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Treatment with the TROP2 ADC sac-TMT led to a 70% objective response rate and progression-free survival was “significantly improved” as compared to placebo—the second positive readout for the asset this week.
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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
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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Decentralized clinical trials may cost more upfront, but can have huge returns on the back end, according to speakers at Informa Connect’s Decentralized Clinical Trials meeting.
9 Meters Biopharma is discontinuing a Phase III clinical trial for larazotide, a treatment for celiac disease as interim results were not statistically significant.
Acer Therapeutics and Relief Therapeutics announced the FDA has denied their NDA for ACER-001 (sodium phenylbutyrate) for the treatment of urea cycle disorders.
Despite the refutation of research articles by Piero Anversa, they continue to serve as a basis for funding requests from scientists who hope to prove that the heart can regenerate cardiac muscle.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company now boasts over 700 prescription generic drugs for a variety of conditions, ranging from acid reflux to dementia to autoimmune diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Three physicians filed a lawsuit against the FDA alleging the organization acted outside its authority and with their ability to practice medicine by discouraging the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
The week began with positive updates in the vaccine development space against various infectious diseases from Emergent, Merck, Affinivax and Ocugen.
AstraZeneca and Ionis reported that their NEURO-TTRansform Phase III trial in hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy hit its co-primary endpoints.
For years, PTC Therapeutics has attempted to win regulatory approval for its DMD drug, Translarna. Now, the company believes it has data that will support another filing for FDA approval.
Therorna brought in $42 million to advance its circular RNA platform, while Carbon Biosciences banked $38 million to develop therapies for genetic diseases, beginning with cystic fibrosis.