seizures study.
In its third acquisition this month, Eli Lilly is buying antibody-drug conjugates startup Emergence Therapeutics to bolster its cancer business.
After an initial rejection, BioMarin has finally secured the FDA’s approval for Roctavian, the first gene therapy in the U.S. for the most common form of the bleeding disorder.
The company Thursday reported positive topline results for a Phase III trial of its Alzheimer’s-related agitation treatment, while also disclosing improprieties by a principal investigator.
The initiatives coincide with an increase in the volume of data submitted to CDER and CBER—particularly in cell and gene therapy.
Eli Lilly announced Thursday it will acquire former collaborative partner Sigilon Therapeutics to deepen its diabetic foothold with a potentially functional cure for Type 1.
Of the 30 patients given CellTrans’ Lantidra in two studies, 21 were insulin-free for at least a year and 10 were insulin-free for more than five years.
Phase I/II data on AbbVie and Genmab’s recently approved bi-specific antibody in a second cancer indication positions them to talk to regulators about filings to challenge Roche’s Lunsumio.
The company halted studies of the treatment for a rare, advanced form of eye cancer after clinical results showed just one response in 47 patients.
The funds will support a trial of a tuberculosis vaccine developed by GSK that could potentially be the first new TB shot in a century.